Journal
New Media & Society
New Media & Society
New Media & Society is an international journal which is founded in 1999 by Nicholas Jankowski and Steve Jones[1]. It is aimed at publishing papers in different fields for peer review ,such as media, cultural studies, communications, etc. As for field of media, This journal engages in"discussions of the issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development", which has big influence in the field of media.
Research paper
Noise in an intensive care unit[2]
Summary: There is a phenomenon that patients and staff in hospital are exposed to quite high noises environment. In order to find out the influence of the noises, researchers did a survey of hospital staff and made an measurement of different noise levels in two German hospital. The survey shows that noises from staff themselves and medical equipment will disturb hospital staff and add more stress on them. Similarly, the measurement also shows that there are many noise-peak which can influence patients and staff.
purpose: The patients' health conditions and staff's working performance are both vital. As we known, noise can induce changes in our quality of sleep. By doing this research , investigators tied to find out whether the noises in hospital can effect on staff anf patients.
Method: Researchers divided this investigation into two parts. In part one, they did a survey of the acoustical situation for the hospital staff. Finally fourteen nurses and seven doctors completed this survey. In part two, researchers used integrated acoustic-level-analyzer to record the intensity of noises respectively in two different care units. Measured data were recorded over 48-hour period and finally these data were calculated and compared by five different rating level.
purpose: The patients' health conditions and staff's working performance are both vital. As we known, noise can induce changes in our quality of sleep. By doing this research , investigators tied to find out whether the noises in hospital can effect on staff anf patients.
Method: Researchers divided this investigation into two parts. In part one, they did a survey of the acoustical situation for the hospital staff. Finally fourteen nurses and seven doctors completed this survey. In part two, researchers used integrated acoustic-level-analyzer to record the intensity of noises respectively in two different care units. Measured data were recorded over 48-hour period and finally these data were calculated and compared by five different rating level.
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1.Briefly explain to a first year university student what theory is, and what theory is not.
"Theory is about the connections among phenomena, a story about why acts, events, structure,and thought occur[3]." By a taxonomy, A theory consist of analysis, explanation, prediction, and prescription. On the contrary, we consider "references, data, variables, diagrams and hypotheses " these five features are not theory.
2.Describe the major theory or theories that are used in your selected paper. Which theory type (see Table 2 in Gregor) can the theory or theories be characterized as?
The major theory in paper "Noise in an intensive care unit" is based on Analysis and description. By analyzing a survey of the hospital staff, the paper presented the current situation of the nurses and doctors in detail. In addition, the paper made a detailed description of the measurement on noises, by analyzing the intensity level of the noises, counting the quantities in each hour, calculating the influential level of the noises, etc. The author well explained how this noise environment influence us performance and when this noises might have a strong influence on our quality of sleep. For example, by counting the quantities and intensity of noise, we found noises increased during the shifts. In this way, the author well explained why our working performance might get bad during each shift. However, the author did not predict what extent noises can influence us to.
3.Which are the benefits and limitations of using the selected theory or theories?
By using the theory for analyzing, we can have a better understanding on what we measured in detail. Also ,by using the theory for explaining, we can know the causal relationship among what we observed. Only when we know what the subject is, can we make an good prediction on it. In other words, analysis is the basement of the frame of theory and good explanation is based on analysis. On the contrary, if we only make these two theory,we can not know what the subject will be. We can not make a foresight design and action.
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The major theory in paper "Noise in an intensive care unit" is based on Analysis and description. By analyzing a survey of the hospital staff, the paper presented the current situation of the nurses and doctors in detail. In addition, the paper made a detailed description of the measurement on noises, by analyzing the intensity level of the noises, counting the quantities in each hour, calculating the influential level of the noises, etc. The author well explained how this noise environment influence us performance and when this noises might have a strong influence on our quality of sleep. For example, by counting the quantities and intensity of noise, we found noises increased during the shifts. In this way, the author well explained why our working performance might get bad during each shift. However, the author did not predict what extent noises can influence us to.
3.Which are the benefits and limitations of using the selected theory or theories?
By using the theory for analyzing, we can have a better understanding on what we measured in detail. Also ,by using the theory for explaining, we can know the causal relationship among what we observed. Only when we know what the subject is, can we make an good prediction on it. In other words, analysis is the basement of the frame of theory and good explanation is based on analysis. On the contrary, if we only make these two theory,we can not know what the subject will be. We can not make a foresight design and action.
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References：
[1]Wikipedia New Media & Society (2015.09.17)
[2]Salandin,A.,Arnold,J.& Kornadt,O., 2011. Noise in an intensive care unit. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(6), pp.3754–60.
[3]Sutton, R.I.&Staw,B.M.(1995).What Theory is Not.Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(3), 371-384.
[3]Sutton, R.I.&Staw,B.M.(1995).What Theory is Not.Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(3), 371-384.
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