oml
Well-Known Member
What does it mean to synthesise information?
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To synthesise information is to bring all the available/provided information together.
A simple cause-and-effect typically does not suffice and should often include information you’ve introduced prior or other relevant information.
For example:
Notes:
- In this segment of my paragraph, I introduced new primary information to “complete” my argument.
- This is seen through my linking sentence “Within Australia...” and ending with my conclusion (which spanned a quarter of a page)
Basic paragraph structure in this example:
1. Context (Secondary info)
2. Link to findings (Primary), and 3. So what? (Synthesis)
4. Conclusion
Within Australia, this is primarily seen in the dichotomy created between migrant and non-migrant, “mainstream” Australians, who are normatively of a “white” think otherwise;
representation in the media, and character attribution tended to be either that
[vulnerable]’, identity with a white racial identity...
racial identity; and carries the perception of “Whiteness” as being the mainstream Australian
identity among 48.71% of respondents in comparison with the 30.77% of
respondents who with Focus Group participants highlighting that their experience of ‘...immigrants are taking (Australians’) jobs...”;’ or that ‘...[immigrants] are poor and highlighting both a persistent widespread association of Australian identity with a white racial identity…
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To synthesise information is to bring all the available/provided information together.
A simple cause-and-effect typically does not suffice and should often include information you’ve introduced prior or other relevant information.
For example:
Notes:
- In this segment of my paragraph, I introduced new primary information to “complete” my argument.
- This is seen through my linking sentence “Within Australia...” and ending with my conclusion (which spanned a quarter of a page)
Basic paragraph structure in this example:
1. Context (Secondary info)
2. Link to findings (Primary), and 3. So what? (Synthesis)
4. Conclusion
Within Australia, this is primarily seen in the dichotomy created between migrant and non-migrant, “mainstream” Australians, who are normatively of a “white” think otherwise;
representation in the media, and character attribution tended to be either that
[vulnerable]’, identity with a white racial identity...
racial identity; and carries the perception of “Whiteness” as being the mainstream Australian
identity among 48.71% of respondents in comparison with the 30.77% of
respondents who with Focus Group participants highlighting that their experience of ‘...immigrants are taking (Australians’) jobs...”;’ or that ‘...[immigrants] are poor and highlighting both a persistent widespread association of Australian identity with a white racial identity…