Introduction
You will be writing an essay exploring the place for negative advertising in political campaigns.
Directions
In a 1-2 page essay, describe if and where there is a place for negative advertising in campaigns. Your assignment should ultimately focus on the role of negative advertising in campaigns and address the context of truth, accuracy, fairness and your interpretation of the implications for such in ads.
I’m not asking for a history, nor for the sort of apologia we found in Goodman, Stone, et al. Rather, start from this question: If you were to be scrupulous about “truth, accuracy, fairness, and context,” would this force you away from negative ads—of all kinds, some kinds, what kinds?
Additional Guidelines
This assignment is specifically asking you to do a considerable amount of sorting out. Consider definitions, standards, purposes, etc. This will require you to use your previous stated thoughts on ads and what you believe passes as truth and accuracy in this context.
Submission Requirements:
Assignments are designed to encourage you to write concisely and to judge your writing and critical thinking proficiency. Please use APA style guidelines for all assignments.
Assignments and Major Assignments should be:
- Typed using 11-point font, normal spacing.
- Edited for proper grammar and spelling.
- Revised for clear structure and organization.
