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
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
This is interesting! I had never heard of the term "pink washing" before reading this. As someone who has little knowledge about cancer, I think the awareness that you focused on is an important step to prevention. I'm glad these sources helped you!
ReplyDeleteI am also doing cancer awareness - though, just specifically lung cancer, so this was helpful for me as well to read this! You could also look at how the whole 'breast cancer awareness month' affects awareness and see if it has more people get checked out, because I found a few articles about that which could help your paper. They seem like very solid sources!
ReplyDeleteWhat would be the counter of "spreading cancer awareness" as an effect on society? You said there were two main effects. Perhaps I over looked it but I couldn't seem to decipher the second effect. Are you going to speak about the other effect in your paper?
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