GC Wk 3 Emigration/Immigration in the News in Spain and Scotland

Emigration/Immigration in the news in Spain and Scotland

After you have . . .

(A.) taken both the Selective Attention Test and the "Monkey Business" Test (see assignments from Week 2),  and

(B.) watched both films for this week (Extranjeras [Foreign Women], and In a Foreign Land), and

(C.) after you have had a careful look at the "Media Bias Chart" (see assignment from Week 3), 

(D.) go to the "News Media" sections of both Spain and Scotland and see what is currently under discussion about immigration.  The discussion can be either about immigration in the respective countries, or about immigration in the EU and/or UK in general, or about the current state of affairs concerning immigration throughout much of the world.

(E.) Then do the ASSIGNMENT: Pick one article from the Spanish news and one article from the Scottish news and relate them to what you observed in the two films for this week (Extranjeras and In a Foreign Land).

(1.) Specifically compare and contrast what you see in the news items that you select with what you see in the films, and . . .

(2.) Indicate what your personal feelings are about the situations

(REM "compare" means to say how two or more things are alike,
and "contrast" means to say how they are different.)

RESOURCES:

Selective Attention and "Monkey Business" Tests

Course Media  Guide for Extranjeras

Course Media Guide for In a Foreign Land

"Media Bias Chart" from the Alternative Facts/Fake News page

(you can enlarge the chart on a touch screen)

"News Media" information for Spain

"News Media" information for Scotland