Advertising Part 2

I think that I'm going to do my research paper on Advertising. On my last paper I don't feel that I looked deep enough into it and I want to expand. I want to learn more about whats going on in that department and read up on current statistics. In the end I want to be able to prove how I feel about the topic.

UGH...research

For my research paper I'm going to extend my last paper on how teenagers are stereotyped in society by adults, how adults fear them, in Hine's essay "Goth's in Tomorrowland". However, to research further and in more depth, I'm going to look up all different kinds of teen stereotypes, not just Goths, and how these stereotypes affect society. I'm doing this to add variety and context to my paper,as well as having the opportunity to find more information for my paper. Let's hope it goes well!

Research Idea

As like everyone else I also do not feel that confident with what I want my topic to be. I guess im just not sure of all the information weve covered through out the semster and whether or not i will find enough research. The topic issues I have in mind are the Black English, Standards English controversey. I'm not sure what i'm going to talk about, but this is the topic I feel most comofortable researching

Final Paper

For my final paper I think I am going to use Barbara Ehrenreich's story Nickle and Dimed, and see how hard it really is to live on minnimum wage, while supporting children. I went to the library and got a few books out so I am going to look at them, but I don't know how well this will work out, so it may change.

Minimum Wage In Depth

I am going to to further my research from my last paper about minumum wage and how it needs an increase. I am going to look at my sources that i gathered from my last paper and try to expand on that to find more information to see if there is anything being done to raise minumum wage or if something has tried to be done but didn't get passed. This was a very interesting topic for me when I wrote my last paper and I had a lot of fun with it. I hope I am able to find the information I want and will be able to write 6-10 pages.

redneck dialect: a further study

for my research paper i will be further investigating and researching the redneck dialect while pushing this topic further with additional information about Appalachian Studies.
the format of my paper is not clear at this point, nor is my proposal or thesis question. however when more of my general research is complete, the paper itself should begin to come together quite nicely.

Research Ideas

For our research paper, I was thinking about expanding my first paper that we wrote for class, Language Analysis. For the first paper, we stuck to the "IS"s of the text, what the text actully said, point for point. But, for this research paper I was thinking about going a little more in depth, researching the authors sources and coming up with my own voice on Language Analysis.

Research Ideas

Well I am really not sure what I want to write about yet because I have not found anything that sticks out to me that I can see myself writing a good paper on. Maybe I will write about our very first piece of writing which involve culture and how it is ordinary. I could research more on that essay alone and then go into others and research on what is considered ordinary or not. But who knows...it's jsut an idea for now.

Research Topic

Well, the idea I wanted to do for my paper was very similar to E's. So yeah I've got nothing now. But here goes plan B:

I thought a lot of the articles in this portion of the course had a lot to do with identity. Some factor's affecting social standng that were pointed out in the articles had to do with wealth, outward appearance, race, familial country of origin, etc. So my problem is tieing all that together with a single question that could lead to some sort of thesis for a paper. I think I'll also have trouble with finding research relating to this sort of topic that isn't an editorial. Hooray.

Research Paper

Well, I'm not really sure what i'm gonna do my research paper on. But I think i'm gonna base it around discrimination and different social groups. So I'll read up on Goths in tomorrow land and the note passing stories. I think I'll be able to find alot of sources and I will be able to think back to highschool.

Research Paper

Just about the same as everybody else i am not sure what to write about, although i'm leaning towards the descrimination of the Goth's and other groups that would be similarly looked at the same way. I'm sure that there are many sources on the subject, and its very easy to just take a look on campus and see what groups of people hang together. High school would be a very close look at it because of its social segregations.

Research Topic(s)

I haven’t fully decided about what I’m going to do the research paper on, but my two ideas are propaganda or the misrepresentation of history. I was thinking about showing the importance of pictures but also the negative effects of them and that’s how I got the idea of propaganda. But I think it fits more with the articles about advertising. I would focus on how propaganda came about, different forms of propaganda and its effects on people. I got the idea of misrepresentation of history from the stories we read about the Indians. If I choose this topic, then I will go into all kinds of misrepresentation surrounding the Indians, Pilgrims, Africans and others within books, movies, and textbooks. Some examples of movies, Elizabeth, Alexander, Hidalgo. I will also focus on companies and authors who choose to re write history for the sake of entertainment (Frank Hopkins, Disney).

Topic for Final Paper

For this paper I am going to work off of the information from my last paper. In my last paper I worked off of Barbaba Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America". I focused on her information on minimum wage and homelessness and then found the updated version of the facts she gave. I used the same sources which Ehrenreich did and found new ones also. With this new paper, I plan to just take the research even farther and find out what people are saying about the topic. I want look into the debates and specific organizations to find new detailed information on the topics of minimum wage and homelessness.

Topic for my research paper

I think i'll look at the literacy aspect of this course again for my paper, specifically that used in internet forums. Some of these sites are very strict about the language used, the relevance to the topic, and the repetition of information, while others are next to impossibe to follow, yet valuable information can still be obtained there.

Civil Rights

This picture i feel is very significant to American History, it is one of the most memorable events in civil rights history. At the march on Washington is when Dr. Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream speech", which is one of the most decorated speeches in American History, it broke down barriers in our country. This era was very pivotal in the way we view things today. The crowd that gathered shows the change that was occuring at the time. http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/3571/mcms.html

Mahoney's ENG 023 Blog

http://thewall-usa.com/wallpics/gallery.htm
http://www.nps.gov/mall/mortar/mortar.htm#vive

As I was trying to decide what piece of American History to use for this blog I realized one of the most honorable and moving moments of my life was when I went on a class trip to Washington D.C. with my Vietnam History class in high school. We were chosen along with many other people to read 20 names off of the wall. As I was waiting anxiously in line a vet approached me and told me how two of his friends were on my list, I forget his name but I will never forget his face and expression as he asked to stand next to me so he could read those names and tell a brief story about the two soldiers who died in combat. The whole experience of going to the Vietnam Veterans Monument was crazy, it was one of the most moving events of my life as I watched people by me who were hugging and crying, Marines constantly passing one another and saying "semper fi" and so much more. It was a great experience and it showed me the emotional side of a war and what the people of that time are still dealing with today.

911

The historic event I chose to pick a picture to was the tragic attack done to the world tradecenter that occurred on September 11. The pictures on the website show some firemen and their devastating facial expressions, wondering how someone could do something so evil to harm such a large quantity of people. This incident is considered the worst terrorist act ever done in the history of the United States.
http://www.911pictures.com/photos_catalog.phtml?category=fire- Im sorry Professor mahoney, but i cant figure out how to put the actual link on here. Im a dumby and i cant help it. sorry about that again.

Research proposal

For my research paper I think I'm going to write about stereotyping. How teenagers are stereotyped by others, mostly adults. I want to discuss the different people who are stereoptyped and how it affects the youth. This idea is based off of Thomas Hine's "Goths in Tomorrowland." I'm hoping to get different views on the issue. The teens point of view and the adults view. Let me know if you have any comments or ideas because I'm not quiet sure if I'm going to get enough information to make 7 pages!

My Lai Massacre

The Ditch Photo
These photos are of the chilling events that took place in Vietnam, named the My Lai Massacre. In high school, I took a course on the Vietnam War and the photo above is the one memory I have of that class, as well as the one photo that generated the biggest reaction from the students. The My Lai Massacre was one event during the Vietnam War (others: Agent Orange, Tet Offensive, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kent State shootings) that created a distrust of US soldiers by those back home. On March 16, 1968 in the Son My (My Lai) village, US soldiers took many unarmed Vietnamese people, mostly women and children, put them into a ditch and executed them under the orders of Lt. William Calley. After numerous investigations and cover ups, the My Lai Massacre was not made public until November 12, 1969. Of the 26 men charged, only one, Lt. Calley was convicted or pre-meditated murder.

Woman and Gun

When I learned about this, I couldn’t believe it. To think that our troops would kill innocent people for revenge is sickening and the fact that they weren’t punished for their actions is worse. If you look closely, you can see the bodies of at least 3 children, two being babies. I realize that these photos are gruesome and shocking but I think it is important for them to be seen. We constantly criticize other countries for brutality and look what representatives of our country have done as well as what our country has done to rectify the situation. The picture below is the ditch as it is today and the women in the photo are survivors. These women survived by burrowing under the bodies of their family members and hiding from the soldiers. I think that the pain of the memories is evident on their faces.

Current Day Ditch

Sharp Shooter

This picture is from the battle of Gettysburg. It's a confederate sharpshooter in Devils Den. Devils Den is many rocks piled on top of each other in different formations. No one really knows how they were formed. On July 2nd the 2nd day of Gettysburg Battles the confederate and union army both fought here, not really a good place for ither side because there were so many rocks. When I look at this picture I think it's sad because you wonder what kind of life this guy left behind, did he have someone waiting back home. Did he really believe in what he was fighting for, if so why did he beleive in it so much he was willing to give his life?
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/photos.htm