Choose one of the topics below:

1. To what extent should the rise of the ‘trash’ variant of the ‘daytime’ issue-oriented talk show during the early 1990s and afterwards be considered as a turn for the worse?

2. Discuss the changing role of ‘expert’ knowledge and authority on ‘daytime’ issue-oriented talk shows.

Marking criteria: understanding of key concepts; quality of argument; clarity, structure and focus; research and appropriate use of sources; referencing; presentation.

Further Guidelines

1. Include specific textual analysis to back up your overall argument.

2. Support all your claims with reference to relevant sources

3. Make use of the provided set readings, as well as any additional books and articles that you have found as a result of your own, independent research. Note that each essay must include direct interaction with at least a good handful  of scholarly sources, as well as direct textual analysis of the specific TV talk shows that you are discussing.

4. Fully reference your work using the APA format 7th edition for all discussed works . You must include in-text citation of sources and a matching bibliography.

5. Double-space the lines of your work, number your pages, specify a word count