journal 3 Nicholas Giokas

Nicholas Giokas

            For my first source I consulted the journal titled “Cancer Awareness and Self-Examination Practices in young men and Women”.  I chose this journal because it covered one of the two sides of my cancer awareness argument.  Cancer awareness can have two main effects on society.  The first of the effects and the most obvious is getting the word out about cancer to help with its prevention.  Cancer is a disease that can usually be dealt with if it is treated early.  This article covers the subject of self-examinations.  In men the common examination is for testicular cancer and for women the common is for breast cancer.  The article is very statistical throughout leaving a lot of things that I could use in my paper.  This paper helped me to get a view of how important cancer awareness is in regard to cancer prevention.  This source did not strengthen or weaken my view on the topic.  I knew that this side of the argument existed because an obvious reason for cancer awareness is for prevention.  I don’t believe the author has a bias towards either side.  The article stays very professional and seems to mostly be about getting the facts across to the audience. 

            My second source covered the topic that I most wanted to cover in my paper.  The term “pink washing” was coined a couple years ago and deals with breast cancer awareness.  The article goes over how breast cancer is one of the most publicized cancers and how companies offer “pink” versions of their normal products to help with the cause.  This pink alternative was originally a form of charity.  Many companies would a percentage of the profit.  The article tells how many companies don’t actually give any money to breast cancer research.  Countless companies are using the disease as a type of merchandizing.  This source will prove to be very helpful in my paper because it covers the topic that I care most about.  I do detect some forms of bias in the article because it is a very heated issue and some viewpoints are bound to come out when it is brought up.  I hope to find more on the topic of pink washing as I continue my research.  

article 1:http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/734/art%253A10.1007%252FBF01857661.pdf?auth66=1360821457_4dac215e4f087b3de742f2f3971767f7&ext=.pdf

article 2: http://su8bj7jh4j.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pinkwashing&rft.jtitle=Dayton+Daily+News&rft.au=Kevin+Lamb+Staff+Writer&rft.date=2007-10-30&rft.issn=0897-0920&rft.spage=D.8&rft.externalDBID=UABS&rft.externalDocID=1375276351