...Introduction This research report is a quantitative content analysis of Canadian news sources. The purpose of this analysis is to examine how offenders are depicted, more specifically, the research question is "How is the race/ethnicity of offenders depicted about stories related to crime?" The two variables that will be examined are race or ethnicity and depictions of crime. By using fifty news articles, this research report will add to the body of knowledge that is already available which encompasses crime attribution and racial and ethnicity differences in profiling and sentencing outcomes. An aspect that was not reviewed was the initial impression by eye witnesses and how offenders are depicted in earlier stages of processing such as...
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...The first article I will be looking at is: Ferrari, A. M. (2002). The impact of culture upon child rearing practices and definitions of maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26(8), 793-813. The features of this design were the independent variables(culture) were: cultural factors, machismo, familism, valuing children and parents’ childhood abuse. The dependent variables (parenting) were the use of physical punishment, use of verbal punishment, use of reasoning use of nurturing behaviors, and severity ratings of vignettes. The participants were 75 fathers and 75 mothers, who were “non-traditional students” that were enrolled in evening and week- end classes at local universities and community college. Randomization was implemented by them being...
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...customer records in the restaurant category. Clean up the data: As with most customer data files, there is incomplete information. Address how you handle incomplete data. (I suggest completely eliminating records in Acquisition Channel with “NULL” or “Uncategorized”.) Also eliminate any records with blank in Ethnicity. Note in Ethnicity African-Americans is also coded as Afr. Am. so these two should be combined. In Age of Kids there are cells coded as Pre-teen &? I suggest combining with “Age Mix” or “Preteen & Teenagers”. After cleaning up the file, we are left with 26,352 records which should still be an adequate sample size.) Questions for analysis: 1. Calculate the profitability of each customer. Assume the average Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for all vouchers (with promotional discounts factored in) is 20% of the total revenue. Assume the average one-time Cost per Acquisition (CPA) for each channel is: $12 for Advertising, $10 for Affiliate, $5 for Email, $8 for ILS, $7 for Paid Search and $5 for Social Media. Assume there are no additional costs. You may find the Excel VLOOKUP function helpful for this (https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/VLOOKUP-function-0bbc8083-26fe-4963-8ab8-93a18ad188a1). 2. What does the “average” ECB.com customer look like? Is the “average” customer desirable or undesirable? Why? 3. Describe each segment (new, engaged, lapsed, inactive). How much revenue does each segment produce? What are the behavior patterns...
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...how they are covered.” There are several types of sources, such as technology and articles, that is efficient at spreading information through media. However, society is negatively affected when media portrays bias and non-credible information through technology and published articles. There have been several resources on the problem regarding wage gaps due to ethnicity and genders. In the article, It’s Time We Talked About the Ethnicity Pay Gap, Sadiq Khan uses her personal experiences to prove that blacks and women have a more difficult time trying to...
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...An analysis of the representations of Afro-Peruvians in national television Introduction Despite the ethnic and cultural diversity that exists in Peru, the establishment of racial ideologies have influenced the ways in which these minorities are located in society and the levels of discrimination and systematic exclusion that they have suffered through time. This discrimination has affected them at a social level, but also at an institutional level, since they have been systematically marginalized and denied of their basic human rights. Although racial and ethnic discrimination might be manifested in multiple ways, the current research proposal will focus on the Afro-Peruvian population , one of the groups that are most vulnerable to experience racism and discrimination, and that has been invisible both to society and to the Peruvian government for decades. Because of it, the proposal will analyze the ways in which this...
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...Mini literature review The Question How do the heroes smoking in supernatural effect the perception of smoking as a social norm in young people today. Stereotyping the Smoker: Adolescents' Appraisals of Smokers in Film McCool, J. P., Cameron, L., & Petrie, K. (2004). Stereotyping the smoker: Adolescents' appraisals of smokers in film. Tobacco Control, 13(3), 308-314. This is a research article on how to asses demographic factors and film smoking stereotypes in adolescents and the potential influence of smoker stereotypes on smoking susceptibility. They based this study on different demographics such as ethnicity, and gender. Using two groups aged 12 and 16 they conducted a questionnaire. They found that younger adolescents and males where more likely to view smoking in image based stereotypes; While older adolescents and females where more likely to see them in emotional stereotypes. Well finding correlations in both for an increased susceptibility to smoking the image based stereotypes where stronger. But both groups where seeing smoking as an accepted norm either to look cool or sexy, or as a relaxer when stressed or depressed. Interesting to note was that susceptible non-smokers and young adolescence where more likely to report greater time spent watching films. They concluded with that although adolescent group differences are important to appraisals of smokers in film, image stereotypes were found to be associated with smoking susceptibility. Adolescent perceptions...
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...Analysis After researching, collecting, and analyzing information on African immigration to the United States, it is evident that our society needs more help in adjusting immigrants to American life and making them feel accepted. The research that I did and the piece of information that I have found has helped build my knowledge in becoming socially aware of society around me. It has opened my eyes to the lack of knowledge most of the world has on immigration and it shows me that something needs to change. The items that I have collected have helped me understand more about African immigration specifically compared to other ethnicities that are coming to America. The first week I looked at the difference between Africans and African-Americans. The article I found was very interesting because it talks about the stereotypes African people are forced onto because of their skin color, and how they are treated by Americans in a very unfair and unequal way. African immigrants feel as though they are looked down upon and automatically thought to be of a lower class because of their skin color. This article helped me understand the difference between the two types of immigrants, because often times they are looked at as being the same. The second week I looked at the reasons why African immigrants are coming to the United States, because I think the history behind the transition is important to this topic. I looked at sources from the Library of Congress, and African...
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...limitations when it comes to its use in pediatrics, but it continues to be a great method of estimating severity of TBI. There now is a pediatric version of the GCS that has been altered to accommodate the different ages in children (Pediatric Care Online). This article performed a study to see if there is any correlation between a pediatric patients GCS score and later cerebral atrophy after a traumatic brain injury. Protection of Human Participants In the article the authors do not address any risks or benefits that may come from participating in this study. There were no risks that I could identify from reading the article, as participants were to only receive a quantitative magnetic resonance image (QMRI) approximately four months after a TBI. I also do no think that there is anything beneficial for the patient from this research study, as it seems that the final results will benefit future TBI victims in determining if they will be faced cerebral atrophy. There was no mention in the article about informed consent, but no personal information was disclosed in the article. The authors did not mention if there was an approval by an institutional review board. The only patient disclosed information was age, gender, ethnicity, handedness, socioeconomic status, initial GCS score, and mechanism of injury of the patients. Data Collection The authors did not specify a time frame for data collection. A group of 45 children with TBI admitted to children’s hospital were enrolled; who...
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...We are interested in how second-generation Asian American students at the University of Illinois feel about being Asian American, particularly those who are not of Chinese, Korean, Filipino or Japanese descent. In other words, we are focusing on students whose background ethnicity represents Southeast Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Laotian, Indonesian) and South Asian (Indian, Bengali, Pakistani) and so forth. We want to explore how various Asian ethnic groups identify socially and culturally with the term Asian American. We asked for written responses from Asian American students, who have these background ethnicities, to describe in their own words what being Asian American means to them. In addition, we walked around campus and interviewed several second-generation Asian Americans. In their explanations, we encouraged the students to explain if it was a struggle growing up in America, whether they have ever been a victim to stereotypes or discrimination and how they have dealt with it. We took these statements and compared them to the stereotypes placed immigrants of the 1900s. In addition to the interviews, we analyzed our finding with an article published by Jerry Park of Baylor University titled, “Second-Generation Asian American Pan-Ethnic Identify: Pluralized Meaning of a Racial Label” who did a similar study in four public universities, along with other readings from class. The term, Asian American, was formed as a significant symbolic move in constructing an ethnic identity...
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...Critique of Article #1 The title of the article, “Psychological treatment of insomnia in hypnotic-dependent older adults”, by Soeffing et al. (2008), gives an accurate portrayal of the research topic, as the wording is very understandable. The title clearly identifies the intended population of older adults, as well as reveals the key independent variable of cognitive behavioral therapy that is suggested to affect the dependent variable of insomnia. The title encompasses the idea that the population of older adults who take hypnotics for insomnia will be exposed to some sort of psychological treatment. The abstract is well organized and summarizes the main sections of the study. It contains the most relevant and extensively used terms and ideas from the article. The problem statement of this study is clearly presented and identifies that insomnia is a condition that can have detrimental effects on many older adults, and therefore, Soeffing et al. (2008) found the importance in developing new interventions to improve insomnia in older adults who are habitual users of sleep medications. The purpose of this study seeks to evaluate whether the psychological treatment of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) will have an effect on older adults that suffer from insomnia and chronically use hypnotics. Many of these older adults are comfortable with their sleep medication regimen; however, introducing CBT as a second line of treatment could lead to further improvement of their...
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...Does Affirmative Action really reduce discrimination or does it promote discrimination? Affirmative Action is a policy favoring minority groups in education and employment to put an end to discrimination. Does Affirmative Action really accomplish that? No, Affirmative Action doesn’t. In fact, Affirmative Action leads to reverse discrimination. It also rewards people for the wrong reasons. Affirmative Action needs to be put to an end. Affirmative Action doesn’t end discrimination. Instead, it inspires reverse discrimination. In the article, “A Case Against Affirmative Action”, it states, “ The fundamental unfairness and arbitrariness of preferences -- why should the under-qualified son of a black doctor displace the qualified daughter of a Vietnamese boat refugee?” Admissions and employment should not be determined based solely on race. It should be based on their academic and nonacademic achievement. One should look at the qualifications of candidates instead of their race. In addition, an individual from a minority group should not be given slack on the requirements to gain an acceptance just because of their race. “[T]he average SAT disparity between Stanford's African-American and white admittees reached 171 points in 1992, according to data compiled by the Consortium on Financing Higher Education and cited in Richard herrnstein and Charles Murray's book, The Bell Curve.” The African-Americans, in this case, are given an unfair advantage. Why should they be accepted into...
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...(1999). Comparative Racialization: Racial Profiling and the Case of Wen Ho Lee. UCLA L. Rev., 47, 1689. The author in this article gives an insight on comparative racialization using a case study of Wen Ho Lee who was a Chinese American. He was a nuclear physicist and was accused of spying on the American intelligence. The authors aim in using Wen Ho was to show the difference between racial treatment among African Americans and Asian Americans. This article further gives a comparative analysis of different cases of racial profiling and the different underlying categories in racial profiling among different races in the United States. This article relates to the thesis statement in the sense that it is not centered on one ethnic group or race, but it give a comparative analysis to help the ready understand different categories of racial profiling, as well as, how they happen. Further, the article details on why the minorities are the way they are, as well as, why they feel inferior compared to white Americans in the United States. Meehan, A. J., & Ponder, M. C. (2002). Race and place: The ecology of racial profiling African American motorists. Justice Quarterly, 19(3),...
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...Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among Genders: The Sociopath and Psychopath by Evelyn J. Dotson MS, University of Phoenix, 2015 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Psychology University of Phoenix March, 2015 Abstract Psychopathic and sociopathic general characteristic traits are found in both genders in various populations. More research on the general characteristic traits of females is needed. Research for the female populations will give professionals information about the differences displayed between genders. Different applied sciences will also further their knowledge in treatment options for either tendency. The study used explored if any differences existed between genders with intensified levels of psychopathic traits in regard to psychopathy factor scores. The sample consisted of 2,500 people of both genders (52.6% women) (M=22.15; SD=1.38) from the generalized population, aged 20-24. Results displayed women with psychopathic personality traits had significantly higher levels of behavioral tendencies than men of the same. The genders did display a difference in aggressive behavior. The men showed a significant amount of aggressive behaviors compared to the women. The gender differences displayed in the seven psychopathic features show the variations needed for treatment options. Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among...
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...Miriam Escamilla ES 101 22 May 2014 Discussion: Friday 10 A.M. Analysis of Article Donald Sterling There has been a recent racial conflict within the National Basketball Association, or NBA, that has risen due to the Clipper’s owner, or soon to be formal owner, Donald Sterling’s leaked racist remarks. In the article NBA Initiates Charge Against Donald Sterling, Setting Up Vote On Clippers Ownership, by Brian Mahoney, he discusses the penalties and possible outcomes that Sterling might face after his hearing. The debate in the article focuses primarily on if Sterling will or will not have to forcefully sell his team, all depending on the votes that will come from NBA owners. This racial incident relates to topics covered in Ethnic Studies dealing with the issue of people being “color blind”, benefits of white privilege, and also on African American stereotypes. The topic of color blindness is extremely relevant to this article because it proves that that way of thinking, or living does not exist. One of the racist remarks that Donald Sterling was recorded “saying to a female friend, V. Stiviano [was] not to bring blacks to Clipper games during their conversation that was recorded” (Mahoney 8). With this it could be seen that Sterling himself, along with everyone else, sees color as an identifier. Saying that someone does not see color would be a lying, since a person’s color is a big part that they are. In the movie The House We Live In, that was screened in lecture it...
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...many languages which captivated people around the globe of all ages . This move by Disney can be seen as a form of “media globalization” via the means of YouTube and theatrical releases on Television in different countries with different cultures and languages. The reception of the film can be seen as a “cultural process” or Cultural globalization which is the intensification and expansion of cultural flows across the globe . Academic Sources 1) Mollet, T. 2013. “With a smile and a song …”: Walt Disney and the birth of the American fairy tale.” Marvels & Tales 27 (1): 109-24. In this journal article, Mollet reviews on how Walt Disney’s production is now being seen as crucial to the construction of the modern American society through his contribution to the formation of a new United States nationalism . The author approaches the topic using cultural studies and textual analysis ofn Disney fairy tales to exemplify how they reflect the dominant (?) culture of America. Her research focuses on analysing Disney films such as “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs”, “Three Little Pigs”, “Wizard of Oz” and how these films and their characters portray the unstable society and culture of America during the great depression and other different time periodslines. The journal is useful for my topic as Mollet explains how Disney films are produced to reflect the culture of the American society. In relation to my case study, I seek to explain how Disney’s FROZEN reception can be seen as a global...
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