Culture Annotated Bibliographies Samples For Students

Aubrey, J.S., & Frisby, C.M. (2011). Sexual objectification in music videos: a content analysis comparing gender and genre. Mass Communication and Society 14: 475-501.

In this article, Aubrey and Frisby (2011) create a coding system which measures the correlations between representations of women and sexual objectification. According to their findings, female artists provide a greater amount of sexual objectification in their videos, and are placed under greater pressure to appear more attractive and glamorous. They are also more likely to showcase sexually suggestive behavior and attitudes. This evidences adds to the argument that women are problematically presented in popular culture and media, as they are placed under a male gaze to be as attractive as possible; a woman’s sexuality is shown to be her primary feature, ...

Coghlan, A., & Pearce, P. (2010). Tracking affective components of satisfaction. Tourism and

One doctoral study research student and a professor at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia undertook to answer questions about links between what motivates tourists in their activities, by tracking affective components of satisfaction. The study selects a number of tourists on dynamic volunteer tourism expeditions. The methodology used was participant long form entry in a diary written communication and analyzed in the group and individual settings. The researchers tried to look for patterns in general levels of satisfactions and how this changed over time, and linked to personality characteristics and daily activity. The study concluded that satisfaction levels do not always ...

Annotated Bibliography for Terrorism

Broomhall, B. (2004). State actors in an international definition of terrorism from a human rights perspective. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 36(2-3), 421-441.

Some of the examples of terrorism provided by Broomhall (2004) include hostage-taking and the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, as well as acts of genocide and war crimes.

The international terrorism aspect of this article will allow a more in depth view into the various activities that differentiate domestic from international terrorism, including the legal ramifications that are attached to both forms. Highlighting the International Criminal Court’s definition of terrorism will help to shape the ...

Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. ‘Zombies—A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health.’ A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health Awareness - Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/AD-1905_article.htm 2/10/2013

This article was written by Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. It discusses about the dangers of modifying viruses in the laboratory. They say that when viruses are modified, they can pose a very great threat because they can undergo mutation, multiply then spread at a very faster rate to cause problems to the people. In explaining this point, they use an example of a rabies virus which multiplied and caused zombie to a lot of people. It can be used in a research because it can help in creating public awareness on how dangerous zombie infections can be. ...