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This 3 page paper uses the content analysis method to allow an objective approach to an article on the subject of torture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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analysis method to allow an objective approach to an article on the subject. The Article The article is "We have ways..." by Ian Robbins (the title is obviously a
play on the words "we have ways of making you talk," which have become something of a joke). In his article, Robbins describes KGB interrogation methods, which were adopted
by the British in Northern Ireland. He also says that psychological torture is much more damaging in the long run than physical torture, and explains why. And then
he describes various methods of torture in detail, saying that armies and agencies all over the world (including the U.S.) use them today. Concept Analysis According to one source,
there are two types of content analysis: "conceptual analysis and relational analysis. Conceptual analysis can be thought of as establishing the existence and frequency of concepts in a text. Relational
analysis builds on conceptual analysis by examining the relationships among concepts in a text" (Palmquist). To analyze this article, well use five aspects: the method used to gather
the information; the format of the article and how this influences the message; which type of analysis works better here; how the way the article is written influences the message
it conveys; and what impacts the authors viewpoint has on the message hes trying to express. The article is written as a straight narrative describing torture and the methods used.
The authors biography tells us that he is "Head of the Traumatic Stress Service at St Georges Hospital, London" and that he was also an interrogator (Robbins, 2004, p.
44). Presumably, then, he has seen torture from both ends-he knows the results of it, and perhaps has even inflicted it. He is thus writing about it from
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