Substantive Media Article

Question 1

For this essay, which is worth 6% of your final grade, you will need to find a substantive media article (online, newspaper, magazine, etc.)—not a peer reviewed professional article—which reports the results of an experimental or correlational scientific study or series of studies.

The article must contain enough information for a critique, including positive and negative evaluations. Your critique should include a brief summary of the focus of the article. Discuss positive factors that indicate that the author followed appropriate guidelines for reporting statistical information; then discuss any negative aspects that suggest that the author did not follow appropriate guidelines.

Make suggestions about how any shortcomings might be corrected. Tainted Truth is directly relevant to this essay. Please cite it appropriately.

Question 2

In contrast to express terms found in a contract, implied terms can arise in a variety of ways and are beneficial to at least one of the parties to the contract. Some contracts may contain both express and implied terms, but the ways these two types of terms operate are significantly different from one another’.

Required

Discuss this statement by reference to cases and legislation, providing examples of each.

•  You need to justify your view as to whether these two types of terms are ‘significantly different from one another’.

•  In addition, include as an example in your discussion, reference to the types of terms indicated in the facts of question 1.

( 10 marks)