So I have been thinking a lot about what our topic should be. I think it needs to be something that we all feel like is a big issue right now, especially for people our age. I kind of thought that abortion would be a very good topic because it is controversial. If we did it on that, we could do whether people are pro-choice, pro-life, or for reproductive justice. I think the best way to get people's opinions would be through a survey. I think we should survey our class, and possible see if we could survey another women's studies class. Like Professor Shoaff said, we need to survey a diverse group of students. I think it would also be beneficial to survey some teachers and get their opinions on this issue. This is just my idea. If someone has a better idea, I am all ears! Maybe this can get us started on something!
@Emily Blackwood @Elizabeth, I was thinking if we did do something controversy then we would have a alot of choices of things that we could put into a power point and also have the opportunity to interview others about this and get the "real" incite to what people our age think about this issue. So if we do decide to do this I'm in.
My only drawback to doing abortion is other groups may be doing this as well because it is such a strong topic. Elizabeth, I think it would be good to incorporate your idea. I think if we do a survey, we need to find out if they are male/female and black/white. I think that would make our results more accurate!
race and abortion are two very touchy subjects so i think it would be good, i also think it would be good to interview people outside of the class so that way the responses arnt given like we have been giving them in a more elaborate way. i think the responses would be more genuine to ask people outside of the WS classes.
I agree. I think that we could get a wider variety of people if we survey students out of WS classes. The more people we get the more information we'll have to go on for our project.
I'm not sure how yall want to go about this but i think if we should type something up for people to fill out and get them to turn it in some where.. this way we can give them time to think about their answers. Also, if we actually go to WS classes i think the teacher would appreciate the time we would be saving. But all in all I like the idea of abortion and surveying people to see their views.
I think that we could talk about body issues and how it affects people our age. Abortion may a great one also but it may be alot of other people that do that topic.
Do you think we could possibly send out a survey to some teachers on campus as part of our research? I think we would get very diverse results. I am in a sorority and I might could get some of the girls in there to fill out a survey for us. This would give us different results as well.
I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow to get this going!
We can talk about how companies use advertisments to target young customers. I got that from watching the news today about how Abercrombie & Fitch are making padded bikinis targeted at young girls between the ages of 7-14. We can take a survey about what people think of that.
Project Conception: - The main thing that we want to explore when doing this topic is to aim at those who are about the same age as we are. We are going to focus on college students around campus, both boy and girl. - We are going to explore the problems that these college students tend to go through and get their true outlook on what they perceive the ‘perfect body’ to be.
Questions when Interviewing: - What do you think the perfect body image is? - Give/Offer statistics on how the average woman is categorized compared to how those on the front page of magazines. - Show the person being interviewed a picture of an ad and ask them their first impression of that picture and then ask them how it should be portrayed.
Literature Review: - In developing our project we are going to be referring back to the ad and discussion form class on the topic ‘Killing us Softly’.
Project Method: - Our group is going to explore college age students and get true opinions on how people see others in this day in time. - We are also going to explore and use magazine ads as well as how women are used in music videos. - We are also going to be using the student media center and are planning on using a video camera and microphone and implement these interviews into our powerpoint slide show which will be shown during our presentation.
Project Contribution: - We hope to contribute in our classmates understanding of the project by addressing the reality of how body image is clearly being seen through the eyes of college students today. Individual Group Member Tasks: - Everyone decided that each group member will be responsible in asking the same questions to 2 different people (male/female). - We divided up what groups of people that we are going to be interviewing and they are: 2 different religious students, 2 African American males, 2 African American females, 2 White males, 2 White females. - Everyone has the responsibility of being the videographer and interviewing their specific group. - Emilie and Emily are finding pictures to use in this project to use during the interviews. Morgan is putting together the written proposal with the help of all group members. - Also everyone is responsible to discuss their interviews to the class as well as making their slide for the powerpoint. Agreed Upon Schedule of Completion: - Sunday, April 3 = proposal - April 4th – 9th = gather questions/ ads - April 11th – 16th = video taping - April 17th – 20th = edit video - April 20th = final touch-ups/ finish project - April 25th = give in-class oral presentation
So I have been thinking a lot about what our topic should be. I think it needs to be something that we all feel like is a big issue right now, especially for people our age. I kind of thought that abortion would be a very good topic because it is controversial. If we did it on that, we could do whether people are pro-choice, pro-life, or for reproductive justice. I think the best way to get people's opinions would be through a survey. I think we should survey our class, and possible see if we could survey another women's studies class. Like Professor Shoaff said, we need to survey a diverse group of students. I think it would also be beneficial to survey some teachers and get their opinions on this issue. This is just my idea. If someone has a better idea, I am all ears! Maybe this can get us started on something!
ReplyDelete@Emily Blackwood, Abortion is a good topic choice. Another good one is how women of different skin color are treated differently from white women.
ReplyDelete@Emily Blackwood @Elizabeth, I was thinking if we did do something controversy then we would have a alot of choices of things that we could put into a power point and also have the opportunity to interview others about this and get the "real" incite to what people our age think about this issue. So if we do decide to do this I'm in.
ReplyDelete@ Elizabeth @ Morgan G
ReplyDeleteMy only drawback to doing abortion is other groups may be doing this as well because it is such a strong topic. Elizabeth, I think it would be good to incorporate your idea. I think if we do a survey, we need to find out if they are male/female and black/white. I think that would make our results more accurate!
race and abortion are two very touchy subjects so i think it would be good, i also think it would be good to interview people outside of the class so that way the responses arnt given like we have been giving them in a more elaborate way. i think the responses would be more genuine to ask people outside of the WS classes.
ReplyDelete@maggie Mcbride
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think that we could get a wider variety of people if we survey students out of WS classes. The more people we get the more information we'll have to go on for our project.
I'm not sure how yall want to go about this but i think if we should type something up for people to fill out and get them to turn it in some where.. this way we can give them time to think about their answers. Also, if we actually go to WS classes i think the teacher would appreciate the time we would be saving. But all in all I like the idea of abortion and surveying people to see their views.
I think that we could talk about body issues and how it affects people our age. Abortion may a great one also but it may be alot of other people that do that topic.
ReplyDelete@ Maggie McBride
ReplyDeleteDo you think we could possibly send out a survey to some teachers on campus as part of our research? I think we would get very diverse results. I am in a sorority and I might could get some of the girls in there to fill out a survey for us. This would give us different results as well.
I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow to get this going!
We can talk about how companies use advertisments to target young customers. I got that from watching the news today about how Abercrombie & Fitch are making padded bikinis targeted at young girls between the ages of 7-14. We can take a survey about what people think of that.
ReplyDeleteGroup Media Project
ReplyDeleteSection 1: Group 3
Title of Project: Body Image
Date of Presentation: Monday, April 25, 2011
Project Conception:
- The main thing that we want to explore when doing this topic is to aim at those who are about the same age as we are. We are going to focus on college students around campus, both boy and girl.
- We are going to explore the problems that these college students tend to go through and get their true outlook on what they perceive the ‘perfect body’ to be.
Questions when Interviewing:
- What do you think the perfect body image is?
- Give/Offer statistics on how the average woman is categorized compared to how those on the front page of magazines.
- Show the person being interviewed a picture of an ad and ask them their first impression of that picture and then ask them how it should be portrayed.
Literature Review:
- In developing our project we are going to be referring back to the ad and discussion form class on the topic ‘Killing us Softly’.
Project Method:
- Our group is going to explore college age students and get true opinions on how people see others in this day in time.
- We are also going to explore and use magazine ads as well as how women are used in music videos.
- We are also going to be using the student media center and are planning on using a video camera and microphone and implement these interviews into our powerpoint slide show which will be shown during our presentation.
Project Contribution:
- We hope to contribute in our classmates understanding of the project by addressing the reality of how body image is clearly being seen through the eyes of college students today.
Individual Group Member Tasks:
- Everyone decided that each group member will be responsible in asking the same questions to 2 different people (male/female).
- We divided up what groups of people that we are going to be interviewing and they are: 2 different religious students, 2 African American males, 2 African American females, 2 White males, 2 White females.
- Everyone has the responsibility of being the videographer and interviewing their specific group.
- Emilie and Emily are finding pictures to use in this project to use during the interviews. Morgan is putting together the written proposal with the help of all group members.
- Also everyone is responsible to discuss their interviews to the class as well as making their slide for the powerpoint.
Agreed Upon Schedule of Completion:
- Sunday, April 3 = proposal
- April 4th – 9th = gather questions/ ads
- April 11th – 16th = video taping
- April 17th – 20th = edit video
- April 20th = final touch-ups/ finish project
- April 25th = give in-class oral presentation