In Context: 5 Web Perspectives On A Story In The News

Putting stress on a scale

(ABC News) A new study, conducted by the Australian National University, looks at stress as a trigger for body image disorders among young people. While the connection between stress and body issues includes both females and males, Kristen Murray, a PhD student at the university, suggests that females are more likely to be stressed from peer pressure earlier than males, though both sexes are equally stressed with school. There’s also a difference between body image disorders. According to Murray, boys are more likely to exercise too much and lean towards steroid drugs, whereas girls are more prone to developing eating problems.

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Putting sleep and stress together

Putting sleep and stress together
This website is owned by MediLexicon International Ltd., which is based in the UK and co-founded by Christian Nordqvist and Alastair Hazell. The website offers widespread information about medical conditions, including definitions, links to academic medical journals and up to date articles that focus on relevant statistics, such as the article, “Significant sleep deprivation and stress among college students, USA.”

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Quizzing about stress facts

International Stress Management Association
The International Stress Management Association’s Based is based in the UK with 10 locations in different countries. The president is Cary Cooper and, according to the website, Cooper also founded the Journal of Organisational Behaviour. The website is easy to navigate as all main links are posted on the homepage, including facts about stress, tips on dealing with stress problems as well as questionnaires.

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Stress from student perspective

Healthzone
Healthzone is part of the The Star website, managed by Torstar. The publisher listed is John Cruickshank and editor is Michael Cook. The article by Trish Crawford called “Stress takes troubling toll on students in university” takes a close look at one student from the University of Toronto who’s experience with stress lead to depression and a suicide attempt. Crawford also refers to other universities in Ontario, including McMaster, York and Queen’s.

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Professional take on stress

Humber Et Cetera
This blog site is owned by the Humber College newspaper in Toronto, Ont. The main editors are Alison Brownlee and Erin DeCoste. The article called “Students stress up” focuses on a Humber student’s opinion about stress and how it makes her feel, but the article also considers the opinion of a psychology professor at the school, which gives a professional and academic perspective. According to the article, the professor said students having some stress is good for them, but that too much isn’t healthy.

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Breaking it down

About
While this organization started in 1996, it’s been owned New York Times Company since 2005. According to the website, About.com is “recognized as a top 15 content site and one of the largest producers of original content on the Web.” This article is able to break down the different types of stress associated with students and also considers how it is connected with college students quitting school as a result. Rather than weighing the article down with too many statistics, it takes a casual writing approach by comparing “regular old academic stress” with “social stress.”