Library Day

Elmhurst Library Database Sources:

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=27079245&site=ehost-live (Babies in Brandland)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26427026&site=ehost-live (The effects of television advertisements for junk food versus nutritious food on children's food attitudes and preferences)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26703168&site=ehost-live (How Food Ads Might Affect Children's Taste Preferences)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26289947&site=ehost-live (Report: Consumers Split on Ad Limits)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25781598&site=ehost-live (Limiting Ads Of Junk Food For Children)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25600413&site=ehost-live (How Kellogg will kick its sugar habit)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25137061&site=ehost-live (Boxed in by television?)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24844000&site=ehost-live (Obesity fear frenzy grips food industry)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24844378&site=ehost-live (Tear down this wall: Bud.TV held to ridiculous standards)

http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=7584427&site=ehost-live (Dear Santa: The effects of television advertising on young children)

Primary Sources

Topic: The Effects of Advertising on Children

For a primary source I could interview or survey parents. To collect the information I could create a survey and e-mail it out to parents that I know.

I could ask questions such as:
-How old are your children?
-On average how many hours of T.V. do they watch a day?
-Have you noticed any brand loyalties developed by your children?
-Have you noticed any effects (good or bad) of advertising on your children?
---If so, explain what you have noticed.
And more as I think of them...

More Research Paper Stuff

Topic: The Effects of Advertising on Children

So far I've found that advertising has a negative effect on children in terms of violence, eating habits, body image, tobacco use, alcohol use, etc. I just changed my topic yesterday, so once I get more information I'll have a better idea of how I want to narrow down my topic.

I'd like to find statistics and reports from studies done on the effects of advertising on children.



Researcher Roles:

Synthesizer of Current Best Thinking on a Problem- What is the current view of experts regarding the effects of advertising on children?

Advocate in a Controversy- Should restrictions be placed on the use of advertising targeting children?

Three Sources that are Appropriate for Academic Research

http://www.apa.org/releases/childrenads.html
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;95/2/295.pdf
http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachildren/03_advertising.htm

New Research Paper Topic

The Effects of Advertising on Children

1. Identify the issue or problem that you plan to focus on in your research project.

Sould restrictions be placed on advertising aimed at children?
Does advertising have a negative impact on children?

2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?

I am interested in studying business, and advertising/marketing is a big part of business. I also work with young children 35 hours a week during the summer, teach a pre-school Sunday school class, and lead a 3rd-5th grade youth group at my church.

3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?

There should be some restrictions put on advertising towards children because children are not able to recognize advertising until they reach a certian point in their development therefore they believe everything they see to be true and factual.

4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic? What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?

I don't know a whole lot about the subject other than businesses are targeting young children who lack the ability to understand the difference between a TV show and a commercial. Businesses take advantage of these children and manipulate them. I'd like to know more about this topic, specifically what negative facts advertising has on today's youth. I'd also be interested in seeing some statistics.

6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?

I would probably look at the topic from the business/advertising/marketing point of view so that would go under business. I'd probably also look at the topic from a psychology point of view in terms of what children can and can't understand and how these advertisements are effecting them. I would also look at the ethics of targeting young children when advertising.

7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews and/or observations)?

I could observe young children and see how they are influenced by advertising.

Part II: Focusing
Write an initial claim, or an open-ended question, to guide your research on this topic. Make it specific but exploratory. Remember that a good claim opens up an area of inquiry about a topic; a claim should invite evidence, support, and debate.

Advertising is everywhere. We can't avoid it no matter how hard we try. How is today's youth being impacted by advertising?


Search Terms:
"effects of advertising on children"
"advertising and children"
"advertising and kids"

A few websites that looked good so far:
http://www.apa.org/releases/childrenads.html
http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_tobacco.shtml
http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachildren/03_advertising.htm
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun04/protecting.html
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/CHI_food_advertising.html
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/6/2563
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html
http://www.jstor.org/view/00222437/sp040049/04x1187q/0
http://www.focusonyourchild.com/entertain/art1/A0000228.html
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/
http://media.www.newsrecord.org/media/storage/paper693/news/2005/04/14/Opinion/Column.Cookie.Monster.Forced.To.Cut.Down.On.Cookies-923345.shtml
Google Scholar Sources:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2005-03-30-sesame-street-healthy_x.htm
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007486/00p0404k/0
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007469/00p0163q/0
http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/1/1/3
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007453/00p0004g/0
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JCR/journal/issues/v29n1/290101/290101.text.html
http://www.jstor.org/view/00222437/sp040108/04x2782z/0
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007466/00p0129k/0
http://www.jrsm.org/cgi/content/full/97/2/51
http://www.jstor.org/view/00222437/sp040049/04x1187q/0
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007476/00p0253s/0
http://www.jstor.org/view/00935301/di007496/00p0012l/0
http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov00/advertising.html

Background Research

Search Terms:
"Smoking Bans"
"Smoking Regulations"
"Effects of Smoking Bans"

Sources:

(Primary)
Surveys
Restaurant Owners
Katie (my peer tutor)

(Secondary)
Websites so far:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_ban
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/QuitToLive/story?id=1292456
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5307a2.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401310.html
http://www.nycclash.com/CaseAgainstBans/Introduction.html
http://www.smokefreeworld.com/usa.shtml
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-11-27-smoking-bans_x.htm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/247635_smoking09.html
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44459
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/uoc--sps032603.php
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/18/healthy_effects_found_in_irish_smoking_ban/
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0861141.html

Articles so far:
The library database thing is being really slow, so I'll look for those another time.

Books so far:

Audience & Purpose for Research Paper

Audience:
I don't really know who I want my specific audience to be yet. Maybe politicians in places where smoking bans haven't been put in place yet...?

Purpose:
I want to convince my audience that there should be regulations on smoking in public places by comparing places that already have smoking bans to places that do not. I also would like to look at the before and after of places with smoking regulations to see the effect that the regulations have. I'd like to look at the effects on health, business, and the use of tobacco.

Research Topic Questions

Part I: Exploration
1. Identify the issue or problem that you plan to focus on in your research project.

What types of regulations of smoking in public places should the legal system impose?

2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?

I just hate going to restaurants or even just walking outside my dorm and being bombarded with smoke. I think it’s disgusting and it gives me headaches.

3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?

I think there should be some regulations on smoking in public places.

4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic? What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?

I know some places have ban smoking in restaurants. I want to know where (geographically) smoking has been banned in restaurants, and what other public places it has been banned in.

6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?

I would probably do most of my research in medicine (for the effects of second hand smoke and whatnot) and in law (for the laws that have already been put in place and the laws that have been proposed). I’d also want to do some of my research in business for a counter argument (restaurants, particularly bars, believe they will lose money if smoking is banned).

7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews and/or observations)?

I guess I could interview restaurant owners on their opinion on smoking bans. In places it has already been banned, I could interview the restaurant owners about their business (if they lost business, got more, or it stayed the same).

Part II: Focusing
Write an initial claim, or an open-ended question, to guide your research on this topic. Make it specific but exploratory. Remember that a good claim opens up an area of inquiry about a topic; a claim should invite evidence, support, and debate.

With the effects of smoking being so prevalent, is it the responsibility of the government to put restrictions on smoking in public places?

Possible Research Paper Topics

What types of regulations of smoking in public places should the legal system impose? (Business, Medicine, Science, Law)

What prevention techniques and/or penalties should be applied to child molestation and child abuse? (Law, Child Care, Education)

To what extent should individuals have the protection of the law and the assistance of the medical establishment in terminating their own lives? (Medicine, Law, Ethics)

Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths? (Medicine, Ethics)

Sythesis Sources and Summary of One

The sources I've found so far:

http://www.thesocialedge.com/archives/other/3artsandculture-mar2002.htm

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=117&sid=118f1471-7fcf-4895-8e9f-a5921835f984%40sessionmgr104

http://search.atlaonline.com/pls/eli/ashow?aid=ATLA0001459527

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=117&sid=118f1471-7fcf-4895-8e9f-a5921835f984%40sessionmgr104

http://search.atlaonline.com/pls/eli/ashow?aid=ATLA0000870481&offset=5&lcookie=3285493

Not all of the links work for some reason, so I printed all of the articles off. All 5 of them look interesting at a glance. I'm not sure which ones I'm going to use for sure, and I might search for more depending on how these work out.


Summary of "The December dilemma"

In the article, "The December dilemma" Deborah J. Levine discusses the issue of religion in public schools, specifically during the month of December. Levine tells us that superintendents and principals in DuPage County gathered in a courtroom together as they waited for an update on the legal status of observing holidays in public schools. She uses the example of DuPage County as a model for what is happening across the United States. Levine argues that many non-Christians are offended during the Christmas season because they feel their religion is under-represented, especially when compared to the way in which Christianity is represented. Levine explains that it is a hard subject to deal with because there is no possible way to please everyone. One suggestion is to completely take religion out of schools, but this would leave students under-educated about religion which is a very important part of American culture. As Levine herself puts it, "Not to teach students about religion would leave them unprepared for a world in which religion and religious diversity will play an increasing role." Another proposal is to celebrate all the major holidays of all religions. This is unrealistic, though, because teachers do not have the time or knowledge to celebrate and educated students about all of the holidays that would need to be celebrated. Levine suggests teachers “need materials that fit into the existing curriculum and do not single out holidays, materials that would not only give an historical overview of world religions but provide information about contemporary customs, confirmed by the religious communities among us.” By this she means teachers should not have to deal with religious diversity on their own. In sum, Levine’s view is that there is no possible way to please everyone when it comes to the celebration of holidays in public schools, but teachers should be provided with materials which help them educate the children about the diversity of culture and religion.