In this following assignment we will be looking at styles of writing and the use of available resources in health and social care settings. We will describe how each available resource can be used to support health and social study care; we will also explain why the resources are presented differently due to the types of media used. We will then produce three pieces of information in Persuasive writing, journalistic writing and in a scientific report.
Recourses available to support my study in the media field could be textbooks and journals, internet websites, presentations, and newspapers/magazines.
Textbooks and journals can be used to support health and social care study as though wrote …show more content…
Those without internet access at home can go a library or use their colleges internet, quicker and simpler to find information than with your average book, and tends to go into a lot of detail on whatever your chosen subject is. Also, the internet is always up to date, however with textbooks, magazines; journals once they have been published then they are final. They cannot go back and edit, the way the internet can. To make sure that the websites you are using are accurate you can use ‘CAPOW’. This will let you know if your research is unreliable.
Magazines/textbooks that are designed purposely for health and social care study tend to be wrote in a formal style, but as they are based on people’s opinions, they are not always as accurate as something such as a journal. However, magazines/textbooks are more eye catching making them more appealing to read and are an everyday, easy read and so do not stress you out or confuse you. They tend to be full of graphics which make you want to read the article more than you would just want to read a page full of writing, this also helps you pay more attention as you are more interested.
Presentations are regularly used in health and social care study as you are more likely to stay interacted if you are listening and communicating with a presentation, than you are if you were to sit down and read an essay full of …show more content…
They can help share the work load as with an effective study group you could split the work in half by dividing the task with the members of the study group. Also, this will prepare you for future work as health and social work will demand working well with others, and so by working well with peers it is preparing you for multi-agency work. You can also learn a lot off your peers. By sharing each other’s notes and ideas you will see things from a different perspective, and as each member of the group has something different to other you can take advantage of each other’s