ENG 0802 Lecture 1: Sept, Unit 1 Notes
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Trayvon martin, one of the cases that resurfaced the police brutality issue, made it more prominent. Trayvon wasn"t even shot by the police, the shooter was a neighborhood watchman, # of authors, major study conducted; lots of people involved. (for citing, when there are 3 or less authors, cite using last name in alphabetical order, if there are more than 3, us et al ex. Police, urban youth, surveillance, public places, teacher, authority figure. 911 nyc based urban youth, it was a diverse group with ranging backgrounds, street survey, asked about opinions on adult surveillance. Concludes that urban youth feels a sense of betrayal from adults (and mistrust), especially young men of color. Using 911 people in the survey may have been symbolic of 9/11 or 911, emergency, a topic that really needs to be looked at. Pay attention to stats, sample size and type, controlled and uncontrolled variables, qualitative and quantitative variables, questions asked (objective questions), research disclosures.
