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Unit 1 Assignment 1: Annotated Bibliography #1

The purpose in writing annotated bibliographies is to get you started on your road of academic research. Most researchers collect a library of annotated bibliographies to catalogue their research articles for subsequent reference. When working on a research topic, they will refer to their library of annotated bibliographies as a first step in gathering relevant and credible data. For example, in the Unit 6 Assignment, you can use two of the articles you annotated in Units 1–5.

It is important that annotated bibliographies summarize both the content and credibility of a journal article. Article credibility is related to whom the author is and their purpose in writing and to whom they are writing. Article credibility is also related to the content of the article itself. Such criteria include:

Reliability: Are the findings reliable? How likely is it that the findings would be same if repeated?

Objectivity: Can the findings be objectively confirmed or verified?

Validity: Are the finds relevant for other contexts? Are the findings transferable?

Sources: Are the findings based on (linked to) previously published research in peer reviewed journal articles?

Your annotated bibliography Assignments include points addressing article credibility (author credentials, audience and article credibility) as well as a summary of the article content (content summary).

In each unit, you will locate in the Library a peer reviewed academic journal article. Review the article and write an annotated bibliography based on the guidance below.

Instructions

Evaluating the management function of leading and controlling can be practiced by reading and critically analyzing peer reviewed journal articles in the body of management literature. Assessing leadership theories and practices enables managers to sharpen their ability to address organizational issues. Fortunately, much has been written about management and leadership. Accessing that information is a first step in linking leadership theory and practice to the mastery of key outcomes in this course.

Your Annotated Bibliography should be limited to peer reviewed academic articles found in the ABI/Inform Collection database and include a review of the author’s credibility (credentials and experience). Be sure to identify the author’s intended audience. Knowing who the author is addressing will be a key part of understanding the author’s message.

Paraphrasing

It is important to develop your own paraphrasing practice to capture the essence of what the author says in your own words. Please review the General Citation Guidelines in the Writing Center at this link.

Article and Format:

Provide a journal article relevant to this unit. Properly cite the article.

Article Credibility:

What are the author’s credentials and experience?

Have you encountered this author before in other journal articles or texts?

What is the author’s purpose and what type of audience is the author addressing?

Are the findings dependable? Can you confirm the findings? Are the findings relevant for other settings? Are the findings based/linked to other peer reviewed journals?

Summary:

Summarize the article in your own words and critique it. What is fact and what is opinion? How reliable are the findings?

Application:

Finally, be sure to assess and apply the article to your own leadership practice. How will you apply the article to your leadership practice tomorrow?

For the Unit 1 Annotated Bibliography #1, limit your search to the key terms listed below.

Be sure to utilize the following documents located in Course Documents under Course Resources:

● How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

● APA Guidelines Summary

How to Access the ABI/Inform database, selecting peer reviewed journal articles:

1. Locate the Library link from Academic Resources

2. Scroll midway down the page and locate “ABI/Inform Collection”

3. Make sure “Full text” and “Peer Reviewed” are checked.

4. Enter your key word in the search area and select the search button.

5. Under Source Type, select Scholarly Journals.

Under Course Documents, you will find the “How to Access the ABI/Inform Database” video to learn more on how to access and search using the database along with additional resources. If you prefer, you can bypass this and go directly to the close captioning video.

Below is a starting list of relevant keywords/authors/journal titles. Utilizing this list will assist your Library research process as you locate relevant peer reviewed, full-text journal articles to annotate. Remember that you need to focus your article search on relevant key terms that pertain to the readings for each unit. These journals and keywords are a starting point. You may use other relevant journals or keywords.

Journals:

Harvard Business Review

Academy of Management Review

Management Science

Organizational Science

Businessweek

Journal of Management

Keywords:

Team effectiveness

Team performance

Types of teams

Self-directed teams

Virtual teams

Team size

Team norms

Team member roles

Team processes

Team cohesiveness

Team conflict

● It must be a minimum of 2-pages (600 words) long (excluding title page, references, etc.)

● Your paper should include an introduction and conclusion.

● Be sure to include the criteria located in the Rubric below within your paper.

● It must be APA 6th ed. formatted with citations to your sources and your last page should list all references used. Review the APA formats found in the Writing Center and utilize the APA Guidelines Summary found in Course Documents under Course Resources.

● You must use at least three scholarly, high quality, and current sources in addition to your course materials. Peer reviewed academic articles, articles published in journals, textbooks, and library resources found in the “ABI/Inform Collection” database from the Library are examples of high quality resources.

● Note that Wikipedia, Investopedia, etc. are not considered as reliable resources for this research.

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Conservation Issues in the Media
Conservation Issues in the Media (assignment due in discussion section 10/15)
Find two articles about any issue in conservation biology in the media. Please bring copies of the articles as well as your analysis to discussion section on October 15th. You can use newspapers, magazines, internet reports, transcripts of radio reports (several are available on-line.)
1. Briefly summarize each article.
2. Analyze the coverage:
• Do you think the article provided sufficient information to understand the topic? Was it comprehensive?
• Did the article make environmental connections or discuss environmental consequences?
• Was the article biased (pro, con, or neutral?)
• What could the reporter have done better?
3. Briefly compare and contrast the articles (what do they do similarly, differently?)
4. Your overall impression and suggestions for how media coverage could be improved.
Some background reading follows:
Image Problem

Negative media reports about sharks may hinder efforts to protect these animals, researchers report. According to an analysis in Conservation Biology, US and Australian news articles are much more likely to highlight shark attacks than shark conservation issues.
Fishing, pollution, climate change, and people’s thirst for shark-fin soup are putting shark species at risk. But these mighty predators “suffer from a negative public image,” the study authors write. Since media coverage can affect people’s attitudes about conservation policy, the researchers wanted to find out how sharks were portrayed in news articles.
The team searched for shark-related articles in US and Australian newspapers published between 2000 and 2009, then chose 300 at random to analyze. Fifty-two percent of the stories were about shark attacks, while only 11 percent were about shark conservation, the researchers found.
Sharks were portrayed negatively in 59 percent of articles — for instance, because the animals had injured or killed humans or prompted beaches to close. Only about 19 percent focused on positive topics such as aquarium exhibits of sharks. The study suggests that “most news coverage in both Australia and the United States continues to emphasize risks from sharks rather than the reverse,” the team concludes. — Roberta Kwok | 1 November 2012
Source: Muter, B.A. et al. 2012. Australian and U.S. news media portrayal of sharks and their conservation. Conservation Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x.
Conserv Biol. 2012 Feb;26(1):171-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01750.x. Content analysis of newspaper coverage of the Florida panther.
Jacobson SK, Langin C, Carlton JS, Kaid LL.
Abstract: Populations of large carnivores are declining globally, and analysis of public discourse about
carnivores is useful for understanding public opinion and influences on management and policy. Portrayal of carnivores in the media affects public perceptions and support for their conservation. we conducted a content analysis of 513 articles about Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi) published from 2003 to 2006 in newspapers with local circulation in core panther habitat in southwest Florida and papers with statewide circulation to compare the differences in the amount of coverage and portrayals of panther risks to people and property on the basis of proximity of human communities to panthers. Local papers published significantly more news articles and significantly longer news articles primarily about panthers. Articles in local and statewide papers used both episodic frames, which focus on specific occurrences (e.g., a panther sighting or predation) and thematic frames, which focus on general trends (e.g., abundance of panthers over time). Local articles more often emphasized risks that panthers might harm people, pets, or livestock than statewide papers. Our results are consistent with theory that proximity to human–carnivore conflict influences perceptions and salience of risks posed by large carnivores. Most articles mentioned panthers as a secondary topic, which we believe was a result of the relevance an endangered carnivore has in discussions of public land management, development, and regulations in Florida. Claims made by sources quoted in each article had a neutral to positive depiction of panthers, and most quotations were from federal and state agency scientists. We suggest continued use by the media of agency sources provides the opportunity for clear, concordant messages about panther management. Content analysis provides a way to monitor media portrayal of carnivores for consistency with agency outreach goals.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/07/03/study-media-avoid-climate-context-in-wildfire-c/186921
While numerous factors determine the frequency, severity and cost of wildfires, scientific research indicates that human-induced climate change increases fire risks in parts of the Western U.S. by promoting warmer and drier conditions. Seven of nine fire experts contacted by Media Matters agreed journalists should explain the relationship between climate change and wildfires. But an analysis of recent coverage suggests mainstream media outlets are not up to the task — only 3 percent of news reports on wildfires in the West mentioned climate change.
American Scientist INTERVIEW
An interview with David Suzuki
Frank Diller
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/david-suzuki
In the introduction to The Sacred Balance (1998), you write:
[T]his has been the decade in which the media have dismissed environmental issues as matters of minor interest. . . . The media mantra, repeated over and over, is that the real bottom line must be the marketplace, free trade and the global economy. When the media are dominated by wealth and large corporate interests, this economic faith is like religious dogma and is seldom challenged.
Do you think that media coverage of the environment has changed over the last five years?
Yes, programs and articles are fewer and fewer and more superficial.
Folks in media have the attention span of a hummingbird and are bored with what they see as repetitive environmental stories. The problem, too, is that stories are reported as if there is no connection between them. So a drought in southern Alberta, forest fires in northern Alberta, pine beetle outbreaks in British Columbia (winters are too warm to kill them) and smog in Toronto are stories that are reported as if there is no connection.
Are there stories that are being covered effectively?
No. Compare coverage of the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity (November 1992), in which more than half of all Nobel laureates suggested we may have as little as 10 years to avoid an ecological catastrophe, with coverage of O. J. Simpson, Princess Diana and Bill and Monica.

ASSIGNMENT OUT OF CRITICAL THINKING BOOK AUTHOR RICHARD PAUL, LINDA ELDER (PEARSON) ISBN-13: 978-0-13-218091-7

                                                             ISBN-10: 0-13-218091-X

This assignment calls for you to complete a table that will focus on a recent experience in your life. Within the table, you will identify your experience, how you reacted to the experience, two game-plan strategies that could have changed your outcome, and what the new outcome might have been.  Make sure you:

• Describe the situation and why it was important to you.
• Describe how you reacted.
• Identify two of the strategies identified in the book and develop critical thinking questions you would ask yourself as part of your self-assessment.
• Include bullet points sharing your decision-making process.
• Address the new outcomes/solutions resulting from the integration of these strategies.

Click here for the assignment template.