No, I didn't actually write for the Plain Dealer (unfortunately). This is a fake newspaper article I wrote and arranged for my Writing for Multimedia course at BW.
RESEARCH PAPERS
The Impacts of Hinduism on Every Day Life (Abstract)​​
Religion typically influences an individual's lifestyle, culture, philosophy, and behavior. This paper specifically examines Hinduism and its effects on India's social climate.
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The research methodology of this paper is primarily textual analysis of Understanding Death by Angela Sumegi and Death and Bereavement Across Cultures. Additional outside sources and scholarly articles online were examined for statistics and relevant sociology.
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The findings reflect that certain traditions and behaviors were directly related to Hindu religious beliefs, while other social norms were unrelated and sometimes even contradictory to the religion's ideology.
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These results imply that even those who share the same religion can live very different lives and carry different beliefs due to outside contributing factors such as gender and economic class.
Communicating With Family About Cancer (Abstract)
Previous research indicates that experiences with and strategies to cope with a cancer diagnosis are contingent on the individual. This study attempts to decipher the reasoning behind and give context to male patients' communication about life-threatening illness with their family members.
The methodology in conducting this study is qualitative research through three in-depth interviews with male cancer survivors.
All three participants show various levels of hesitancy to communicate at all with their families, but also, eventually, express openness. Each participant expressed a preference, either directly or indirectly, for emotional support communication from their families, while maintaining a desire to stay in control of their treatments.
This study indicates a paradigm shift in our cultural view of masculine communication in that all of these men indicated the same stereotypical, expected avoidance, but ultimately admitted that they found strength in the stigmatized openness and vulnerability.