Whenever someone hears a nutritionist talk about poor eating habits the first thing that comes to mind is obesity. And that’s perfectly logical because we are a diet-conscious nation and it’s virtually impossible to open a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast without hearing that Americans are gaining pounds and inches at an unprecedented rate. But obesity is more than simply unattractive. It’s also unhealthy. So unhealthy that it’s literally killing us. A study by researchers at the Centers
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Ethnography (from Greek word ethnos = folk/people and grapho = to write) is a qualitative research method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group (Agar 1996). It was pioneered in the field of socio-cultural anthropology but has also become a popular method in various other fields of social sciences—particularly in sociology‚ communication studies‚ and history —that study people‚ ethnic groups and other
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What makes ethnography distinctive as a research methodology compare to other approaches to study social deviance? Ethnographies of deviant behavior are one of the most popular within the sociological genre. It identifies studies that involves ‘personal observation‚ interaction‚ and experience (as) the only way to acquire accurate knowledge about deviant behaviour’ (Adler‚ 1985:11) Ethnography requires having a input to various fields such as anthropology‚ sociology and criminology in order to
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The difference in ethnographies This essay is about ethnographies. It critically explains and compares ethnographies at published at different times by different authors .This is done to trace the differences with time. This is done mainly to identify the language of the authors‚ the themes‚ writing styles‚ how they appeal to the reader and also how they did their research in reference to the people studied. In this essay Ruth benedict’s patterns of culture is compared with primitive mind by Franz
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Kevin Glazer Anthro-3 Chino Ethnography and Culture The article begins by giving an example of how most Americans approach the study of science. The quote states…“ most Americans observe whatever we wish to understand‚ introduce our own classification of what is going on‚ and explain what we see in our own terms.” Basically what the opening quote is implying is that instead of trying to understand why something happens‚ or why someone acts someway; we try to compare ourselves to the situation
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Interpersonal Ethnography Melissa M Mata Communication II November 14‚ 2012 Fresno City College Interpersonal Ethnography The concept studied in this ethnography was based on my own interpersonal communication over a 24 hour period. Interpersonal communication is the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people. When studying my interpersonal communication I will be addressing characteristics‚ patterns‚ emotions and encounters displayed over the time period
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Kevin Walker Professor Echelberger ENG 201 2 March 2010 Eating Habits: Men versus Women Getting a hot meal in college is very easy. Most college students have a very short walk to their campus cafeteria. Entering the cafeteria‚ there is generally an array of meals to choose from. Researchers have been studying the eating habits of college students for a while. Although the studies are predominately due to the typical increase in weight of Americans over the past few centuries‚ the data
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28 September 2011 The average American lacks a healthy lifestyle‚ and there are three reasons why. One of the reasons is that Americans have bad eating habits. Unhealthy eating is becoming worse and worse in the American society. They would benefit and help create a better lifestyle from eating healthier. Another reason is the lack of exercise‚ more Americans should exercise. It would help lower the obesity level that is so high in this nation. The average American should take in 2‚000 calories
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The research method chosen for this study is qualitative research. Its methodology is ethnography which incorporates non-participant field observation and non-structured interviewing. Observational field studies are the dominant research tool used to study expert teams (Salas‚ Rosen‚ Burke‚ Goodwin‚ & Fiore‚ (2006)‚ which all tumor boards are. Salas et al (2006) also state that observational studies are necessary to access information about how teams operate in their environments‚ particularly in
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African-Americans than in white-Americans. The Association Between African-American Eating Habits and Disease African-Americans are more likely to suffer from disease that are directly link to diet and eating habits. As we mention
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