{"id":16759,"date":"2023-04-23T23:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T23:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/for-this-project-you-will-use-world-system-theory-to-analyze-international-news-media-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T23:25:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T23:25:51","slug":"for-this-project-you-will-use-world-system-theory-to-analyze-international-news-media-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/for-this-project-you-will-use-world-system-theory-to-analyze-international-news-media-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"For this project, you will use World System Theory to analyze international news media on Twitter."},"content":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimesworld<\/div>\n

Open this Word document: Coding Sheet (download). You will categorize all 100 tweets in this document.<\/p>\n

Copy and paste each tweet into the Word document (coding sheet).<\/div>\n
Read each tweet. What countries are mentioned in these tweets?<\/div>\n
Categorize each tweet according to World System Theory classification:<\/div>\n
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Is this tweet about core, semi-periphery, or periphery country\/countries? <\/div>\n
Use this list of countries categorized according to WST to code your 100 tweets (download). If this list doesn’t include a country you need to code, feel free to email me and ask how to code it. <\/div>\n
Sometimes tweets will mention just a city. It is enough information to determine a country.<\/div>\n
If a tweet doesn’t mention any countries, still copy it, but you don’t need to code anything (put zeroes in all categories).<\/div>\n
One tweet can mention more than one country from the same category. If your tweet mentions two core countries (still put ‘1’ in the core countries cell). <\/div>\n
Code each country mentioned in a tweet. This means that if you have a tweet mentioning the UK (core country) and Russia (semi-periphery country), for example, you will put \u20181\u2019 for core and \u20181\u2019 for \u2018semi-periphery\u2019 categories. Here is the tweet and how I coded it: <\/div>\n
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BBC News tweet<\/div>\n
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Tweet example<\/div>\n
Follow this link to access a text-based accessible version of this table.<\/div>\n
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Keep adding information about tweets to the table until you code 100 tweets. You will submit this Word document with your Media Analysis report. <\/div>\n
Step 3: Write a Report<\/div>\n
Include the following in your report:<\/div>\n
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Mention the news organization you chose to examine.<\/div>\n
Specify the timeframe of the analysis (first and last tweets’ date\/time).<\/div>\n
Explain if there were any big stories going on at this time. <\/div>\n
What did you find? How many tweets are about core, semi-periphery, and periphery countries?<\/div>\n
Calculate the number of tweets for each category and present your results in a table (see below). You can use this format to summarize your results (I made up these numbers)<\/div>\n
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Category and number of tweets<\/div>\n
Country Category\t# of Tweets<\/div>\n
Core\t85<\/div>\n
Semi-Periphery\t20<\/div>\n
Periphery\t10<\/div>\n
Explain whether your findings are in line with the World System Theory or not? Why or why not? <\/div>\n
Additional Report Criteria<\/div>\n
Your final paper should be 1 page (double-spaced). <\/div>\n
Important! Please also submit your Word document with 100 (individually) coded tweets. I will randomly check how you coded tweets. You will not be able to receive any credit if you don’t submit the Word document with all 100 coded tweets (or if your tweets are not coded properly). <\/div>\n
Be sure to reference the grading rubric below.  <\/div>\n
Rubric<\/div>\n
Media analysis 3<\/div>\n
Media analysis 3<\/div>\n
Criteria\tRatings\tPts<\/div>\n
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeBackground information<\/div>\n
10 pts<\/div>\n
The student provided the name of the media outlet, timeframe of the analysis, and described major events happening that week.<\/div>\n
6 pts<\/div>\n
Only 2 are included.<\/div>\n
4 pts<\/div>\n
Only 1 is included.<\/div>\n
10 pts<\/div>\n
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysis<\/div>\n
50 pts<\/div>\n
The student correctly categorized each of 100 tweets according to WST.<\/div>\n
40 pts<\/div>\n
The student categorized each of 100 tweets according to WST. There were less than 5 coding errors.<\/div>\n
30 pts<\/div>\n
The student categorized each of 100 tweets according to WST. There were many coding errors (5-10).<\/div>\n
25 pts<\/div>\n
The student categorized each of 50-99 tweets according to WST. OR there were 11-20 coding errors.<\/div>\n
0 pts<\/div>\n
The student categorized less than 50 tweets. Or there were more than 20 coding errors.<\/div>\n
50 pts<\/div>\n
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTable<\/div>\n
20 pts<\/div>\n
The summary table with results is provided (# of core, semi-periphery, and periphery countries mentioned in the tweets).<\/div>\n
0 pts<\/div>\n
The summary table with results is NOT provided.<\/div>\n
20 pts<\/div>\n
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConclusion<\/div>\n
30 pts<\/div>\n
The paper discusses whether the findings of this project are in line with the World System Theory or not and explains why.<\/div>\n
15 pts<\/div>\n
The paper discusses whether the findings of this project are in line with the World System Theory or not, but DOESN’T explain why.<\/div>\n
0 pts<\/div>\n
The paper DOESN’T discuss whether the findings of this project are in line with the World System Theory.<\/div>\n
30 pts<\/div>\n
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSpelling\/ Grammar<\/div>\n
10 pts<\/div>\n
All words are spelled correctly. Grammar, punctuation, spacing and word usage are appropriate.<\/div>\n
6 pts<\/div>\n
Most words are spelled correctly. Grammar, punctuation, spacing and word usage are mostly appropriate.<\/div>\n
0 pts<\/div>\n
Numerous spelling errors. Grammar, punctuation, spacing and word usage have a number of errors.<\/div>\n
10 pts<\/div>\n
Total Points: 120<\/div>\n
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