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SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD WORK – DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESEARCH

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Appendix: Content Analysis

METAL

#1 /5 Maybe I SHOULD LET HER GO

But ONLY WHEN SHE LOVES ME

How CAN I JUST LET HER GO?

Not UNTIL SHE LOVES ME

Content Analysis – Example – Metro Lyrics Top 100 Lists – Metal versus Hip Hop

#3/5

We were meant to be together

Now die and f&*#ing love me

We were meant to hurt each other

Now die and f&*#ing love me

Die and f&*#ing love me

Die and f&*#ing love me

Die and f&*#ing love me

Slipknot - Killpop Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Rap

#3 / 5 Look at Me Now by Chris Brown - Several instances – over 5 too graphic to use in class

#4 / 5 When you sell like Eminem, and the hoes they want to f*&# Read more: 50 Cent - In Da Club Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Metal, more depressing and violent, but actually more self-loathing than women hating – all in all – hard to measure as the one song is pretty violent, some control issues

Rap, more misogynist, Chris Brown’s song was ridiculous - and both were more homophobic, both the songs that were noted here also used homophobic language

Case Study Asian Drivers | Good or Bad?

Are Asians bad drivers? Definitely, says the common perception. Despite the fact that the driving habits of Asians throughout the world have never been empirically or statistically compared to those of other drivers from other races, Asians are universally derided as being the worst drivers on the road. Indeed the myth is so prevalent as to be almost self-fulfilling in a way.

Whenever we are witness to a bad driver on the road who happens to be Asian, we nod our heads knowingly and affirm the myth. And whenever we as Asians are driving, there is a lot of pressure on us to be safe drivers, lest we “confirm the stereotype.”

Earlier this year for instance, I got into an accident on the road with a young Caucasian female driver who basically swerved into my lane completely out of the blue. Both parties agreed that I was not at fault, and in the end, the Caucasian driver kindly paid for my repair fees through her insurance company. Needless to say I was happy for the incident to be over and I never paid any more attention to it after the fact. It would be ridiculous for me to think that “white drivers” are all poorly skilled, just by one negative experience.

Yet this is clearly not the case for the majority of drivers, even fellow Asian drivers, who curse and decry the poor driving habits of a select few drivers who just happen to be Asian. Moreover, no attempt has been made to prove or verify that this popular conception is true. Until now, that is.

Bradd Libby, a blogger who has a PhD, has used the technology of Gapminderto formulate an insightful graph which shows and compares the number of traffic deaths per 100,000 people in eleven Asian countries to the numbers of other countries worldwide. Clearly, as you can see above, the majority of these countries, including incredibly high populated countries such as China, Japan, and Indonesia, are below the average.Although we can nitpick at the statistics and say that Asian drivers are responsible for non-fatal accidents, the fact remains that in their very countries of origin, Asian drivers are involved in fewer fatal accidents per 100,000 people than most other countries in the world.

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