APU IRLS503 Assignment Multimedia Literature Review Latest 2019 September

IRLS503 International Organizations

Assignment Multimedia Literature Review

Assignment
Instructions

There are
two parts to this assignment: a 5 page written literature review and an audio
summary. Each is described below. The literature review should be written in
Word and uploaded as an attachment within the Assignments section of the
classroom. Use 12 pt. New Roman font and
double-space. Be sure to put your name
and class information on the document and put your name on the file. Insert page numbers on all graduate-level
work. The audio portion of this assignment should be uploaded along with the
written literature review, and instructions are below. Assignments will be
graded using a rubric appropriate for your class level (please see the rubric
below for the required number and type of sources, and the other criteria on
which you will be assessed).

The
Literature Review

The purpose
of this assignment is to propose a theoretical perspective that informs your
research and assess the scholarly literature that has been written on your
research question, including how it informs your research question and
hypothesis. It should be 5 pages in length, and accompanied by an audio
component (see below).

Content of
the literature review:

The literature
review should assess (1) which theoretical approach that we have covered in the
course best informs your overall argument and hypothesis (e.g., socialization
and interest convergence, liberal institutionalism, structural realism,
feminist theory, etc.) and (2) evaluate the findings from the scholarly
literature that exists on your research topic.

Structure
of the written literature review:

The
literature review is NOT an annotated bibliography. Rather, it is an analytical
exercise in which you evaluate a body of literature. As such, your literature
review should be organized by theme (NOT an article-by-article summary). A good
literature review is a thoughtful study of what has been written, a summary of
the arguments and findings that exist (whether you agree with them or not), and
is arranged thematically. The literature review should be written in coherent
narrative style. At the end of the evaluation, there should still be gaps in
the literature that you intend to fill with your research.

Here is a
site explaining various ways to construct a literature review. Note that a good literature review is not a
list of sources with description, but it involves synthesis and dissection of
sources, with minimal use of quotes.

All
references must be cited in Chicago/Turabian format, which means including page
numbers.

The audio
component:

Along with
your written literature review, please submit a 5 minute audio file in which
you summarize the main themes, areas of agreement and disagreement among
scholars, and any gaps in knowledge that remain that your research can help
address. Some options for recording the audio are below.

– Windows
media audio file

– Audacity
(audacity.sourceforge.net/) Audacity is an open source digital audio
editor. You can use this tool to create
audio files to share. Compatible across
most of the major platforms, Audacity also works with a variety of audio
formats.