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This source is reliable for multiple reasons. The authority of this article is not perfect but it is good. The article was written as book review for the book, "Fast Food Nation." This means that there is a third party between the book and the reader but it is still a strong article. The author is the associate editor for the New York Press. This article also is also from the American Scholar center. The purpose for this article is very clear. The goal is to inform the reader about the book that is being reviewed. This information is fact and it has a minor influence of the author but most articles will have a minor amount of that within it. This information is also accurate according to the book. The information comes from a book that was highly known for the fast food industry. The article as stated before has minor influence from the author but at the same time the book has the major influence within the article.
This source is helpful for my topic because I need to know specifically about the fast food industry and how they work before I can judge the industry and see it from both perspectives. The fast food industry may or may not be the cause for obesity but at the same time they may be the cause for other illness and pain.
This article points out some of the key features of the book and whenever there is a strong fact within the book then the article pulls that out as well. Some of the information of this article is very moving and it makes people wonder wether or the not fast food industry really shows the honest truth in their ads and in their stores. I enjoy how the author makes the point how the industry was not born into this format but it was transformed into it later on in the career. I also feel like the book in general smacks the fast food industry with a hand that may not have been needed. While people know that industry food in unhealthy and it is not the best meat, the statements made, make it feel as if the food is dangerous. At the same time, if the food was dangerous it would not pass the tests that it needs to pass to be served in the US.
SLIVKA, ANDREY. "FAST FOOD NATION: THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL." American Scholar 70.2 (2001): 152. Literature Resource Center. Web. 24 Sep. 2012.
As you contemplated the credibility of the source, I'm glad you contemplated the pros and cons of a book review before deciding that it would be appropriate to use this review for your blog. I think you underestimated the role of the reviewer in this particular source. That doesn't make the source unusable, but realize that you were reading a book critique and not simply a book report. This means the review author was doing quite a bit of active shaping when it came to the information that would be revealed to the his readers.
ReplyDeleteAgain, you were able to do a good job justifying why this source is of significance to your overall project.
Go just a little deeper with responses. For example, you say that some of the information in the review was moving and made you question truth in advertising for fast food restaurants. I would have like to hear one or two of the most moving points for you and to hear examples of advertising you've noticed that seem to disconnect with what the author was saying.
I think your response raises a thoughtful argument. You say that food that is dangerous wouldn't pass the tests needed to be served. I'll play devil's advocate though and say that I think you dismissed some material in the source that would have challenged your assertion. The review says, "Thanks to the meatpacking industry's allies in Congress, there currently exists no mechanism for the Department of Agriculture to recall deadly meat." So, the review seems to indicate the Fast Food Nation reveals ways that our laws are being manipulated so that unsafe food can indeed make it to the marketplace.