Writing Assignment 3 - Critical Review of Two Articles

Due Date:  Thursday, July 21, at start of class

Your task is to prepare a critical review of two "substantial" (i.e., not a short news announcement or abstract) technology-related news article or a technology review/analysis article.  Your review should not exceed four pages, exclusive of the article.  Use the "Writing Assignment Guidelines".  The article should come from two different sources: current newspaper, magazine or technical journal, not from your assigned textbook.  Make sure you give yourself enough time to find a timely and interesting article which will make the assignment easier than waiting until the last minute and writing on a topic of no interest to you.

  • Summarize, compare and contrast the two articles and critique them.
  • How well did they each cover this subject?
  • What was their target audience?  Who were they writing for and why?  What was the relevance of that article to that audience?
  • What kind of bias/slant did they have in the article?  Were there details that should have been included from a journalistic standpoint but weren't?