Lennon’s Response – A
Novice’s Review
2. Read the first
sample literature review (Review A):
A.
Have
the reviewers clearly identified the topic of review? Have they indicated its delimitation?
(For instance, is it limited to a certain type of individual or certain period
of time? Does it deal only with certain aspects of the problem?)
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The topics were clearly identified as the
researcher discussed that the review was on cyber bullying amongst students from
secondary, primary, and post-secondary levels.
The researcher thoroughly described and defined what the various terms
of cyber bullying meant, “a skilled author of a report on an original empirical
research will guide you through the material and make it comprehensible to you
even if you do not understand all the jargon (Galvan, 2014, p. 3).
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The researcher focuses on cyber bullying ranging
from juveniles to young adult students, which is a certain type of individual
in a specific period (time frame of students while in school).
B.
Have
the reviewers written a cohesive essay that guides you through the literature
from subtopic to subtopic? Explain.
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This essay moves from explaining what the topic
is about and defining terms and as Galvan (2014) mentioned previously, when
writing for a purpose, there is a need to be direct and focused on interpreting
the research question and incorporating other similar studies to help grasp a
working knowledge of the topic.
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This essay introduces the meaning of the term
cyber bullying, the effects of cyber bullying, and finally how to respond and
deal with cyber bullying, which deems a cohesive flow.
C.
Have
the reviewers interpreted and critiqued the literature, or have the merely
summarized it?
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The reviewers did thoroughly summarize and
interpret the findings incorporated from several different sources and additionally
there was a critique of the information on cyber bullying as it was deemed as negative
and in need of more reviews on the collegiate level (Galvan, 2014).
D.
Overall,
do you think the reviewers make an important contribution to knowledge through
their synthesis of the literature? Explain?
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I do think that the reviewers make an important
contribution to knowledge as it was shown in the beginning of the essay how
this issue has resulted in the death of juveniles and young adults as a consequence
of being the victim of this crime (Galvan, 2014).
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There is also the importance of recognizing and
addressing the need of growing crimes that develop from advancing technology
and the need of new laws to be created, befitting of the crime to protect those
who fall victim to this particular crime (cyber bullying) and others.
