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University of California Non Print Media The Anglo Chinese Opium Discussion Questions
Non-Print Media
The topic for this imaginary research project is the Opium War, and the imaginary research question is: What was the cause of the Opium War?
When doing your research, you find two online podcasts/videos:
- Stephen R. Lawrence, “The Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars”. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/international-business-context/anglo-chinese-opium-wars-uRAYw
- Feature History: The First Opium War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20BZgXSD8LA
You must evaluate these two sources to decide whether they are useful to your research. Complete the following questionnaire for EACH of the podcast/videos by providing a one sentence response to each of the following ten (10) questions. Please avoid Yes/No responses:
(The questionnaire is based on this more detailed guide from Colorado State University. Please refer to it if you need clarification on any of the points below. https://libguides.colostate.edu/howtodo/evaluatemovie )
Non-Print Media Questionnaire
Please provide a full sentence response to each of the following 10 questions for EACH of the 2 podcast/videos (20 sentences in total).
- Why was the podcast/video created? (i.e. information, education, instruction, entertainment, advertisement, propaganda)
- Who is the sponsor/creator of the podcast/video? (i.e. government [what level], educational institution [what level], association [professional, trade, entertainment, etc.], media [major studio, major network, studio, independent, etc.], personal/private [who? why?])
- Does the creator know what they are talking about? Are they qualified to speak on this topic?
- Does it have a narrative structure or is it more argumentative? Is it open (inviting discussion) or closed (shutting down discussion)?
- Does it use evidence? Does it provide examples?
- Does it address the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, why)?
- Is the topic covered comprehensively, or is it a partial overview, or a broad overview?
- Is the video/podcast meant to be serious or satirical? Are they trying to sell you something?
- Does the video/podcast have a political, social or cultural agenda? If so, what?
- Is the podcast/video useful with regard to the topic of your research (see above)?
