DESROSIERS Research‚ Ethics‚ and Scholarly Writing September 18‚ 2013 WEEK 3: ARTICLE REVIEW/CRITIQUE Media Portrayals of Suicide In recent years‚ there has been growing concern over the reporting by the media of those who die by suicide. Various groups‚ such as the Centers for Disease Control (1994)‚ the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) (WHO & IASP‚ 2008)‚ have proposed recommendations. In addition‚ scholarly research has studied the impact
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Mathew Huffman ENG-102-05 Instructor Benchoff 2/11/13 Tradition’s Bloody Footsteps The Lottery takes place in a small town with a population of three hundred people‚ but that number is starting to grow faster. The town holds an annual lottery with the purpose to pick a random person to be stoned to death. Through the Lottery’s story of unmerciful killing for tradition‚ a symbolic parallel emerges that is frightfully close to human beings today. “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny
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Topic: The early Spanish settlers and their impact on the indigineous people in the 16th century. Theme: Old World Diseases and not merely the Encomienda System led to the native Indians being destroyed in the Caribbean by the middle 16th Century. Name: Aaliyah Gentles Territory: Jamaica Name of School: Hampton School Candidate Number: Date of Submission: Subject: History Introduction Scholars and historians have found evidence that Columbus has researched the
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Jan. 17‚ 2013 Gun Control in America People in America decide to buy weapons for safety or because of the current tragedies. But buying guns does not prevent the homicides from happening‚ it just adds more problems to the source. For example the National Rifle Association said that”-the best way to protect school children was to place a guard – a “good guy with a gun”- in every school‚ part of a so called National School Shield Emergency Response Program.”- ELISABETH ROSENTHAL. But this will
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murdered with guns every day and 151 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room. By looking at the statistic shown above‚ you can see how huge the number of people that are being killed everyday in America and how relevant this issue is today. As the years go by‚ it seems as though you hear more and more about gun violence‚ that it is sicken to ones stomach. It is impossible for one to turn on the news and not hear about some gun related crime from day to day. It seems as though guns have turned
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CASE STUDY: SUICIDE SUICIDE Suicide is defined as “the act of killing oneself purposely”. It is an act wherein you put an end to your own life. Suicide is an enigmatic and disconcerting phenomenon. Because of others’ inability to directly occupy the mental world of the suicidal‚ suicide appears to elude easy explanation. This inexplicability is stunningly captured by Jeffrey Eugenides in his novel The Virgin Suicides. In the novel‚ the narrator describes the reactions of several teenaged
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on teen suicide. III. Establish Credibility and goodwill: I picked the topic teen suicide because I wanted to come aware of this serious matter‚ and to be familiar with the signs after a dear cousin of mine committed suicide in 2009. I am qualified to inform you on this topic because I have done research and have obtained the knowledge needed to give this speech. IV. Preview of Main Points: Before I dive into the world of suicide‚ it is very urgent that we become aware of the high suicide rates among
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A. Suicide Rates 1. Suicide is a growing public health problem globally‚ with international suicide rates increasing 60 percent in the last 45 years. (N.A‚ Suicide prevention‚ 2009) 2. Southeastern and the Western Pacific regions of Asia are disproportionately affected‚ representing 60% of the world ’s suicides (N.A‚ 2008) 3. The suicide epidemic is particularly devastating in Japan‚ a country that has seen at least 30‚000 deaths from suicide annually since 1998 (Hidaka Yasuharu‚ 2008)
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Executive Summary Youth suicide is a major issue in Malaysia that requires the use of public relations to reach out to the society and convey the subject and its effects. Through the use of Public relations campaigns‚ it is possible to educate all parties to take action to limit the stigma surrounding suicide and help our youth through support and treatment. Through past cases and campaigns‚ it is possible to identify the key components that would make a suicide prevention campaign more effective
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Give a Boy a Gun Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser describes school shootings by looking at one school‚ shooting that happened in Middletown‚ Colorado. This book is loosely based upon the real events at Columbine High School in Littleton. Two students were teased and harassed by their peers. Eventually‚ they take them hostage at a school dance. Gary and Brandon were very close friends and they both have something in common: they were both teased and harassed and teased and sometimes even physically
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