W hat is the best way of reporting others’ words? ‘Thefoolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. ’ James Russell Lowell
IQ Reflection Why, in academic writing, is it important to report what others have said?
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Contextualization Look at these sentences and identify the ways in which the views of other writers are expressed. Sciences 1. The vitamins contained in b e e r... seem to be responsible for this reduced level of homocysteine in alcohol-dependents who consume this type of beverage (Denke, 2000; Sakuta et al., 2007). 2. This has been verified when the effectiveness of the association of psychotherapeutic with pharmacologic anti-craving therapy is demonstrated in different trials (Ansoms et al., 2000). 3. ... scientific research on this subject has shown methodologic flaws (Klatsky et al., 2003). Baltieri, D., Daro, F. R., Ribeiro, R L. and De Andrade, A. G. (2009). The role of alcoholic beverage preference in the severity of alcohol dependence and adherence to treatment. Alcohol, 4 3 ,1 8 5 -1 9 5 .
Humanities 4. Hesmondhaulgh’s article (2002) demonstrates that a number of factors were involved: rising prosperity in the global North, increasing leisure time ... and so on. 5. Nicholas Garnham, a major player in this development in his role as a consultant at the GLC in the early 1980s, analyzes this moment of cultural industries policy in his article in this special issue. 6. While some commentators have hailed creative industries policy as a genuine and promising attempt to marry access and excellence (e.g., Hughson and Inglis, 2001), others have been more sceptical. Hesmondhalgh, D. and Pratt, A. (2005). Cultural industries and cultural policy. International Journal o f Cultural Policy, 1 1 ,1 :1 -1 3 .
Law 7. ... methods which according to Kusanagi (2004) were used with Sho-nen A. 8. Takamura and Noda (2000: 254) criticize the response of the school officials. 9. In the essays collected in Pratt et al. (2005), several of which discuss the ‘new punitiveness’ as a supposedly global phenomenon, Japan is never mentioned. Smith, D. and Sueda, K. (2008). The killing of children by children as a symptom of national crisis: Reactions in Britain and Japan. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 8, 5-25.