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Re: Plz help me.. The advantages of cartoons on children

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:54:27 GMT

My chosen topic for investigation was 'Children and Television'. Within this topic I decided to focus on whether children of the ages 7 - 8 understand the differences between reality and fiction in television programmes.

To enable me to do my investigation I used a combination of both primary secondary research methods. Primary research allowed me to develop my role as a researcher to gain my own findings and secondary research method allowed me to compare or contrast my findings to previous studies undertaken.

One example of a secondary research method I used to investigate the relationship between children and television was using search engines on the Internet.The search engine I used was www.yahoo.com. Initially I types in 'children + Television' however, this gave me websites on children's television channels such as www.cbbc.co.uk. I therefore decided to refine my search as I needed sociological studies undertaken into children's perceptions of reality and fiction on television. I therefore refined my search to 'Children + Television + Reality'. This proved more successful supplying me with a useful article www.childrennow.org/television/talk-news/htm. This article gave parental advice on what age children are able to watch the news without it deeply upsetting them, due to the reality of events it features. A strength of this article is it is created by an organisation, however it does have a psychological perspective, which over emphasises that television radically effects children.

Another useful site was www.stevwib.zen.co.uk. This had the advantage of being created by a media teacher therefore its contents has been checked to make sure it was relevant to the topic. One useful article found on this site was www.aber.ac.uk/media/documents/short/realrev.html. This gave a summary of previous studies undertaken to find out children's perceptions of reality and fiction on television. However, as all articles do, it was biased towards a particular perspective.

All in all, the Internet is a huge medium, therefore to gain relevant information searches need to be refined. Also, no text is unbiased, therefore the bias in articles and websites need to be considered.

Another secondary research method I used was books. One was David Buckingham Moving Images: Understanding Children's Emotional Responses to Television Manchester University Press (1996). In one chapter this explained his study undertaken with children from a variety of age groups, asking about their perceptions on the reality and fiction of three television programmes; Casualty, Ghostwatch and Crimewatch. Another book I used was Bob Hodge and Daivd Tripp Children and Television Polity Press (1987). One chapter focussed on a study they undertook in interviewing children of 5 - 12 on their perceptions of the reality of certain television characters. In evaluation a strength of using these books was that I could look at previous studies that had been undertaken looking at the methods they used and the age groups they focussed on. Another advantage was I was able to compare and contrast previous studies to my findings. Although, both books were biased towards a certain perspective, and also they had quite complex concepts to understand as in 'modality' and 'perceived reality'.

For my primary research I e-mailed children's channels CBBC and CITV, asking for a professional opinion on what programmes they thought children would perceive to be fictional or reality based. However, I had no reply, in a way this turned into a positive, because I realised my approach through e-mailing was not direct and personal enough. If I had have got a response it would have been advantageous because I would have information direct from a media institution.

For my primary research I piloted an interview with a neighbour of a similar age to the children in my final sample. I created a semi- structured interview and scheduel, and pre-defined questions on specific television programmes, for example "Do you think Grange Hill is a real school?" However, the child only watched one programme that my pre-defined questions related to, so allowed no comparison of reality and fiction. However, this was beneficial because it taught me not to be too specific with my pre-defined questions, instead to let the respondents lead the direction of the interview.

For my primary research I phoned my ex primary school to arrange a time to interview a group of 7 - 8 year old children on their perceptions of reality and fiction in television programmes. The direct approach was more successful than e-mailing as I got a direct reply. I interviewed a group of eight children; four boys and four girls. I felt a mixture of genders would be best, because perceptions of reality and fiction could differ between the genders therefore this gave me a more representative sample more true to life. I used children of the ages of seven and eight, it would have been interesting to interview children from a different age groups, however, having only one child's perception from each age group would be unrepresentative to make generalisations from and a representative study would have needed a larger sample size.

In reflection of my pilot study I used an unstructured interview with open ended questions, for example. 'Do you watch television?' and let the interview develop from there. This had the advantage of having the flexibility to explore different ideas and emotions expressed by the children, thus not limiting the children to my specific pre-defined questions (as I did in the pilot). I used a tape recorder to record the interview, because it would have been highly inaccurate to depend on me remembering each point raised, so could have lead to a study with little validity. I decided to talk to the children informally to begin with not on the specific topic of television, to relate them and to get around the observer paradox. In reflection I feel I built up a better rapport with the females sa they payed a more active role in the interview. This could have been because myself being a female, unintentionally directed the questions at the females causing interview bias.

All in all, I used a range of primary and secondary research methods, both of which had advantages and disadvantages as any methods do.

This is a good answer covering a range of methods, accurately detailing sites and books used, summarising their key points and carefully relating them to one another. Evaluative, reflective, clear.

With detailed reference to your research findings, analyse and discuss the relationship between children and television

understand all the articles/causes/items/rules

Angliholic — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:04:30 GMT

Before signing this contract, make sure you have read and understand all the articles/causes/items/rules.

Are all of the bolded words suited to the above sample and identical in meaning? Thanks.

my English journal/diary

Angliholic — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:37:36 GMT

I write a piece of article in my English journal/diary every day.

Do both journal and diary fit in the above sample and mean much about the same? Thanks.

Re: concerned with / concerned about

Armsys — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:17:35 GMT

CalifJim wrote:

These computations are concerned with subatomic particles.
I'm not sure what a modem is, but it's something that's concerned with computers.
AARP is an organization that is concerned with retired people.

It appears none of your samples has anything to do with "worrying" emotionally, is it? "Concerned with" here sounds more like "related to", isn't?
BTW, why is passive verb used? Why not, say, these computation concerns subatomic particles.
Nonetheless, I'm not quite entirely comfortable with "concerned with" being used in your sample sentenses because it causes readers confusions and distractions.

Armstrong

Re: credit against

Kathrin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:32:03 GMT

Hi,

take a look at that link because the same phase has been used in the same way:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_199810/ai_n8822112

If you want to take a credit, you have to offer some security known as loan security or collateral security so the bank could be sure the money would not have gone in the worst case scenario. Sometimes credit against is used in order to name the kind of security. You can see a very good sample for this in the mentioned link above.

Sometimes it is a bit complicated because it means 'to charge up against sth'. You know one person has a claim and the other person has a claim and so they can charge the one claim up against the counter-claim. At least in Germany you can do that but it is a common principle.

In your case I would say that the withholding tax can be used as a credit not from the bank but a form of credit and also charged up against the income taxes, so my understanding of the phrase but maybe Feebs11 have a better idea.

Best wishes,

Kathrin

A question regarding articles.

WesternAmerican — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:06:20 GMT

Good morning, lads.
Here's a sample sentence:

It's illegal, unless it's for conviction of a crime

Can I add 'a' before 'conviction'?
If not, why ?

Re: Kindly Reveiw Resume/CV for MD post

Clive — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:34:01 GMT

Hi,

Yes, I agree that my summary is too long, Shall I eliminate it and instead write a cover letter? I would just make it shorter and in point form. Think of it as a chance to highlight your strengths.

Is this summary suitable to be a cover letter? You could use parts of it, but focus on the purpose of a cover letter.

Say what job/kind of job you want

Introduce yourself and your skills briefly, in terms of why people should choose you for this job.

Ask for an interview or whatever action you want the agency to take

Do I need a cover letter for a recruiting agency after all? I don't know. I think it's probably a good idea.

What about the rest of CV? I've added a few comments.

There are also books etc. available that give sample CV's for professional people. Have you had a chance to look at such things? You should.

Best wishes, Clive

SH. O. GH.

175 between East 3-4 Ave. *** Street

Town, City, 654164, Country

+x 545 11431

s.x@gmal.com

SUMMARY

A highly motivated, determined, and dedicated 29 year old general practitioner (GP) with practical work experience in conducting evidence based medicine during my 16th month compulsory national service, when I was working as a GP in a health clinic handling most aspects of a GP responsibilities. My appreciation for importance of â evidence based medicineâ has led me to propose surveys and researches to gather appropriate data concerning most daily encountered medical problems. My commitment to humanitarian activities and my professional obligations led to a two-week voluntary work for Red Crescent during the very first days of catastrophic *** earthquake ( date), when I experienced working with the least equipment and facilities during a natural disaster of massive number of casualties and lots of emergencies. I spent two month of my internship and one month of my clerkship in a rural health clinic where I became familiar with the the country health system and policies in rural area while under supervision I was responsible for daily patient care and visits, handling and updating patients records, doing patients follow-ups, vaccination, pregnancy and pediatric routine cares, birth control, consultation, monitoring community health and addressing any health problem in the community. I proposed a survey during this invaluable experience of my internship to find out the results of failure of patient for following up their routing visits especially for pregnant women and juvenileâs which resulted in 23 percent increase in their attendance. The rest of my internship was in a large medical center in *** city during which we were trained for conducting a wide array of medical skills in all medical disciplines. I understand the value of research in medicine and have always been keen to conduct practical researches to solve some problems of community or bring new treatment to practice, which could be noticed from my research background. I have always been eager to connect my current knowledge to perpetual stream of new medical breakthroughs and practices through reading reputable medical journals, however my research background makes me to be critical to new article and research papers form content and methodology perspective. Playing Basketball has taught me the value of teamwork and to be more proficient in indispensable art of time management. I studied medicine in and graduated from a medical school listed in both WHO and IMED directory of medical schools.

WORK EXPERIENCE

*** Health Clinic, city, country ( 2006 - Jun, 2007)
General Practitioner (GP)
As a result of post graduation compulsory National Service, I served in the above health clinic having the full responsibility of a GP, handling primary health care issues , emergency settings, psychiatric cases, and being responsible for executing comprehensive patient workout, providing full medical and psychiatric consultation, figuring out patients diagnostic and therapeutic plan including: drug prescription, requesting x-rays and labs, referring to higher centers and appropriate specialties. My simultaneous enthusiasm for conducting evidence-based medicine in all aspects of my practice and medical research resulted to my proposition of carrying out problem-oriented surveys and local researches to promote comprehensive health care and patient management. As the result we decided to undertake some preventive and educational measures to reduce the number of patients with low back pain, knee pain, depression, peptic ulcer, headache altogether by 19 percent within an eight-month follow-up of the targeted population. I worked with three other doctors, seven nurses, and ten physician assistances, also being responsible for monitoring nurses and assistances work, coordinating personnel, and scheduling night shifts. Put it all in point form. Don't tell it like a story. eg

- responsible for this

- did that

- supervised these staff

- performed this kind of surgery

- etc. etc.

Ministry of Health and Medical Education, country (June, 2007) permanent medical Practice Certificate no.5683
.
Medical Council, Country P.O. Box: 358454 (December, 2005)
M.C. no. 3842

Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Country (December, 2005)
Temporary Medical Practice Certificate no.617

EDUCATION

Name of University *** Branch, Town, City, Country (23 September 1997 - August, 2005)
Doctorate of Medicine (MD)
Medicine Cum. GPA: 16.75 (out of 20.00)
Thesis: *** association with *** Infection in pediatrics Grade: 20.00 (out of 20.00)

Internship: Name of Medical Center City, Country (23 September, 2003 â 25 August 2005)
Clerkship: Name of Medical Center, City, Country (February, 2001- September, 2003)

First National University Medical Congress (October, 2000)
Internet Application in Medicine Workshop

Name of Pre-University Center, Town, City, Country (1995 â June, 1996)
Pre-University Diploma
Experimental Science Cum. GPA: 18.58 (out of 20.00)

Name of High School, Town, City, Country (1993 â June, 1995)
High School Diploma
Experimental Science Cum. GPA: 18.39 (out of 20.00)

Very often, people with advanced degrees omit info about lesser things like High School.

Researches X Club P.O. Box: 454, Town, City, Country (2005 â present)
Researcher no. 23679

SKILLS

Language
IELTS Overall Band Score 7.5 Listening 8.0 Reading 8.5 Writing 7.0 Speaking 7.0 (2007)

TOEFL Paper-Based Total Score 650 (out of 675) Test of Written English 5 (out of 6) (2006)

French Language Basic to Intermediate 12 month evening classes (2006 - present)

Clinical

Experienced in: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, IV line insertion-injection, IM injection, Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) sampling, Paracentesis, Suturing, Tracheal Intubation, CPR, Nasogastric tube insertion (NGT).
Under supervision: Lumbar Puncture, Pleural Tap, and Plastering

Research

Knowledgeable in research methodology, Experienced with research proposition and proposals organization, Teamwork conscious.

Computer

Internet application in medicine, SPSS statistical software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozila Firefox, Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky Antivirus, Bitdefender Antivirus, PCcillin Antivirus. Familiar with: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft FrontPage.

Sports

Proficient in playing Basketball, Amateur Bodybuilding Experience, Experience with training bodybuilders

5th National Universities Student Games: Gold medal in Basketball (summer, 2000)

Name of University intra-university Basketball Games: Bronze Medal (winter, 2001)

Name of Youth Basketball Team: won several medals (nationally well-known basket ball team) (1993 - 1997)

VOLUNTEER WORK

*** Earthquake, Town, City, Country.
Name of Red Crescent Organization (200-)
Two-week voluntary work in earthquake-stricken name of town, Involved in on-the-field: Triage, Primary Medical Care and Services, Providing Basic Treatments, Assisting specialties in minor surgeries, Handling with emergencies, CPR, Cooperation with Foreign Aide Groups and connecting them to Iranian health authorities and services.

HONORS and AWARDS

3rd National Medical Congress of Young Researchers, Town, City, Country (December, 200-)
Best Article Award: Moderate Physical Activity in Female ...

Pre-Internship Clinical Knowledge Examination Nationwide (September, 200-)
Above 99 percentile nationwide, Ranked 3rd among *** University All branches Nationwide.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Playing Basketball from very young age has taught me to appreciate team work and self-sacrifice and be well versed in time management. Other interests: Reading., Table Tennis, Foreign Languages, world history and civilizations, Internet, Climbing, Hiking, Music, Computer.

Re: a/an and the.

GL2 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:14:24 GMT

The rule with a and an is that you use a when the word that follows it starts with a consonant sound, and you use an when the word that follows it starts with a vowel sound. You probably knew that given you used an correctly in your sentence, but I thought I'd mention that for others who may read this.

A, an and the are all articles. They're also called limiting adjectives, noun markers or noun determiners. A and an limit a noun less than the does:

"A plan."

"The plan."

In your sample sentence, you could use either a/an or the in all of the blanks, and the sentence would still be correct.

"We live in an old house near a train station. It is two miles from a city center."

"We live in the old house near the train station. It is two miles from the city center."

Both sentences are grammatically correct. The sentence that uses the is more specific about which old house, train station and city center the speaker/writer is referring to. If you were talking to someone from your city who was familiar with the area and had seen your house before (but didn't know you lived there) and had seen the train station before and knew where the city center was located, you could use the. If you were talking to someone who was completely unfamiliar with your city and the buildings in it, you would use a/an. The makes reference to specific items, and its use assumes the listener/reader has familiarity with those items.

Not to complicate matters, but you could get away with using the with city center even if the listener/reader was unfamiliar with your city. With the, you're refering to not just any city center but the specific city center corresponding to the area where the house and station are located. If that's too confusing, then ignore this last paragraph and just follow the rules outlined above.

Re: difference between work and job

Grammar Geek — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:50:55 GMT

Hello Espeland,

Welcome to the forums.

When "work" is used to mean "the place that you work," you use it without an article. I have to go work now. I'm at work.

Your sample sentence has "a ____ " so you need "job."

Other sentences that are correct:
I prefer to work near my home.
I prefer a workplace that is near my home.

I can't think of how you would ever use the article "a" before "work." I have a big job to do. I have a lot of work to do. I have some work to do. Never "I have a work to do."

Re: General English understanding problem in a scientific (physics) article

Feebs11 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:34:59 GMT

1: âThose data in Fig. 7 show tentative progress towards reasonable conduction, with a significant increase on passivation of defects by hydrogenation.â --> What does "increase on" mean? Does it mean "increase of"? From context, I would say yes.

2: âThe small thicknesses (of layers) relax the requirements on carrier mobility within the films.â --> Does this mean that the small thicknesses ease carrier mobility? Yes

3: I stumbled on the word "mesas" like in "1 mm2 mesas were defined on the sample surface before contacts were applied." --> I can't find a definition in the context of photovoltaics and thin films. Any idea of what it means? It could be that this is using the concept of the geological "mesa" {a flat-topped elevation with cliff like sides}to describe a slight difference in the surface.

4: Do you know the difference between "cross-sectional plane" and "crystal plane"? Is it the same "plane"? A "crystal plane" = A distinct plane in a crystal lattice, specified by Miller indices. "Cross-sectional plane" = one that is taken across the sample.

5: Am I correct when I understand that "bulk"means "volume" when it's alone (not like in "bulk semiconductor" for example)? This is not easy to answer. It seems that "bulk" may have a special meaning in this context, relating to the resistance of the conduction.

"So far, in such devices an incident photon is shifted in energy to a longer wavelength with the excess energy lost non-radiatively." --> Can you explain "radiatively"? "radiative" means the process of emitting radiant energy OR energy that is emitted in the form of waves or particles. This phrase seems to say the energy is not lost as waves but in some other way.