Project 4 Presentation - How to Choose a Public Policy Issue and Focus
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HOW TO CHOOSE A Public Policy Issue & Focus
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CHOOSING A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE• Browse newspapers• Look at CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints in Context (on
the UI library site under libguides.uidaho.edu, English 102 Library Instruction: Topics/Terms)
• Look at think tanks (e.g. Harvard Kennedy School: http://guides.library.harvard.edu/hks/think_tank_search/US)
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FIND YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL TO ANALYZE• Subject matter experts: peer reviewed journals, public policy
reports)• Popular sources: news, magazines, blogs, advocacy sites.• Samples of public comments in response to sources.• Textual, visual, and multimodal sources.
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IF IT’S A LONG-STANDING ISSUE…• Consider beginning with a timeline to show the
scope of the debate.• Organization: use a “that was then and this is
now” focus, or a “specific to general” focus (e.g., focus on how a specific lawsuit changed the debate).