We are thinking we wantto continue our theme and do our final project about the media. This time, we want to maybe write about the influence it has on society or celebrities. As we continue to think about our topic we lean towards media and its affect on young women in Hollywood. Celebrities are in the spotlight so much of the time and usually the media focuses on these young women and their problems. Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton are much talked about and it seems the media cannot get enough, especially when they have rehab stints. That might be a direction we are trying to take with our last paper. These topics are things that we as a team would be interested in writing about and it would defintely get our "juices flowing." It is something that I think I will want to do research and write about which is important considering that is what will get my "juices flowing." We are not 110% sure about media and young female celebrities, but media and celebrities is defintely a route we would like to go.
Comments (3)
ShareRiff said
at 2:23 pm on Apr 3, 2009
This is a good idea. You've worked on the celebrity concept already, so you have material to work with and develop into new realms of expository discourse. You can even ask "what is the meaning of celebrity?" I do think that you need to develop this memo, though, and propose a precise format, etc. I think what you have here is a research paper, but I may be wrong. Keep me posted.
ShareRiff said
at 7:44 pm on Apr 16, 2009
in class notes:
get specific about "the media"
your paper has good causal elements (before and after)
but you will want to preface this portion of your exposition
with a definitional section on "the media"
a taxonomy of media forms, genres, etc and their effects
for example, as Michelle suggested, paparazzi -as-medium
ShareRiff said
at 7:49 pm on Apr 16, 2009
can we also try and develop some connections between celebrity identity (effects of "The media on...") and everyday people
connect via tmz (sp?)
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