In the News Papers
“In the News Papers” are due this term. Find a news article that relates to a reading assigned for the week. Use a reputable news source for your news article (this means no blogs, no academic papers, book reviews)
(A) For this module, read the following two sources: Jones and Zell, ” ‘The divels speciall instruments’: women and witchcraft before the ‘great witch hunt,’ Download ‘The divels speciall instruments’: women and witchcraft before the ‘great witch hunt,'” and the brief passage, “A Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches & Witchcraft Download A Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches & Witchcraft.” Ady is our primary source for this week.
(B) As with our previous module, use one of these for your assignment. These sources include Bleeke, “Modern Knights, Medieval Snails, and Naughty Nuns
Questions “In the News Papers”:
1. How does the news article content relate to main arguments in the article/s?
2. How do the readings inform, contradict, and/or support main arguments in the news article?
3. Which methodological, empirical, and/or theoretical approaches discussed in the readings are most useful in examining the news article content?
