Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 Ex: Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?

Are we glamorizing teen moms?
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
Ex: POV
 
Mary Fetzer
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 Ex: CBC News

sheknows
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
Ex: CBC

Parenting
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010

26 October 2010
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
 
7 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

This article believes that the tv shows"the difficulties of being a struggling teen mom"

Psychotherapist said "the shows show teens that pregnant life is not glamorous."

This does have a lot of affect "if a girl has a stable home life a solid foundation and relationship with her parents then this type of reality TV does not affect them in a negative way."

Parents have "talked about how hard it is to take care of children."

 If teens need fame that means they are not getting the "love and attention she's not getting at home"



Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

This article is about what parents think themselves of the tv show. The parents talk about how they are okay with their child watching the struggles and are open to watching it with them. The parents say it is not glamorized.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?

The author is Mary Fetzer and is just writing about her opinion. The funds is parenting advice.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
Fetzer is just describing about what parents themselves actually think about Teen Mom and if it is a positive influences on their child.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

Their is a slight bias because Fetzer does talk about only how parents like that their is a show about teenage pregnancy.  

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author does have references on the parents views and actual quotes they have said themeselves. This does add some credibility on the article.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I can use this on my project by having actual quotes from parents that they like their teenager watch Teen Mom and how it does send a positive message.
“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 Ex: Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?

Is MTV's hit show Teen Mom encouraging teen pregnancy?
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
Ex: POV

Sav
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 Ex: CBC News

live.drjays
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
Ex: CBC

drjays
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010

27 December 2010
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
7 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

Some people believe that "teen girls willing to get pregnant simply to score an audition" to be on the tv show.

This author of the article opinion is "a winning idea they’d probably like to continue in order to bank off of it."

He is comparing Teen Mom to tv shows like to "land a slot of shows like American Idol and Real World" and even Jersey Show.

This artcicle also suggest that you see "Teen Mom mothers on the cover of a tabloid."
 
He also thinks that the show shouldn't be taken down but to "do your best to avoid making teen pregnancy seem glamourous in any way."



Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

Sav the author of the article brings up his own opinion about the tv show Teen Mom. He believes that the show brings glamour into teenage pregnancy. The article suggest to keep the show but try to avoid advertising the show like teen pregnancy is a good thing.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author is Sav it is just his opinion on his website I believe and a article he wished to publish about his opinion on the matter.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
The author seems like he trys to portray the tv show as any other tv show and was not informative just stating examples that he has seen but no real facts to back it up.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

yes the author just writes about the 'negative' things about teen mom.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author puts a another article and it does take away his credibility because it's his only cite reference.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I can use this source by using it as a example of a negative response about the tv show Teen Mom.

Friday, February 3, 2012

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 Ex: Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?
Teen Mom 2 The Life of Teenage Mothers
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
Ex: POV
katie kindelan and jennifer pereira
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 Ex: CBC News

abcnews
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
Ex: CBC

abcnews
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010

6 December 2011
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
3 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)


FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

Teen Mom is a reality tv show that explains what life can be like if you are a young mother "It's letting them understand for themselves and make better decisions in their lives."

Many people believe that "the series encourages teenage girls to become pregnant" but they overlooked the meaning for having a reality tv show about teenage pregnancy.

I think teenagers after watching the reality tv show do not come out saying "this is easy and this is glamorous and this is something I want to do in my own life."
Obviously all four the teen mothers on this show we all know "these girls are struggling" which brings to the point of having this tv show is to know that having a child at young age does have a lot of effect on your life and a lot of change. 
"There are shows like this showing teenagers how hard it really is" to deal with all the changes you have for a young teenager that has to go through other challenges of being a young adult also.


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This article brings out information about the thoughts of people thinking the reality tv show of teen mom is glamorized. Their are different sources on the article some of the negative things people say but talk about it explaining why the tv show is a positive thing for teens.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author is Katie Kindelan and Jennifer Pereira and they are writing a article about their opinion but the site is abc news which is a good source for having facts about the issues.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
The author is writing to just bring out information about peoples thoughts of the reality tv show. The authors don't seem like they are wanting anything back to benefit themselves just information about the show many people believe.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
There isn't much bias becuase this article does talk about the negative and positive. The article talks about the critizism people say about the tv show but then back it up explaining a positive reason.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The authors used quotes or interviews from the teen mom themselves that helps the article better by having actual opinions from the teen mothers which makes the cite stronger.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source by bringing out the meaning that teen mom is a good show to watch for teens and it does not glamorize the show in any way.