World Religions

World Religions

For a paper of 600-750 words, please choose ONE of the following to analyze for media bias in these articles. What are specific words and phrases that the author uses to try to persuade the audience of his or her perspective?

I. Lakota Sioux and the DAPL pipeline

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/17/water-protectors-arrested-tear-gassed-peaceful-prayer-walk-dapl-site

https://daplpipelinefacts.com/

II. Judaism and the measles vaccine

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/13/measles-outbreak-backlash-passover-anti-semitism/3457375002/

https://forward.com/news/national/396728/ultra-orthodox-anti-vaxxers-push-yeshivas-to-admit-unvaccinated-students/

III. Satanism

https://religionnews.com/2019/04/25/the-satanic-temple-is-a-real-religion-says-irs/

https://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/a-call-to-protest-satanis6

Answer preview

Word religions are defined by people’s beliefs and freedom of thoughts. Different people’s cultures and beliefs are fundamental factors to the world’s religious diversity. Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right that allows for an individual to choose what teachings to believe and what to worship. The government permits religious activities to act besides the state laws as long as those activities do not violate the beliefs of other religions. Arguments that criticize or support various religious beliefs can be drawn from different authors in the media…

(600 words)

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