Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Article Comparison #2: Kerwin & Cameron. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
3 pages in length. Civilized societies are rarely without a cause of the moment whereby certain populations either need to be eradicated completely or oppressed to the point of no longer being a threat to the sanctity of the parent society. However, it is this alarmist approach that oftentimes borders on the fringe of hysteria that causes one to question just how civilized people are who can so easily condemn with faulty reasoning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: LM1_TLCArticComp2.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
of the parent society. However, it is this alarmist approach that oftentimes borders on the fringe of hysteria that causes one to question just how civilized people are who
can so easily condemn with faulty reasoning. Kerwins (1999) passage is a classic example of how one persons agenda successfully whipped up an entire global community into a frenzy of
erroneous proportion. Based upon groundless assumption and the one bad apple proverb, the writer illustrates how Smith was wholly successful in pushing her elitist mind-set upon the masses.
Despite the fact that she had only her personal opinion as proof that anything harmful would come to her race if Asians were permitted to infiltrate the white race, she
nonetheless stirred the pot of panic until her viewpoint had support by the droves. Cameron (1995) explains how those like Smith can overrule basic common sense and not only instills
alarmist behavior in the general population but also in those of legislators who enact new policy to take action against the offensive group. This type of behavior, Cameron (1995)
points out, has existed in one form or another as an example of how humanity must have some type of a scapegoat upon which to hurl its stones of morality.
The problem, however, is how the unwitting recipients of these proverbial peltings are at the mercy of the interpretation of those who have power enough to sway others; coupling
her efforts to boost the white population through stereotype in her quest to champion societys social ills, Smith utilized mass media (Saturday Sunset) as a broad sounding board, a voice
of the people man has come to learn over the last one hundred years that portrays the truth in its own fashion. ...Moral panic in the form we know
...