The future of communication and/or communication technology
COMM1101 – Critique Assignment: Article or Book Review (15%)
For your critique assignment, you will write a review of a book, a chapter in a book, or an article that you plan to use as a resource for your research report.
To find a book, visit the NAIT library, the public library, or any bookstore, or look online in the NAIT library database. To find an article, do a search online or in the NAIT library database. If you choose to discuss an article, make sure that it is reasonably long and substantial (> 15 pages), with some depth and interesting aspects in the content.
You will want to take some notes while reading the book, chapter, or article. You need to have enough information to be able to give a broad overview of the main idea/argument of the work, as well as to discuss some details of how effectively the author presents his or her information.
Formatting:
500-700 words
APA format
APA-style citations and references
Content:
If desired, introduce the issue that the book or article discusses with an opener to “hook” your audience. This could be a provocative statement, a question, a short personal anecdote, recent news story, or interesting statistic. Your opener must be specific, not a sweeping generalization.
Summarize the main idea/argument/points of the work. Explain why this information is relevant or interesting.
In a series of paragraphs, evaluate the content of the article/book and the way the content is presented. You could comment on some (but not all) of the following aspects: content/ideas, the way the argument is developed, whether the advice presented is solid, organization, audience, writing style, tone, reading level, graphics/pictures/diagrams, layout.
Conclude with an interesting or witty statement that clearly describes why the work is important or useful as a vehicle to inform the reader about this subject (or why it has failed to achieve its goals).
