Week 5: Movies or Recordings

My favorite movie of 2009 is Fast and Furious. I saw it at the theater in April and thought it was a really good movie. The movie had a lot of action and I liked all the cars they drove. The actors did a great job on it and added another good film to the sequels.


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Week 3: Books

East Side Dreams by Art Rodriguez was the first book i can remember reading on my own time. It influenced me to read other books because i was actually interested in reading it. It is about a bunch of kids in San Jose wich is were I live, and the characters reminded me of me and my friends so thats what got me interested. Another book that is influential to me is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This book tought me that people need to be civil and that rules are made for reasons. People have to respect others and can't always just do what they want. I liked this book because I watched the movie they made on it and it helped me understand it more. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee showed me how there was inequality back then and there still is today. Some people have better paying jobs than others and everyone lives a different lifestyle.

Week 2: Media Impact

I am proposing a media research project to see if exposure to television helps characterize children and if it leads to good or bad behavior. I would make up a survey asking numerous questions targeting children ages 10 to 18 years old. I would ask them what their favorite show or movie is. I would ask them for their stories that may have involved fighting, drugs, and sex but also to find out if they see that on the television as a normal thing. From there I would see if they have learned good behavior or bad behavior from television and ask them what they thought they mainly learned. My hypothesis is that the television has a huge effect on children's characteristics and actions. Teenagers who watch a lot of television involving sex and drugs are more likely to be involved in situations like that compared to teenagers who don't watch a lot of television.