Content Research Log

A2 Media Production: Content Research Log

Name: Shane Mitchell

Source(1)	Date located and  reference(2)	Key Findings
http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm	16-09-13 #1	- There are unsettled disputes about the apostrophe and whether or not it should be used succeeding a proper noun with an ‘s’ at the end of the word or whether an apostrophe accompanied by an ‘s’ should be used after a noun. - With common nouns, the apostrophe would not be accompanied by a succeeding ‘s’. - There is no telling what is specifically ‘right’.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv20.shtml	16-09-13 #2	- Apparently here, it all “boils down” to which ever sounds right for the speaker. - However, if at any point the speaker feels unsure about what could be done, then it is advised for them to use ‘of the’ rather than the possessive.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B004NSCAZ8/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1	17-09-13 #3	- The findings here tell me that a certain pen I have looked at had excellent reviews and gained 5 stars on each review. - The pen has been given comments that compliment its design and ability to write with such perfection. The pen has also been said to write in such a smooth manner. This, alongside my own experience of the pen, would allow me to give several viewpoints of the pen.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/21570.Barnes_Noble_Leatherbound_Classics http://www.amazon.co.uk/Recommended-reads/lm/R7AVKIPKV4VM	17-09-13 #4	-          Here are two websites that would allow me to locate some information on specifically what kind of books would be best recommend for my readers. - This means that I would not have to refer to my own library for recommendations, but now, because Amazon bases their recommendations on reader response, then I could refer to Amazon and would therefore not be referring to good books with biased views.
Forsyth, Mark, The Etymologicon, Icon Books Ltd., 2013	17-09-13 #5	-          My key findings from this include learning whence the semantic meanings of words came to be, and how they may have shifted through time. - I have learnt how to write in an informal register about language to ensure my audience doesn’t grow bored. - I have learnt historical facts that give me a broader knowledge on how modern language evolved. For example, the American term ‘buck’ for ‘money’, arose because North and Eastern Americans used to trade buck skin with one another, and so ‘buck’ came to mean ‘a dollar’.
Forsyth Mark, The Elements of Eloquence, Icon Books Ltd, 2013	18-09-13 #6	-This is a book that has changed my few towards attitudes that involve grammar. While statements within the book are slightly broad I may disagree with some, the facts about how grammar can used in a powerful way, simply by being non-standard. I have learnt that non-standard grammar can render writing as more artistic than ever before, and that without the use of grammar, language is therefore more experimental. - I have also gained an even larger knowledge about the most effective and advanced techniques of rhetoric/literary devices. This is now something I could include in my magazine, as many of these techniques remain unidentified by many.

Note (1): secondary sources here could include: web, book, interviews, newspaper, periodicals, magazines, TV, radio. Primary sources could include: interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, structured interviews.

Note(2): you must include some evidence of your research in your portfolio – give the evidence a reference number so it can be cross referenced with your findings table above. Evidence will include the following: Heavily annotated outs, transcripts of interviews, recordings of interviews on CD, photocopies with annotations and notes.

Be selective in what you include as evidence – do not pad out your folder with irrelevant material – the examiner will mark you down for this!