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Different people tend to gravitate towards certain articles, and that is for a specific reason. Have you thought about what catches your attention? How about entertainment articles or something little bit more in dept and scientific? Sometimes reading different styles of writing, can teach you about the same thing but in different ways.
Writers will use key words, pictures, and colors all in a specific and organized way to grab their readers focus and to keep them engaged in their reading. Although styles can be different and appeal to certain audience, they can all be tailored to teach the same thing.
Lila Hogler uses her explanation for camouflage in a biology reading. She uses key words, pictures, and examples to appeal to an audience like students.
Hogler used many biographic terms to explain that biomimicry is the imitation of life so that humans can solve problems. She uses words like nature and organism to set a tone to the reader. Without these key terms and explanations, it would be hard to pin-point who exactly the audience would be. She makes it very clear that this article may be tailored to students in a biology class.
Another example how Hoglers way to further show what mimicry is, are by the pictures she uses as an example. All pictures shown, are side by side comparisons of how we as humans use animals or nature to help is with problems like using the colors of an orca to create a slimming silhouette for women who would like to appear smaller.
Her example of biomimmicry further includes a side by side example of how we as humans used zebras stripes to make our shiprs appear smaller in World World 1. This method was called Razzle Dazzle and it Hogler fit this example perfectly further explaining the way us humans use nature to fix human issues.
Do you see how Hogler used her platform to relate to students who are interested in Biology? What if I told you there was a way to explain camouflage in another way that might interest you more.
In the second article, Kyle Gibson writes an article on camouflage, but this time it is written as a history lesson. Although you can tell this article targeting an audience more interested in history, throughout the reading Gibson also uses “razzle dazzle” as an example. Sound familiar?
The first thing a reader might notice in this reading are the pictures of ships. You can see that the pictures are black and white or are of vintage quality. That right there should be the first indicator that this reading will surround ships from a long time ago.
Like Hogler, Gibson uses specific phrases tailored to history. “World World !, military, and dates like 1917 and 1918. Gibson uses these phrases throughout the reading while explaining how using the stripes that zebras and giraffes have to confuse enemies so that they could not tell how big their ships were. This is the exact example used in Hoglers article explaining bio-mimicry but instead of focusing more on the zebras like in the biology reading, this one focused more on the ships which tailored that more to history.
Although Gibson and Hoglers examples of camouflage are the same, the discipline in reading differ in that the use of vocabulary is different. One uses words of science and the other of history. Making the audience intended for each article different. One could be read in biology, and the other in history but both classes can come out with the same understanding of camoflauge.
This is not the only way the further explain camouflage, in case you thought those two papers were boring, or you needed a laugh. maybe this entertainment article could change your mind on the use of camouflage.
Lastly in the final article, this writer explains the use of bio-mimicry and camouflage to help fashion students design clothes, or pick out clothes to flatter areas of the body.
Like previous articles, you can pin-point the kind of audience the writer would like to target by colors and pictures. Right off the bat, you see designer sketches of women in strips and the huge title at the top says “Fashion News”. .
In this discipline, the writers goal was to teach design students or shoppers that strips can make you appear smaller or bigger depending on what you are trying to achieve. She backs this up, by using Razzle Dazzle, similar to the previous articles of ships fooling their enemy, buy shading certain parts of the body similar to an orca.
This article could also be found in a magazine to entertain. The writer sets the tone as a relaxing and entertaining article. She makes silly jokes to keep the readers interested and bright colors as well to hold the readers attention.
All three writers had wrote in different ways to connect with their audiences. If you wanted to learn about camouflage, which article are you most likely to gravitate towards? Does biology and nature interest you, maybe going back in time and learning through wars and conflict is more stimulating to your mind. If you need colors, drawings, and jokes maybe you’d shift your attention towards the fashion article. All in all, we can agree that using different disciplines in writing can impact a reader in many ways.
Health Sociology, link between societal behavior and health in human beings
Health Sociology
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HYPERLINK l “_Toc379202126” Introduction PAGEREF _Toc379202126 h 1
HYPERLINK l “_Toc379202127” Relationship between Social Class and Health PAGEREF _Toc379202127 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc379202128” Economic Approach PAGEREF _Toc379202128 h 3
HYPERLINK l “_Toc379202129” Cultural Approach PAGEREF _Toc379202129 h 4
HYPERLINK l “_Toc379202130” Social Capital Approach PAGEREF _Toc379202130 h 5
AbstractIn an attempt to understand health and illness in individuals and communities, sociologists have proposed a link between societal behavior and health in human beings. In their studies, sociologists explain that social institutions such as the family and ethnic communities, as well as, the beliefs attitudes and behaviors of most communities have adverse effects on the health of individuals who make up these institutions. More specifically, sociologists have identified social class as a great determinant of the spread of health and illness in most individuals (Timmermans & Haas 2008:660). They explain that access to finances determines the health of mist individuals in two main ways including access to medical services, as well as, health practices among individuals. For example, most sociologists link the problem of childhood obesity with economic empowerment, whereas other diseases such as kwashiorkor are related to lack of economic empowerment. This paper explains how social class has influenced the spread of health and illnesses in individuals.
Key words: Health Sociology, Social Class
IntroductionIn sociology, social class refers to the economic grouping of members in a specific society (Adler & Snibbe 2003:119). Social class is a topic of concern owing to the effects of class on the society as a whole. Sociologists argue that social class has adverse effects on the society in various ways ranging from basic attitudes and behaviours of individuals to the health and illnesses of the same population groups. Fundamentally, three main social classes have been identified including, upper class, middle class, and the lower class of individuals. Also known as the elite, the upper class is mainly characterized by economic empowerment and power. The middle class, on the other hand, is a class characterized by partial economic empowerment, and limited power by individuals who make up this group. Most of the middle class individuals and communities can obtain their needs and requirements but only on limited intervals at limited rates. The last social class is the lower class, which sociologists define as the most economically powerless class in society. Individuals who fall under this class are incapable of affording acquisition of their needs and requirements, with most individuals having to forgo even their most basic needs attributable to the lack of finances.
The concepts of social class stratification further r draw on the idea of health and the attainment of healthcare by individuals. This is because social class determines what individuals can or cannot afford to acquire for themselves. However, before linking these two concepts together, individuals need to understand the concepts of health and illnesses among individuals. Unlike the medical description of health, sociologists define health as the physical or psychological state of individuals (Kinhdig 2007:142). Accordingly, good health is whereby individuals exhibit excellent mental and physical state, whereby bad health or illness is the undesirable physical and mental state in human beings. Accordingly, the link between social class and health can be attained from the examination of the social dimensions of health and illness. Researchers and sociologists emphasize the need for the clarification of health models, as well as, the distribution of these in among social classes as a way of linking health to social class (Kinhdig 2007:150).
This paper explains how sociologists account for the social production and distribution of health and illness in contemporary industrial societies especially in relation to class. The paper explains the link between health and social class in three ways including economic, cultural and social capital approaches. More specifically the paper draws attention to obesity, access to medical services, and alcohol consumption in relation to this.
Relationship between Social Class and HealthThe relationship between social class and health is observable across all cultural societies irrespective of the ethnic background of the communities making up the society. More specifically, three main health issues have been identified in relation to this including, obesity, alcohol consumption and access to medical services. These three health concerns have been used to assist individuals in comprehending the relationship between these two concepts. Sociologists have had a hard time explaining the relationship between social class and health, because they have not identified which of these is causative of the other (Adler & Snibbe 2003:123). Put simply, they have not been able to identify whether social class determines health, or health determines social class. For that reason, three approaches have been identified in the link between social class and health including the economic approach, cultural approach and the social capital approach.
Economic ApproachThis approach to explaining the link between social class and health suggests resource allocation along social classes determines the health of individuals falling in these classes (Harrison 2002: 856). For example, those in lower social classes, especially the poor, lack the resources necessary for the acquisition of healthcare services thus poor health. Put simply, poverty equals high risk for poor health. Consequently, individuals who are part of the higher social classes have access to plenty of resources, thus have the ability to maintain good health. Studies on the issue illustrate that life expectancy in poor countries is significantly lower than in rich countries, which further illustrates expounds on the economic approach to the problem. Additionally, economic empowerment along social classes implies that individuals with economic resources have the ability to purchase varieties of food items that the less fortunate cannot access. This, in turn draws on the idea of diseases such as obesity and kwashiorkor especially in children. Studies illustrate that obesity is more prevalent in rich national than in poor nations because individuals indulge in binge eating owing to their ability to gain access to a variety of food items that others cannot. Poorer countries, on the other hand, have their populations suffer from diseases linked to malnutrition (Harrison 2002: 860). This is because of the lack of access to food items that are necessary to provide nutrients for the body.
Cultural ApproachThe cultural approach towards linking social class and health is mainly founded on the larger concept of health lifestyles among the different social classes. This approach suggests that individuals who fall under the upper and low social classes tend to have similar characteristics in relation to diet and exercise. These people do not emphasize on healthy lifestyles, including diet and exercise, and they tend to indulge in unhealthy activities such as smoking. The only different between the two social classes would be the access to resources to attain their needs . For example, the wealthy and affluent have access to fast food restaurants, hence, will eat a lot of fatty foods. The poor, on the other hand, do not have access to such services; hence will eat what they can find with minimal consideration for a balanced diet. In relation to alcohol consumption, sociologists argue that individuals who make up the middle class have greater tendencies of engaging in binge drinking and smoking than individuals from the upper and lower classes (Layte & Whelan 2009: 400). Evidence that health-risk behaviors and attitudes are unevenly disseminated between the social classes further contributes to the health gradient that is the issue of concern for many researchers.
Social Capital ApproachThe term social capital refers to the connection between members of a particular social class with relation to social institutions such as churches, schools, political and social institutions, among other things (Warrens 2009:2127). Sociologists argue that the link between health and social class can be traced to social capital and community cohesion. Studies related to this illustrate that health issue such as smoking, alcoholism are greatly determined by social capital and the ability of social classes to influence individuals into behaving in a certain manner. Individuals originating from the same social class tend to influence each other’s health habits, thus providing a link between social class and health.
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Attention Getter- Phones, Phones Everyone got one!
Alexus RobinsonJune 20, 2019
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Attention Getter- Phones, Phones Everyone got one!
Preview of Main Ideas- Now in days, you can’t go anywhere without seeing a person without a phone in their possession. we use them every day and every moment of the day. We use them for communicating with other via talking, video chatting, texting, and especially social media. We use phone so much that we barely even must think for ourselves now… what will we be missing if we didn’t use our phone or even have a phone.
Thesis- We can be so happier without a phone, Now we need a phone for everything we do.
Main point one- The more we are on our phone run into a lot of missing moments of our lives. Back in the day before phone you must remember someone number by heart in order to get in or keep in contact with them. now if the battery goes dead then you have no way to get in touch with anyone except for 911.
People use to rely on paper map to travel for on locate to another. Not GPS for direction. When people took or takes picture it was those very special moment when family and friend got together after not seeing each other over a long period of time. However, we feel like it important to show someone what they are eating for lunch or dinner.
Main Point Two-Less stress worrying about who text or who hasn’t text in 24hrs. Learn how to communicate with other via in person. Possible write a letter to a family member or distance friend. Explore the world around us.
Main Point Three-Trying to find that special individual in your life has gotten to the point of not needing to get a deeper connecting with you. People are judging you by your profile/looks, except for not your personality. They rather text you all day then to meet up with you face to face or meet develop new friends the old fashion way. Got to create new memories and ideas.
Conclusion-Life simpler without excessive usage of phone.