Fighting For Elephants: Article Analysis
Kara Schlesinger
ENG124
January 28th, 2015
Paper #1: Popular and Scholarly Sources The name of the magazine in which the article, “Fighting for Elephants” is located is
BBC
Wildlife
. The article was found in the January issue of this magazine. The article is a story about a woman who tries to save elephants in her every day life. An appropriate audience for this magazine would be matured adults who appreciate the science fiction aspect of today’s society, animal enthusiasts, animal activists, and also individuals studying animal habits or the endangerment of certain species. These are all the people that come to mind when I ask myself, who or what kind of people would most likely be caught reading this type of literature? …show more content…
There are also several observations that can be made while flipping through the other pages of the magazine.
Looking at the advertisements throughout the magazine, you can automatically observe that this reading material is for a more mature audience. This can be hinted by the advertisements of camera lenses, bird watching books/cell phone applications, binocular sales, Wildlife Society donation forms, and also the intense pictures of different type of animals. A more mature and sophisticated adult would be reading this magazine by the looks of the advertisements and other articles.
Looking into the other articles within the magazine, the observation (noted above) can be concluded because of the different type of content. The content is informational as well as numerical (statistics). The content is more informational than “fun” to read for the average person but when reaching the right audience (more mature and sophisticated adults interested in the finer portions of science), it could be very fun. There are also several other magazines that would interest the readers of this magazine.
Some may include
National Geographic, Natural Dog, Animal Wellness, Time, and also
Wild
Travel.
The scholarly journal,
A Qualitive Study of Insults in Collaborative Learning has an intended audience of educators, potential educators, and students. You can tell this by the informational material because it is a kind of study. The overall purpose of this journal is to determine how social behavior can influence a student 's learning. This journal article demonstrates a study based on thirtytwo sixth grade students. It is very easy to find another article that has an audience aimed for educators, potential educators, and students. There were thousands to pick from in the ProQuest database.
Some differences between the magazine article and the scholarly article are the statistics.
The statistics in the Qualitative Study article are backed up by facts and reasoning because a
study was done, whereas the statistics in the Elephant article didn 't really have much to back it up. The advertisements were also a big difference. There are no advertisements in the
Qualitative Study article and there were a lot of advertisements in the Elephant magazine.
You could go on and on noting all the differences between these two articles but mainly, the
Elephant article is written for entertainment and the Qualitative Study article is purely informational. Work Cited Prata, David N., et al. "A Qualitative Study of Insults in Collaborative Learning."
International
Journal of
Information and Education Technology 6.4 (2016): 2515.
ProQuest.
Web. 28 Jan.
2015.
Swaine, Matt "Fighting for Elephants."
Wildlife
. Jan. 2015. Issuu
. Web. 20 Jan. 2015.
(http://issuu.com/setyhrdsthj/docs/bbc_wildlife__january_2015/43?e=0)
ENG124
January 28th, 2015
Paper #1: Popular and Scholarly Sources The name of the magazine in which the article, “Fighting for Elephants” is located is
BBC
Wildlife
. The article was found in the January issue of this magazine. The article is a story about a woman who tries to save elephants in her every day life. An appropriate audience for this magazine would be matured adults who appreciate the science fiction aspect of today’s society, animal enthusiasts, animal activists, and also individuals studying animal habits or the endangerment of certain species. These are all the people that come to mind when I ask myself, who or what kind of people would most likely be caught reading this type of literature? …show more content…
There are also several observations that can be made while flipping through the other pages of the magazine.
Looking at the advertisements throughout the magazine, you can automatically observe that this reading material is for a more mature audience. This can be hinted by the advertisements of camera lenses, bird watching books/cell phone applications, binocular sales, Wildlife Society donation forms, and also the intense pictures of different type of animals. A more mature and sophisticated adult would be reading this magazine by the looks of the advertisements and other articles.
Looking into the other articles within the magazine, the observation (noted above) can be concluded because of the different type of content. The content is informational as well as numerical (statistics). The content is more informational than “fun” to read for the average person but when reaching the right audience (more mature and sophisticated adults interested in the finer portions of science), it could be very fun. There are also several other magazines that would interest the readers of this magazine.
Some may include
National Geographic, Natural Dog, Animal Wellness, Time, and also
Wild
Travel.
The scholarly journal,
A Qualitive Study of Insults in Collaborative Learning has an intended audience of educators, potential educators, and students. You can tell this by the informational material because it is a kind of study. The overall purpose of this journal is to determine how social behavior can influence a student 's learning. This journal article demonstrates a study based on thirtytwo sixth grade students. It is very easy to find another article that has an audience aimed for educators, potential educators, and students. There were thousands to pick from in the ProQuest database.
Some differences between the magazine article and the scholarly article are the statistics.
The statistics in the Qualitative Study article are backed up by facts and reasoning because a
study was done, whereas the statistics in the Elephant article didn 't really have much to back it up. The advertisements were also a big difference. There are no advertisements in the
Qualitative Study article and there were a lot of advertisements in the Elephant magazine.
You could go on and on noting all the differences between these two articles but mainly, the
Elephant article is written for entertainment and the Qualitative Study article is purely informational. Work Cited Prata, David N., et al. "A Qualitative Study of Insults in Collaborative Learning."
International
Journal of
Information and Education Technology 6.4 (2016): 2515.
ProQuest.
Web. 28 Jan.
2015.
Swaine, Matt "Fighting for Elephants."
Wildlife
. Jan. 2015. Issuu
. Web. 20 Jan. 2015.
(http://issuu.com/setyhrdsthj/docs/bbc_wildlife__january_2015/43?e=0)