Observation 4

1. Preliminary Thesis
Based on a countries religion, historical background, and political relation to the US, their media on 9/11 will differ.

2. Sources
There are going to be many different sources I can utilize to find information. First, using actual hard copies of newpapers or newspaper’s websites to find articles covering the event, or tv news media to find reports of coverage that day. Next, I can look through criticisms of those reports. Lastly, I can find previous research, journals, and database research on the topic.

3. Difficulties
Some possible difficulties I might encounter are problems with languages and this event happening a few years in the past. First, if I want to compare reports and opinions of different countries and many will not speak English. The two problems with this are that I might not be able to find that country’s reports in English; there might not be a translation. Second, if for instance, China has a Chinese news report and an English one, the English one might be intended for a different audience, therefore be biased.
My second problem might be that it is now 2009, and 9/11 happened in 2001. It may be difficult digging up 8 year old reports. I’m guessing that I’m going to have to sift through articles written in 2004 or 2005 recalling the events, even though I’m looking for articles directly after the event.


Anderson’s Comments:

Thesis:
Your thesis is clear and specific.

Sources:
You can look up speeches addressing 9/11 from political leaders from other countries

Difficulties:
For your first problem, you are going to need to try and find media reports in English or have English subtitles. Also, you can try and find someone that speaks that language and have them translate it.

For your second problem, you are going to have to do a good amount of research. However, it does help that 9/11 was such a major event so there will be a good bit of information.