This annotation went much better, I think. I had a lot of trouble writing mine up last year and I really had no trouble at all this year. Which may mean that I still didn't do it right, but still! It wasn't as bad.
Professor Lackey pointed out that I may have had trouble annotating last year because all of my sources said the same thing. So this time, I've tried to choose a lot of radically different sources. I picked some issues that have impacted health and wellness--obesity, violence education--and found some resources on how they impact children and how they impact society. I think this way, I can end up with a wider variety of information than before.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Annotation
Harris, Jennifer L., John A. Bargh, and Kelly D. Brownell. "Priming Effects of Television Food Advertising on Eating Behavior." Health Psychology 28.4 (2009): 404-13. Print.
This article details the results of two experiments performed on a group of children and a group of adults. Each group was shown ads detailing certain types of food and afterwards, their eating habits were monitored. With both the group of adults and the group of children, they were prompted to eat no matter what type of food was advertised for them, when given a general snack food. But when they were allowed to chose their food, the more sugary and fatty the commercial seemed to be, the more sugar and fat the snacks chosen had. There seems to be a pretty strong influence from food advertising on how people choose to eat (such as what and how often they eat).
The source seems reputable. It was published in journal regulated by the APA, so unless it was an April Fools edition, there has to be some merit to the study. It also means that the APA probably monitored or approved or were somehow involved with the study in its early stages. It may be a little bias, though. They had the participants watch tv either with food, or had them watch the advertisements and then offered them food to choose from. But they didn't leave it up to the participants whether or not they wanted food at all without food in front of them. It's entirely possible that the advertisement had nothing to do with it and it was the food itself that appeared in between the experiment and the recorded result that influenced the participants.
This resource is one of the 3 main points I want to hit with how television influences people. If advertising influences unhealthy eating habits, which leads to obesity, which leads to all kinds of health problems and disability and a general decline in wellness, then food advertising has a direct link to the decline. If we start with this at a young age, these children whose parents allow television to babysit them never have a chance at a healthy life if this is what they're taught is "cool" or "good".
This article details the results of two experiments performed on a group of children and a group of adults. Each group was shown ads detailing certain types of food and afterwards, their eating habits were monitored. With both the group of adults and the group of children, they were prompted to eat no matter what type of food was advertised for them, when given a general snack food. But when they were allowed to chose their food, the more sugary and fatty the commercial seemed to be, the more sugar and fat the snacks chosen had. There seems to be a pretty strong influence from food advertising on how people choose to eat (such as what and how often they eat).
The source seems reputable. It was published in journal regulated by the APA, so unless it was an April Fools edition, there has to be some merit to the study. It also means that the APA probably monitored or approved or were somehow involved with the study in its early stages. It may be a little bias, though. They had the participants watch tv either with food, or had them watch the advertisements and then offered them food to choose from. But they didn't leave it up to the participants whether or not they wanted food at all without food in front of them. It's entirely possible that the advertisement had nothing to do with it and it was the food itself that appeared in between the experiment and the recorded result that influenced the participants.
This resource is one of the 3 main points I want to hit with how television influences people. If advertising influences unhealthy eating habits, which leads to obesity, which leads to all kinds of health problems and disability and a general decline in wellness, then food advertising has a direct link to the decline. If we start with this at a young age, these children whose parents allow television to babysit them never have a chance at a healthy life if this is what they're taught is "cool" or "good".
Monday, October 10, 2011
Since We're Talking About It...#4
So just as a preliminary to tomorrow's class, I thought I'd google television and how it's related to childhood development.
I got over 30,000,000 results.
I have no idea what to do with this. Maybe it's because I'm tired and just off of the heels of writing a paper for my midterm in another class, but my brain is shot just looking at that number. Professor Lackey gave us some direction but hopefully tomorrow will provide a little more.
Right now? I really need a nap, before the number 32,900,000 makes my brain explode.
I got over 30,000,000 results.
I have no idea what to do with this. Maybe it's because I'm tired and just off of the heels of writing a paper for my midterm in another class, but my brain is shot just looking at that number. Professor Lackey gave us some direction but hopefully tomorrow will provide a little more.
Right now? I really need a nap, before the number 32,900,000 makes my brain explode.
In-Class Discussion #5
In class, we've been talking a lot about annotated bibliographies and our review of literature. I can't help but think about the last annotated bibliography I wrote, during my senior year of High school. It was about my resources for my senior project, an analysis on Edgar Allen Poe's influences on Steven King. Most of my resources all said the same things, biographies on each writer and the books I was using to compare them.
The result was really, honestly atrocious.
I got a horrible grade on it, and mostly because she said there wasn't enough there for her to evaluate. But she didn't tell me what she wanted to evaluate in the first place and I was really frustrated by that.
In short? I know Professor Lackey has given us very clear guidelines for this project, but I'm still pretty nervous about it. It can't possible be worse than last time, at least.
The result was really, honestly atrocious.
I got a horrible grade on it, and mostly because she said there wasn't enough there for her to evaluate. But she didn't tell me what she wanted to evaluate in the first place and I was really frustrated by that.
In short? I know Professor Lackey has given us very clear guidelines for this project, but I'm still pretty nervous about it. It can't possible be worse than last time, at least.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Research Proposal
For my research proposal, I want to explore how television impacts our community health and wellness. My initial research question would be, I guess, does the media (specifically television), have more of an impact on our health and wellness than just the cultural changes we know it influences? I think its worth addressing because television, at this point, is such a big part in our lives. Not only do we use it for entertainment, we use it for education and not just in classrooms. Television programs are being developed for children younger and younger as a way to introduce them to things like math and reading before they even enter school. But, what often happens is that parents begin to rely on television as a babysitter. They sit their toddler in front of the tube for Nick Jr., get distracted and forget to turn it off when Dora and Team Umizoomi turn to Spongebob, iCarly and Big Time Rush. And what about when children get older and parents stop monitoring them all together? What does watching Jersey Shore do to a 12 year old New Jersey girl? Does Spongebob really give little kids ADD?
I know about the Spongebob study, and I know shows perpetrate stereotypes about things like race (on Glee last night, Mike Chang, an Asian student, got an A- on a Chemistry test. They called it an Asian F. How's that for stereotyping?) But those are mostly cultural and individual changes. What kinds of impacts do those things have on the health and wellness of the community when they're widespread?
I'll need to find more studies on subjects like the impact of reality television, scripted shows and other cartoons. We Googled studies about reality television in class, so I know those are out there on the internet. For this, because the studies would be more recent, I think the internet would be my best resource, a place where information is changing constantly, as opposed to a book where they can only change the information a couple times a year at most.
I know about the Spongebob study, and I know shows perpetrate stereotypes about things like race (on Glee last night, Mike Chang, an Asian student, got an A- on a Chemistry test. They called it an Asian F. How's that for stereotyping?) But those are mostly cultural and individual changes. What kinds of impacts do those things have on the health and wellness of the community when they're widespread?
I'll need to find more studies on subjects like the impact of reality television, scripted shows and other cartoons. We Googled studies about reality television in class, so I know those are out there on the internet. For this, because the studies would be more recent, I think the internet would be my best resource, a place where information is changing constantly, as opposed to a book where they can only change the information a couple times a year at most.
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