I have been working on this assignment and need direction.  The theory I have chose to synthesize is Media Democracy and the articles I wish to reference are found in the attachment.  If you recommend other articles they must be Academic Journal Articles.  See full directions below.  Do not select to tutor is you do not use 3 Academic Journals as I will not find your answer helpful and will reject the response.  Attached is my very rough draft and thesis statement.

Your final research paper for this class must be related to mass communication theory. For this assignment, you will conduct a relevantliterature review to discover the mass communication theory that you will use in your final paper. 

• Begin by using the university library’sEncyclopedia of Communication Theoryto investigate whether any ofthese mass communication theories relates to your paper's research question.
• Once you have reviewed the theories,selectone masscommunication theory that appears to be related to your paper’s research question.
• UsingUMUC's library resources, locate three academic journal articles about your theory.This resource can help you find academic journal articles in our library's collection. You will need these journals for your final paper.

Academic journal articles are reports of previous research on your topic area published in journals for an academic field. Academic journals ARE NOT books, business, trade, or general circulation magazines, newspaper articles, or information found on general websites. The “scholarly journals only” One-search function on the library’s Research Guide for COMM 302 web page can help you find academic journals appropriate for your topic.

• Based on what you learn,writea 2-page, double-spaced essay in which youexplainhow the mass communication theory that you have chosen relates to your final paper’s research question.

Do not merely summarize the three articles about the theory that you selected. Instead, synthesise what you learned by giving enough information about each article (e.g., its purpose, its study results, how it explains a mass communication behavior or media effect, etc.) so that readers will understand your argument for how/why using the article would inform and support your use of the theory in your final paper for this class. You will be graded on your argument, not on your ability to paraphrase what is written in the articles.

• At the end of your essay, include a reference list for the three scholarly articles that you used to learn about the mass communication theory you chose. Format your references according to the American Psychological Association’s style rules. 

Submit your essay as a Word .doc, .docx or .rtf attachment only in its assignment folder under the Assignmentslinkin your classroom by 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 2.