Paper 1: Strengths and Limitations Flashcards
Values of Private Letters, Diaries,
Offers personal views
Suggest motives of public actions
Limitations of Private letters and Diaries
Only gives individual opinions, not general view
May be a view not held in public
Values of Memoirs
Have hindsight, eval events after the period
Suggests motives for public actions
Limitations of Memoirs
Might be written to improve the author’s image
Opinions are revised
Values of newspapers, television, radio reports, and eyewitness accounts
Reflects publicly held views
Insight into contemporary opinion
Offers expert views
Limitations of newspapers, television, radio reports, and eyewitness accounts
Could be politically influenced or censored by government
Only gives overview of situation
Emphasizes a minor part of the issue
Values of novels and poems
Informs contemporary opinion
Offers emotional insight and motives
Limitations of Novels and Poems
Could exaggerate the importance of an event
Emotive language
Values of stats
Offers insight into growth and decline
Suggests correlations
Make comparisons easier
Limitations of stats
Might only relate to one location
Inaccurate corrections
Values of photos
offers insight into immediate impact of event
might offer information of the environment
Limitations of photos
cant see beyond the lens
might distort the bigger picture
reflects photographers purpose
Values of cartoons/painting
Can portray the government’s line where there is censorship
Informs public opinion
Limitations of cartoons/paintings
Play on stereotypes and exaggerate it
Could be limited to the viewpoint and experience of cartoonist
Might be censored and not reflect public opinion
Value of government records, speeches, and memoranda
Reasons for decisions made
Reveals motives of government policies
Shows gov position
Shows what public was told
