08 Oct Synthesizing sources — four movie reviews of “Steve Jobs”

synthesizing sources — four movie reviews of “Steve Jobs”

you are reading four movie reviews of the movie Steve Jobs. The reviews are from Ann Hornaday, Rex Reed, Benjamin Lee, and Anthony Lane.

 

After perusing the four movie reviews.

 

Links Below:

 

‘Steve Jobs’ review By Ann Hornaday: https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/steve-jobs-review-an-impressionistic-inner-portrait-of-the-apple-co-founder/2015/10/15/88e493e8-7276-11e5-8d93-0af317ed58c9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8a0bc8c9a794

 

‘Steve Jobs’ review By Rex Reed : http://observer.com/2015/10/aaron-sorkins-empty-jobs-search/

 

Steve Jobs’ review By Benjamin Lee: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/06/steve-jobs-movie-review-michael-fassbender-telluride

 

Steve Jobs’ review By Anthony Lane: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/wonder-boys

 

Ann Hornaday-

 

Summary statement:

 

Quote from this reviewer to support the summary statement:

 

Rex Reed-

 

Summary statement:

 

Quote from this reviewer to support the summary statement:

 

Benjamin Lee-

 

Summary statement:

 

Quote from this reviewer to support the summary statement:

 

Anthony Lane –

 

Summary statement:

 

Quote from this reviewer to support the summary statement:

 

please complete the following tasks: The four reviewers do not agree on their evaluation of the acting in the film.

 

1. First, analyze all four reviewers and, for each reviewer, write at least one summary sentence describing what the review says about the acting in the film. In addition, for each reviewer, quote the reviewer at least one time to demonstrate the sentiment he or she expresses about the acting.

 

2. Then, write two to three short paragraphs that synthesize all four reviewers and the points they make on the acting in the film. Remember, when synthesizing, you don’t simply list what each author says about the topic. You write about the issue of acting in the film and integrate the points of all four reviewers into that analysis.

 

You could group authors into categories, if possible. For example, consider the reviewers that tend to praise the acting and write about them in a paragraph or two. Then consider the reviewers that did not like the acting and write about them in a paragraph or two. Following this analysis, you might write a concluding paragraph that summarizes all four reviewers’ views on the acting.

 

Part 2. analyzing a literature review, part I

 

This assignment is designed to help you see how a synthesis of sources essay, or literature review, is organized.

 

Please download the article, “Beyond Frequency: Perceived Realism and the CSI Effect,” by Evelyn Maeder and Richard Corbett (–article attached below “Beyond Frequency: Perceived Realism and the CSI Effect”)

 

On pages 84-85, the authors provide an introduction to the research study they conducted. You can read this section if you would like to. However, for this assignment, please read from page 85 “(“The CSI effect defined”) to page 94 (up to the section entitled “Method”). Then answer the following questions:

 

1. In the first section (“The CSI effect defined”), do the authors ever give you their opinion on the CSI effect? How do they support their definition and their expansion on the definition? How many different sources do they cite in this section?

 

2. From pages 86-88, the authors discuss lawyers, police officers, judges, and community members. In this section, do the authors ever give you their opinion on any of the issues discussed?

 

3. Examine the section entitled “Verdicts” (pp. 90-92). How do the results from the study by Shelton et al. differ from the results of the study by Kim, Barak, and Shelton? How do the results of the study by Baskin and Sommers differ from the results of other studies?

 

4. As a result of having read this article, please write a few sentences about what you might have learned about a) synthesizing sources or b) the CSI effect.

 

Part 3: analyzing a literature review, part II

 

This Assignment is designed to further help you see how a synthesis of sources essay, or literature review, is organized.

 

Please USE the attached “sample literature PSYCH” from the 100-level psychology class.

 

Please note that this literature review is more informal than the one on the CSI effect by Maeder and Corbett that you read last week. You will notice a level of informality in its tone and language. In addition, it is not perfect in its synthesis of sources. Moreover, the author cites only six sources throughout the review. Overall, this is a literature review written for a 100-level class. Please keep in mind that your literature review might not be as sophisticated as the one by Maeder and Corbett. Nonetheless, it provides a helpful demonstration of how one can analyze studies, synthesize sources, and divide a review into categories.

 

Please answer the following questions:

 

1. In the introduction, what is the thesis statement for this paper?

 

2. In the section entitled “Influence of Mood on Eating Behavior,” does the writer ever give her own opinion? If you think so, point out where she does.

 

In this section, the author mentions limits to the study by Oliver and Wardle. What are the limits of this study, according to the writer?

 

3. Throughout the paper, does the author ever advocate for programs or other steps to be taken for the problem she describes in the paper?

 

4. In the section “Influence of Eating Behavior on Later Moods,” the writer cites only one source. If you were to give her advice on this section, what advice might you give her to help her develop it more effectively? Feel free to search in the library databases for articles on this topic or to suggest key words for her to search on.

 

5. As a result of having read this article, please write a few sentences about what you might have learned about synthesizing sources.

 

Part 4: Visual Mapping — Applying the Spider Diagram

 

You can use a “Spider Diagram” to help you to structure your discussion of sources in The Literature Review as well as to brainstorm the niches and gaps in the research literature. A spider diagram is a visual tool usually used for planning your writing. However, you can also use it for evaluating and thinking about a topic in detail.

 

Print out your Literature Review notes and grab a blank piece of paper.

 

For more information on the Spider Diagram, please visit the link at the top of this week’s Content, Spider Diagrams: How and Why They Work: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationadvice/9839678/Spider-diagrams-how-and-why-they-work.html

 

Task:

 

Write your idea/title/topic/thesis in the center of a piece of paper. Draw a circle around it. For the purposes of this exercise, you will use the topic of your Literature Review.

Draw a “leg” from the central “body” of your Literature Review topic towards the top right-hand corner of the page. Label this “leg” with the first topic/category that you dealt with in your Review.

Add more legs moving clockwise around the page until all the sections have been included, with the final one being somewhere near the top left of the page.

Now divide each “leg” up into smaller “legs” with all the points that you made in each section. (Again, work clockwise from the top left so that the sequence of ideas is maintained).

Finally, please be sure that one section is devoted to identifying any gaps or niches in the research literature in your synthesis of sources essay Writing Assignment #3.

You may have to redraw your spider diagram several times until you find a structure that works for you. Make sure that you find a proposal structure that suits the needs of your Niches and Gaps paper. Please post your spider diagram below.

Respond to this discussion topic with one paragraph describing how this task might have helped you or why it did not help you in organizing your thoughts for Writing Assignment #3.