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Group B: Ethnography - Their hypothesis wasn’t operationalized - it was a general statement expressing interest in a potential relationship between underemployment of new immigrants and their health outcomes (later clarified during the question period to mean mental health outcomes IIRC) We at group E felt that the presentation was clear and concise. The slides focused on the information at hand and was not clustered, making it more appealing and easier to grasp the information. Relating to the topic chosen to look into “ A Case Study Exploring Underemployment and Health Amongst New Immigrants in Toronto”, was similar to what many people’s and families go through when immigrating to a new country. With applying solid information and the three different types of underemployment that were shown in the presentation, it provided a better insight on how immigrants no matter their life stage can be impacted by underemployment. Many Immigrants come to Toronto and are unable to work due to limited hours (part-time work), their skills they have are not being utilized, etc. Our group felt the research being done was sufficient and it flowed well as the presentation progressed. Also, as the Group B’s topic included health in relation to underemployment and this was a piece of the topic that was left almost unanswered and vague, as to the negative effects unemployment has on the health of new immigrants. Moreover, we felt that the hypothesis was not operationalized, meaning that it was a broad statement that expressed interest in a potential relationship between underemployment of new immigrants and their health outcomes. This was later clarified during the end of the presentation during the question period, but during the presentation it was very unclear. Not only this, but with using two research methods (case study and ethnographic) it made the case study to lack certain aspects and to be more vague, as well the ethnographic side of the research it was missing some key points such as the field notes. Overall, the presentation was solid and it was well put together, Great Job! Group C: Survey Research - Food insecurity and COVID-19 - Maybe there would be value in narrowing their dependent variables and independent variables (age, community, family structure, some combo thereof) in order to more effectively build on prior research

- As was pointed out during the question period, the group could have spent more time discussing the existing research on this emerging research area, and exploring potential gaps in knowledge in order to demonstrate the value and relevance of their proposal to investigate this extremely topical issue of food insecurity in a pandemic Group D: Narrative Research Topic: The Impact of Social Media on Individuals’ Mental Health What is narrative research: elitication and interpretation of peoples narrative accounts of their experience Significance to mental health: helps uncover common trends and issues by examining peoples first hand stories of their experiences with social media Characteristics: individual experiences Chronology of the experiences Collecting individual Stories Retell Coding for themes Context or setting Collaborating with participants Qualitative? Quantitative? Mixed Methods ? Variables/Concepts: Social Media consumption and Suicide Risk (social media & mental health) Hypothesis: is there any evidence that social media consumption negatively impacts individuals mental health? Questions: Quantitative will gather data of “why”

Qualitative will show the “what”? Analysis: what will our research find? What do we hope to find, and useful findings? Common trends and problems of mental health relating to social media being identified. Systematic Narrative Review: look this up Questions: If your research shows that social media does have various impacts on individuals’ mental health, including multiple negative impacts, what is the contribution your proposed research will contribute to our understanding? Negative impacts: - Bullying - Self harm & suicide - Disordered eating and body dysmorphia - Internalized symptoms of depression, anxiety and loneliness - Poor social networks Pros: Good depth of research, clearly demonstrated that existing research reflects general consensus that social media can cause harm for children and youth Group F: Content Analysis Topic: The Global Representation of Climate Change Within Media Hypothesis/Research Questions: representations of climate change in mass media are biased based on perspectives of those conveying the message Research Q: how does the media affect views on climate change?

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What is Content Analysis: Show the meaning of written and illustrated sources, organizing content into specific categories which will be interpreted Demonstrated value of content analysis to your topic - studying coverage, discourse on an issue (climate change) They're using mixed-methods, both qualitative and quantitative research. Content analysis is good for studying specific cultural production and their relationship to a social issue Content Analysis: uses checklist to count the frequency of certain ideas, words etc. Pictures are analyzed differently from text Concepts -> variables --> measurement instruments ---> findings Concepts involved: iconic imagery, public comms campaigns, climate change communications 3. Decide codes: 4. Determine unit of analysis 5. Data summarization sheet How they Searched: First Search: Content analysis of climate change 2nd search: media representation of climate change within CA Keywords: climate change, media, content analysis Found 5 articles, eliminated some that were not relevant to hypothesis. Good job finding research which supports the validity of your hypothesis, and some that suggest your hypothesis may be correct. Question: What is the new contribution that your research will clarify?

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