Reaction to presentation

I felt doing the presentation and receiving feedback from people really helped me out. Some people suggested narrowing my topic down to a specific age group. like doing how television shows affect children. shows like dora the explora, etc. one student suggested that she saw how children was affected by sesame street and how their grades dropped. also a student suggested if these shows that are suppose to be teaching children really teach them? Another suggestion was if reality tv affect the way teens behave. Also if reality tv change our reality. which i seem to be the most interested in. i feel i might use that as my argument. i feel like i can find a lot of stuff on that.

Inquiry project proposal

Inquiry Question: How Does Television Affect Society?

Sub Areas of Study

·         How Television Shows Affect Children?(positively and negatively)

·         How advertising affects Adults/Teens

·         How movies affect people(showtime,hbo,cinamax)

·         How the news affect society

·         How sports on television affect people

·         How television shows affect adults/teens

Important people and key terms

·         News(Barbra Walters,Anderson cooper, larry king, etc)

·         Sports(kobe Bryant,etc)

·         Kid shows(big bird,barney,victorious,hanna Montana,etc)

·         Advertising(weight lost commericials, food commercials,etc)

Story behind why I chose this topic

I love television, so I was interested in finding out the different ways it affects people. Also I found out that most people who are depressed are told not to watch the news because it would send people into a deeper depression.

Research methodologies

·         Internet,books,magazine,personal experiences

Possible audiences

Pre-teens and adults.

How reality TV effects a girls self-esteem

This is unbelievably true. Girls, especially teenage girls believe that they should replicate the image of a bad girl or a celebrity when they people who are portraying that image isn't like that.

Television and children

I agree how television can be educational to children, but how it can also be negative and teach your kids what you don't want them to know.
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/tv.htm

Inquiry question assignment

When I first started thinking about what I was going to do for my inquiry project, I was a bit confused and stuck on what to really do. I went through lots of topics associated with language, but I found myself joggling with a few topics. I finally figured out a general topic when I needed to. The general topic I have chosen to do is Television. With using Television as an inquiry topic I can come at this topic in various ways.  I can say how television is different in different countries. The reason why I chose this topic is because I love the art of television and simply I love to watch it.

While watching television you go through lots of moods. For example when you watch TV and you see a commercial showing how kids in Africa are living in poverty and they show everything in slow motion while playing sad music. Commercials like this makes you feel depressed and sympathetic. Or when I see commercials showcasing the new iPhones it makes me excited and leave me finding out ways to afford it. Also television shows sports and movies which makes you entertained. Some movies make you sad, happy, romantic, or humorous. Sports sometimes can make you mad when your team is losing.

What’s interesting about my topic is how television can affect people’s actions and moods.  Like I have stated in the previous paragraph I know this from personal experience. My little cousins watch the Disney channel and each and every one of them are little replicas of the kids who act on their. And I even see new fashions on television and subconsciously I get inspiration from that.

I need to get some stats on how television affects people’s moods. I would like to look up some of other people stories on this inquiry subject. I would use internet pages like Google, yahoo, etc. I know I shouldn’t use wikapedia, but I think that would be a great place to start. I would also like to use videos and actual television segments to prove my point.

I would like to know all the different ways television can affect people. I would love to be specific. For example I would like to know what show or commercial that affected you. I would also like to know what about the show down to the lines that were used so my audience can fully understand how it affected the person.

Specifically i was thinking my inquiry question could be how commercial’s and television shows affect people’s emotions and actions?