STUDY OUTLINE I Introduction (5 pgs) Background on Conflict w/ quote from U.N. Humanitarian Affairs official Jan Egeland – “The World’s most neglected humanitarian crisis. II Literature Review (10 pp 12-14 pages) Topics to search: other African conflicts in media case studies, instead of “theory’ can look as media coverage studies – US media coverage of foreign crises, media coverage of Africa and specifically coverage of conflict and crisis: Maybe media coverage of Africa focuses more on humanitarian crisis and ignores conflict/violence? Maybe only focuses on one African country at a time? Maybe different standards of ‘crisis’ in Africa? Maybe US media interest in Africa? Serial Lit Review: find 7-10 strong studies and write 1-2page reviews of studies. III Methodology [how you gathered and analyzed your materials] * Amount of coverage, Scope of coverage, Location in paper of coverage, Number of headlines, * Should be very descriptive, with no interpretation. IV Findings & amp; Discussion 10-12 pages) (1) state your findings, purely descriptive (2) identify any themes that you found in the findings (3) go back to literature review about US media coverage of conflict and crisis in Africa – how does your study compare? V Conclusion (5 pages) - Summarize study findings, significance - Provide directions for future research STUDY OUTLINE I Introduction (5 pgs) Background on Conflict w/ quote from U.N. Humanitarian Affairs official Jan Egeland – “The World’s most neglected humanitarian crisis. II Literature Review (10 pp 12-14 pages) Topics to search: other African conflicts in media case studies, instead of “theory’ can look as media coverage studies – US media coverage of foreign crises, media coverage of Africa and specifically coverage of conflict and crisis: Maybe media coverage of Africa focuses more on humanitarian crisis and ignores conflict/violence? Maybe only focuses on one African country at a time? Maybe different standards of ‘crisis’ in Africa? Maybe US media interest in Africa? Serial Lit Review: find 7-10 strong studies and write 1-2page reviews of studies. III Methodology [how you gathered and analyzed your materials] * Amount of coverage, Scope of coverage, Location in paper of coverage, Number of headlines, * Should be very descriptive, with no interpretation. IV Findings & Discussion 10-12 pages) (1) state your findings, purely descriptive (2) identify any themes that you found in the findings (3) go back to literature review about US media coverage of conflict and crisis in Africa – how does your study compare? V Conclusion (5 pages) - Summarize study findings, significance - Provide directions for future research