RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned

I learned that procrastination is something that can not be taken lightly. It is something you have to force yourself upon. Maybe the reason I procrastinate is because I work better under pressure; but who knows? Also another thing I learned is that there many resources out there to help with any types of papers and I plan to use them further throughout my studies. This class was not as easy as I expected it to be, I definitely had a rough time trying to get through the last couple of classes. I guess what doesn't kill you makes you a stronger writer.

RJA #15a: Word Cloud

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Research Journal Assignment #14

American Civil Liberties Union. "Free Speech Must Be Protected." Nakaya, Andrea C. Opposing Viewpoints: Censorship. New York: Greenwood Press, 2005. 20-21.

Association, American Library. Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A. 19 November 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Biehle, Helen Chaffee. "The internet and the Seduction of the American Public Library." Roleff, Tamara L. Opposing Viewpoints: Cencership. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 106.

Cardona, Felisa. Denver Post. 19 November 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Commission, Federal Communications. About the FCC. Feburary 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic. "Campus Speech Codes Are Necessary."
Roleff, Tamara L. Opposing Views: Censorship. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 128-129.

Eggerton, John. FCC To Further Investigate Janet Jackson Super Bowl Reveal. 15 September 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Fletcher, Dan. A Brief HistoryThe Fairness Doctrine. 20 Feburary 2009. 18 November 2009 .

RJA #11b: Visual Aids

-Comics illustrating censorship
-Pictures of censorship
-Graphs of where people stand on the issue

RJA #11a: Introduction

Music, Television, Movies you name it, everything has its limitations too who hears and sees what. Censorship has been a part of our society for over a century and is still a very big part of how our society functions today. Censorship, from definition, is "the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor." Where does the line begin and where does it end? Who has control over what we can or cannot hear, see, or even say?
We experience censorship in any form every single day. Whether its the news stories that are being sold in the morning and evening times. Or certain music artist who express their feelings for ones they love in inappropriate manors, or expressing their hate for authority. Or if their is a certain video games that is stuffed with extreme violence, offensive language, or sensuality. Censorship is everywhere and you can not escape it. That raises many questions. What should censorship be used and not used for? Who should censorship be use for? Is society becoming too sensitive because of censorship? There are many questions that could be sprung from this hot topic. In today society of mass media, not everything is acceptable to be see or heard. This is why the government and certain organization intervene. Censorship has become a more common practice in today's society. Censorship has developed a love-hate relationship with the government and the people.

RJA #10a: Thesis Statement

Thesis statement:

In today society of mass media, not everything is acceptable to be see or heard. This is why the government and certain organization intervene. Censorship has become a more common practice in today's society. Censorship has developed a love-hate relationship with he government and the people.

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

Book: The three books that i have found on censorship are basically about all the opposing views of censorship, government involvement, and censorship in society.
1. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Thomas Gale, 2005
2. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2002
3. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press & Thomas Gale, 2004

Periodical: i have been unsuccessful in finding a periodical

Website: A bunch of the web sites that i have found all deal with censorship in ways such as censorship during wartime, censored news stories

http://www.ncac.org/index.php

http://www.projectcensored.org/

http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/cenandsec.html

RJA #8c: Multimedia

Video Surf

Censorship, U.S. Government, Mass Media

Date of searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 0

Rating: 1

RJA #8b: Social Media

Social Media Search Tool

-Addictomatic

Censorship, U.S. Government

Date of search: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 1

Rating: 1

-Blog catalog

Mass Media, Censorship, U.S. governmen

Number of hits: 1

Date Search: 10/19/09

Rating: 2

RJA #8a: Websites

Search Engine: Zakta

U.S. Government, Censorship, Mass Media

My strategy used was searching in news, books, and research journals.

Date searched: 10/15/09

Number of hits: about 15 to 20

rating: 5

Meta and Multi search engine: Academic Index

U.S. Government, Censorship, Mass Media

Date Search: 10/19/09

Number of hits: about 5

Rating: 1

Directory: Yahoo! Directory

U.S. Government, Censorship

Date searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 2

Rating: 3

Invisible Web Search: Turbo 10

Mass Media, Censorship, U.S. Government

Date Searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 7

Rating: 3

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

I am not sure about what method I am going to used for my field. I suppose it would be easy to interview people about mass media and censorship. Some question I might ask would be:

-Do you feel that the mass media is meeting your informational needs?
-Do you feel that the corporations and governments have too much power over what we see and hear in the media?

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test

Zakta
Resource searched: Zakta

Keywords used: Political Science+Government+ Mass media censorship

Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)

I did not used very specific keywords. I used very broad terms.

Date of search
10/13

Number of hits
I received about two hits every time i used different keywords

Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

3 or a 4

RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools

The search engine that i use the most would be Google. It is not the most advanced or accurate, but it gives me an idea of what I am trying to look for. The one thing I like about Google is the ease of use. I feel that it does not take a whole lot knowledge to use. What I do not like about Google is that it can give many web hits that do not have anything to do your search topic. If Google is not working for me, i would turn to the Yahoo search engine. I have an email account with Yahoo so I am familiar with the search engine. What I like about Yahoo is that it gives you narrow they first part of your search topic to general topics first. Search topics like sports, business, and popular culture. The one thing that I don't like about Yahoo is that it is used a lot for advertising.

Google

Yahoo

RJA #6b: Search Strings

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

Searches Strings:

Political Science, Government, Censorship, Mass Media

Political Science, Government, Government Involvement, Censorship, Mass Media, TV, Internet, Newspaper, Radio


Revised:

Government+mass media+censorship

Censorship+mass media+TV+Internet+Newspaper+Radio

Political Science+Government+ Mass media censorship

Government+censorship

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Author: Charles L. Koltzer

Title: Top under-reported stories of 2000 expose mass media censorship

Journal: St. Louis Journalism Review

Date: June, 2001

Charles L. Klotzer "Top underreported stories of 2000 expose mass media censorship". St. Louis Journalism Review. FindArticles.com. 24 Sep, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6666/is_237_31/ai_n28847406/

RJA #6c: Protopage

My protopage

RJA #5a: Reference Articles

Article Title: Media power Media, money and politics cosy up together


Author of Article: J Lloyd


Year: 2003


Publisher: London, Writers & Scholars International

RJA #5c: Search String Check

1st comment

2nd comment

RJA #5b: Finding Books

The first book that I found at the Auraria Library is Banned in the Media.

Author: Herbert N. Foerstel
Title: Banned in the Media: a reference guide to censorship in the press, motion pictures, broadcasting, and the Internet
Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
Name of Publisher: Greenwood Press
Year of Publication: 1998

Contents: A brief history of media censorship -- Prominent examples of media censorship -- A chronological history of media censorship cases -- Voices from the media.

Title: Censorship: Opposing Views
Author: Andrea C. Nakaya
Publisher: Farmington Hills, MI; Greenhaven Press
Year: 2005

Contents: Censorship is viewed as a threat of right of freedom, and should be used for other reasons instead of keeping secrets from the public.

Terms used to search these books: "Mass media+censorship+United States"

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

1st comment

2nd comment

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

Searches Strings:

Political Science, Government, Censorship, Mass Media

Political Science, Government, Government Involvement, Censorship, Mass Media, TV, Internet, Newspaper, Radio

RJA #4a: Generating Keywords

Should each type of mass media be owned by smaller corporations so that the media can not be manipulated by biased politics?

The keywords in my research question are: mass media, corporations, manipulated, politics.

FO: Forms of the keywords

-Corporations, corporation, corporate
-manipulated, manipulate, manipulation, manipulates
-politics, political, politician

RE: Related terms

-Corporations: companies, broadcasting companies, publishers
-manipulated: control, effecting, oversee
-politics: government, election, campaign

ST: Synonymous terms

-Corporations: incorporated, firm, organization
-manipulated: handle, change, interfere
-politics: Republican, Democratic

LOG: Ladder of Generalization

-Manipulate, effect, control, change, oversee, interference

RJA #3c: Developing Research Question

- Is there any part of our U.S. government that has total control over the media?

- Who are the major corporations that own mass media companies?

- How do we know what is true and what is false media?

- Should politicians use broadcasting media for majority of campaigns?

- What can the government do and not do with the media?

- Why is there an FCC?

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic

Given all the information I could find about my topic that I have pick, I have a slight feeling that i might have to broaden my research topic. My first research topic had to do with mass media and how it can be manipulated. I might have to change it slightly. I was thinking that I could combine another topic such as censorship. I want to research about the government's influence and control over the media. Also I am looking at different types media and different events throughout time that have been know to have conspiracy theories with it.

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic

- Columbia Journalism Review

This particular website gave me information about which major corporations own broadcasting networks, publishing companies, and other sources of media exchange. For example, Viacom Inc. owns the some major cable networks such as MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.

- From Wikipedia (Media Manipulation)

From this page, I found that media manipulation hits on many different levels. Levels such as distractions. When I say distraction, I mean using other news stories to distracted the audience from the more important stories at hand. Where as this leads to censorship.

RJA #2c: Delicious Account

My Delicious Account

RJA #2b: Research Topic

The topic that i chose for my research project is about corruption in the media, specifically the news broadcast stations. I have chosen this topic because I have always wondered what the media has not been telling it's audience. Everyday the media censors what they will and will not tell their audience. It is hard to listen to a news story and find out what parts are true and what parts are not true. The media should be truthful about all of its stories. Another reason why is that I plan to receive some sort of degree in broadcasting. I figured I should get to know the line of work that I might be in someday better.

A couple things that i already know about the corruption in the media is that the government can censor anything that they feel is too explicit for the public to see. For example, each major broadcasting network is own by a major corporation. Most of the corporation have special interests. They will manipulate the networks to express these special interest. Some of these corporations are also involved in right and left wing politics.

Some of the things that i do not know of this topic and will explore are what type of corporations own major broadcasting networks. Also, how much the media has been manipulated over the past 50 to 60 years? Another question i will explore is what does the public not see in the media? Finally, which political parties use the media to their full advantage.

Research Journal Assignment #2

RJA #2a: Possible Topics

• Corruption in the media
• steroids use in professional sports and what qualifies as a performance enhancing drug
• influences of steroid use
• stimulus package a good move for U.S. economy
• health/nutrition/exercise

Research Journal Assignment #1: Areas of Academic Interest

Scholarly and Academic Interest:

• Sports Marketing


• Dynamics of Health


• Psychology of Coaching


• Physical Education in Secondary Education


• Sports Medicine

Areas of Interest Outside of Class:

• Coaching


• Athletic Training


• Athletic Nutrition