Journal 7- Evaluation

I chose to evaluate The Jersey Shore because it is a show I scratch my head at day after day and I wonder how it became successful. I find the characters behavior to be inappropriate for the MTV viewers watching but that is not as pressing as the lack of meaningful and intellectual content. These cast members deserve no sort of worship or praise, and they exemplify everything that Americans are hated for in the world. Yet parties are emulated after the show, nicknames and catchphrases are part of pop culture and the show continues to earn more ratings! The criteria I will be judging The Jersey Shore on will be a show that is watched by and as an influence on the youth, because this is where I see Jersey Shore failing the worst. I will show how next to other shows on MTV such as Real World or Gossip Girl, where even some characters have some moral boundaries and decent characters for kids to look up to, unlike any JS characters. The next piece will be how actions are handled and the consequences to poor decisions. Normal people, or even people on other reality shows, cannot avoid the consequences of bad decision making like the Jersey Shore cast does. The cast itself needs to be compared to other reality shows because they are not the sort of characters that your children should be modeling themselves after. Similar to the consequence piece, this final piece judges the general behavior of the cast; the lifestyle on the Jersey Shore revolves around drunken and lustful mischief and barely any work or strain (one bad night is followed by a night of more drinking and completely forgetting what happened the night prior). I am going to avoid the racial issues that have made the show hotly debated how it portrays Italian Americans.

Journal 6- Investigative Report Outline

1. I am going to mirror the ANGEL screen to Facebook's homepage with similar blue headings white background, action buttons on the side, how students post opinions, and how every student visits it daily and how older teachers aren't pleased with how either operates.
2. I could o used one of the teacher quotes to identify where I was going with it, which was most likely a Stuart quote, but I didn't want to rely on him for my entire paper.
3. I am writing about whether the difficulties that ANGEL is claimed to have are actually happening. Teachers complain about Penn State's primary course management system which basically controls all online academic functions, which should be concerning, but I don't have any of the alleged problems.
4. I was introduced to ANGEL this year and it has been used since the 2002 school year. It is used at several other college campuses, but every year, ANGEL wants to get with the times and update, so a new year breeds new problems with the new program, which sends shocks through the grading system. That is where we are at. ANGELS has it's strong points and good uses, but it seems to be difficult to use and not user-friendly.
5. I used my own personal experience with ANGEL and how I had no problems with it, but teachers were feeding me to be cautious with the program.
6. Then used the ANGEL message board to reveal more of the disorganized and problematic problems of ANGEL on a big scale. Two bloggers have good quote material, one is a teacher venting and another is an instructor trying to put on extra credit questions.
7. I then use two students from different colleges and different grade levels to diversify student response, and for the most part, get a positive review of the program, just minor annoyances.
8.I then use you as a non-ANGEL user who has her reasons for avoiding the program, and then I alo use another teacher who really tries to integrate it and his very frustrated with all the update bugs.
9. My last supporting paragraph is Stuart who I think had the most well-balanced and plentiful knowledge about the program. Technological diversity and incompatibility is my biggest topic and I got it from him.
10. Closed with how ANGEL will actually be gone soon, but can a course management system actually integrate itself and be as diverse as the population here at PSU.