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[brimcpeek-blog]

Annotation 3

“How Much Should I Weigh?” Rush University Medical Center. Web Accessed. March 1, 2016.

This website shows what the healthy weight is for certain heights from a University Medical Center. On this shows the heights of models and how much they should weigh according to their BMI.

This can help me because countries are claiming that they only accept models within a certain healthy BMI. Although the BMI might be deemed healthy and accurate according to this website of a proper BMI chart there are flaws in which don’t calculate bone structure of gender differences in which the BMI’s might not be an accurate reading of health.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a good source, i like how it talks about BMI there is a lot of good information about it. 

[lynnmin18-blog]

Annotation #5:

16 and Pregnant: A content analysis of a reality television program about unplanned teen pregnancy.,

In this particular article they talk about how they analyzed the content of the show to determine the themes viewers were exposed too as well as reproductive health information, messages about sex, safer sex/condoms and contraception. Some of the themes included lack of support especially from teen fathers, sacrifice of activities previously enjoyed, difficulty following career and education plans and the surprise about the difficulties of parenting. Three study team members watched 3 seasons of 16 and pregnant separately and collected data about the shows content. The results that they came up with is that all pregnancies were unplanned, three episodes included a teen who put their baby up for adoption, and none of the episodes featured a teen who chose abortion. In its conclusion the authors say that although the show realistically portrays the struggles and hardships of teen parenting, it shows little information about safer sex/condoms, contraception and sex in general. It says it also ignores abortion as a legitimate option and omits a crucial part of the teens life.

[mblaschum-blog]

Good source. It seems to me that a show like 16 and Pregnant could use its content to educate young people about safe sex instead of just for entertainment purposes. 

[brimcpeek-blog]

I agree with the article I don’t think this show is good for learning purposes of being a teenager and pregnant when trying to educate young people on safe sex.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great primary source. this show should be using its content to help young people and teach them 

[victoriathies-blog]

Annotation 7

T. (2011). Kim Kardashian Melts Down Over Lost Earrings. Retrieved April 13, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_TpRU2hdf8

This is a short clip from one episode of the Kardashian sisters reality TV show “Keeping Up With the Karsahians.” While on vacation in Bora Bora with her family, Kim Kardashians NBA player boyfriend throws her in the ocean and she proceeds to lose her diamond earring. Immediately Kim starts crying over the diamond earning that lays on the ocean floor. In her interview she complains hoe her boyfriend is rough and never should of thrown her in the ocean. The fact that she wore real diamond earrings to the beach is completely neglected.

I think this helps show that while the family claims to be your ‘average’ american family, they are still far from it. The average person would never wear diamond earrings to the beach let alone own a pair of earrings worth 75,000 dollars. Even more astonishing, the average person would never be able to cope with the fact that they lost a 75,000 piece of jewelry by only crying and getting over it within a few minutes. This is a prime example of how the sisters problems do not compare to real world problems setting them aside from your average people. 

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great primary source because it provides us with a look at her life and how she cause things. 

[victoriathies-blog]

Annotation 2

Kim Kardashian Talks Body Image, Selfies and Superfans in San Francisco. (2015). Retrieved February 27, 2016, from http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/kim-kardashian-talks-body-image-selfies-and-superfans-in-san-francisco-20150701

This article by Rolling Stones Magazine talks about Kim Kardashian and her reaction to negative social media. She quotes “I don’t really know-and I really don’t care”. Kim talks about how she used to let social media effect her and her career. The article talks bout how Kim would spend all her time reading the negative comments and she allowed it to bring her down. The article then mentions how her husband helped her get over that insecurity and learn to ignore the negative publicity. In addition, this article talks about Kim’s self esteem issues bot current and past. Kim mentions how even growing up as a child not in the limelight, she was still stressed about her body image.

The article will contribute to my essay because it gives details and examples of the sister’s constant worry about body image.  I can use this as a source when I talk about the negative effect the sister’s obsession with body image has on their viewers. Kim opening up about her adolescent insecurities shows the young viewers that even the biggest celebrities wish they had a different image from a young age. Teenagers will think its okay to not be happy with themselves and want to take their natural beauty and enhance it into fake ‘beauty’.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great source and it makes it even better that you have a plan to use it already

[arielwhite-blog1]

Body Shaming and Why We Do It.

Vargas, E. (n.d.). Body-Shaming: What Is It & Why Do We Do It? Retrieved February 19, 2016, from https://www.waldeneatingdisorders.com/body-shaming-what-is-it-why-do-we-do-it/

Retrieved from waldeneatingdisorders.com 

Body shaming can lead to a long road of a negative life. Through the years, we often criticize and insult people around us, when in reality we are dealing with our own personal issues. While it may be hard to handle, we should try to challenge fixing the very issues that we are afraid to talk about. To help with this you can understand why you are upset, talk to the very people who made you upset, identify why you can be body positive, and find things you love about your body. When you do these things, people can create a better place to where people can be more comfortable. I see myself using this article because it lists the ways body shaming are harmful and it lists the ways we can try to get the situation under control. I would use this as examples in my paper. I would also use this article, let alone this website because this merely focuses on the issues at hand and it has specific examples from people who have gone through similar issues.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great source that bring up a big point you could argue in your final paper, that it our own fault. 

[zackraidl-blog]

Annotation #7, Popular Artifact #2

In Camera - Kanye West [Interview by L. Stoppard]. (2015, October 6). Retrieved April 14, 2016, from http://showstudio.com/project/in_camera/kanye_west

This was an interview with Kanye West with questions from his fans. Fans on the internet could submit in questions for Mr. West to answer during this interview. Basically he was asked questions about his family, the clothing line with Adidas, and his upcoming album.

This seems like a good source to use because it’s getting question from fans who want to hear about what Kanye has to say. Also it seems a bit more personal than an official interview which would be good for my paper.

[arielwhite-blog1]

Were there any questions that he did not want to answer or would have had trouble answering?

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great primary source, that show a more open population in it. 

[taylorphy-blog]

Annotation 5

D'Antona, R. (2010). Sexting, Texting, Cyberbullying and Keeping Youth Safe Online [Abstract]. Journal of Social Sciences 6. Retrieved March 29, 2016, from http://crawl.prod.proquest.com.s3.amazonaws.com/fpcache/f3d1a5d256b1457401b6c5c6708bdfc3.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF7V7KNV2KKY2NUQ&Expires=1459285746&Signature=G72RIFtz6P8TM6ybzuJb2jG8VJA=

This scholarly article is a study on younger children and their perception of cyber bullying. The article states that they found results and 35% of third, fourth and fifth graders had their own cellphone, 11.4% recorded that they have received a mean or hurtful text message, and 45.6% recorded that they have been bullied in school. This shows that children have been bullied and have had the courage to tell someone about it.

I will be able to use this in my paper because it shows that children aren’t ready for cell phones at such a young age. There is no reason for a child that young to be worried about receiving an email or text message and being bullied online. The result of this study says that “students are provided with technology at young ages and receive very little guidance to protect them from cyber bullying.” This statement shows that there are many children who are receiving cell phones at young ages and the parents aren’t carefully watching what they are getting into. They don’t have the common knowledge like older children do. There are a lot of things that could go wrong, one is being cyber bullied and this study is a perfect example of it.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great source because it provides you with statistics that would be great to use in you final paper 

[arielwhite-blog1]

Model Cheryl Tiegs calls plus-size SI swimsuit cover 'unhealthy'

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/living/si-cheryl-tiegs-ashley-graham-unhealthy-feat/

 Cheryl Tiegs has had a big opinion on plus size fashion. She thinks fashion’s increasing acceptance of full-figured women sends a bad message, a clear reference to plus-size model Ashley Graham’s appearance on one of three 2016 SI Swimsuit Issue covers. In the article she quotes, “ I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women, because it’s glamorizing them, because your waist should be smaller than 35 (inches).” Regardless of Tiegs comments, Ashley didn’t slow down. She sees women who are plus sized as just curvy women who look beautiful. 

I think this source was helpful because it helped me give a specific example in my papers to support my topic. It shows that even women tear down their own because something is not “normal” in society. Ashley Graham started modeling at the age of 16 and she sees women who are a little bit curvier than normal beautiful. This article showed that while we try to compliment something about a person through certain attributes, we still have the common idea that women should look a certain way in as far as appearance. 

[taylorphy-blog]

Here is another example that will really help in your final essay. It is an awesome thing that people can see a heavier woman as beautiful, instead of comparing her to a skinny model. There are too many people in the world who are comparing themselves to an underweight model. 

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a great source because it provides a great example that you could use in your final paper

[zackraidl-blog]

Annotation #4, Academic Source #3

Daws, L. B. (2007). The College Dropout: A Narrative Critique of the Music of Kanye West. Florida Communication Journal, 35(2), 90-99. Retrieved March 22, 2016, from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=c7df6f6b-cd3f-4ef5-8036-9e0affae636d@sessionmgr4001&hid=4208&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ==#AN=35067962&db=ufh

This article goes into depth on Kanye West’s debut album, The College Dropout. The author talks about Kanye’s attitude about college but also how he talks about religion and how it relates to hip hop. They will go in and analyze the way West has organized his album. They will also speak upon how he has a positive message but also a bitter attitude which you could hear when you listen to the album.

I can definitely use this article towards my paper because it’s talking about the beginning of Kanye’s career with his first album. You definitely see a difference with how Kanye was during 2004 to how he is today but listening to his albums. This article goes into great detail about his first album and the different techniques he used on the album to make it unique which will be very helpful to prove my point. 

[redeyemonarch-blog]

Great academic information to continue with kanyes work

[zackraidl-blog]

Annotation #9, Popular Artifact # 3

Last Call (Explicit). (2015, August 28). Retrieved April 16, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwTMkXPoJY

This is a video of the song, Last Call by Kanye West off of his first album, College Dropout. This is the song played at the end of the album and it’s basically a story told by West about how he got his chance to make this album and also how he moved up the ladder as an artist and to be known. 

This is excellent because it is straight from his work and told in his own words a story about his life up to that moment of the end of the album. It is a long sound which means it is very detailed with the story which is great for my paper.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

This is a good primary source but i feel need more information for the annotation 

[redeyemonarch-blog]

Annotation 5

Friday Night Lights (TV show)

This source is a television show that previously aired on NBC from 2006 to 2011 called “Friday Night Lights.” It is about a small town in Texas called Dillon that only cares about one thing, and that is football. A new coach steps in to take the job of the football team, and is expected to win a state championship or else it’s a failure. As the show mainly deals with football, many other important values like family, faith, and friendship are highlighted and shown throughout the series. Not everything goes perfect, but the community always seems to find a way of getting together and making everything better, and that is football. This show is all about the sport of football, and it stresses the importance and love for the game that people really have for the game. Football is more than a game to people, and their emotions are fully engaged in to nothing else. This source is useful because it deals with football and the importance of the game.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

Annotation 4

Katz, Emily Tess. "Connie Britton On 'Friday Night Lights' Mantra's 'Impactful' Effect On Cancer Patients." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 9 Sept. 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2016.

This source is a video interview that was done by the Huffington Post. They interviewed Connie Britton from NBC’s very popular “Friday Night Lights,” and asked her questions regarding a phrase, “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose,” that was referenced many times throughout the series. The phrase came during times of need and was used to help bring light to whatever situation was happening. It gave strength to people when it looked like all hope was lost, and Britton talks about how that phrase even helped cancer patients. The phrase is used many times in reference to football and the community. It was coined by the head coach, Britton’s husband in the show, and that is how he got his team to get their heads straight and overcome the obstacle. The show primarily focuses on football, and how much of a great sport it is for everybody in the community. Football is all that the town has and has ever known, so they take it seriously. The sport is all about grinding and overcoming your opponents, and the phrase is something that really describes football in a spiritual way. This source is useful because it deals with football and the way it impacts people. It is the most popular sport everywhere for a reason, and the state of Texas will most definitely prove that because everything is bigger there.

[redeyemonarch-blog]

Annotation 2

McCalmont, L. (2015, April 16). Football Has Taken Over Baseball As The True National Pastime.               Retrieved March 08, 2016, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/16/football-national-              pastime_n_7078660.html

Baseball has been on a slow decline as America’s national pastime for a long time now. A recent poll from the people at Bloomberg Politics, shows that sixty-seven percent of participants in the study say that football is America pastime. Footballs success can be attributed to it media coverage. Baseball is not keeping up with modern times and is losing the audience.

“It has been a long, long time since baseball was truly America’s pastime, and it has nothing to do with anything baseball has done wrong. It has been since … television. ...The NFL is terrific to watch on television in a way baseball isn’t and never was, and we are a nation of television watchers. The minute people realized how easy football was to follow on television -- even if it really tells you very little of what’s actually going on -- was the minute baseball stopped being America’s pastime.” This is a great quote to go along with why baseball has lost its title to football, because of the media.

This newspaper article is a great source to get a more public view from a sports editor. Since my paper is dealing with sports I think that getting opinions from sports editors is pretty important. Their job is to cover sports day in and day out, and know everything they can. I found a great quote that fits in perfectly with one of my original subtopics in my first paper.  

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[redeyemonarch-blog]

Annotation 1

Eisley, M., s. w. (2009, September 14). WHICH CAPTURES AMERICA'S HEART - BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL? FACEOFF: OUR NATIONAL PASTIME. News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC).

 Baseball was once America’s pastime and in some aspects it still represents America. Many people still play, and millions still go see games or watch them on the TV. Baseball’s best moments came before we even had color TV. Baseball more represents the first half American culture and now as times have changed football has risen. “Americans now prefer football over baseball 3-to-1.” Football has captured the attention of millions across the nation and has become the top sport in America.

“For better and worse, we're a warrior nation now. Football action is stop-and-go, but every down is a D-Day in the making, a Cold-War faceoff in the demilitarized neutral zone. Then there's the pageantry, which is all-American.”  This quote from Matthew Eisley, I feel represents why millions of Americans are now huge football fans.

This Article has great information that I can use in my paper. I found some quotes that I can use. One of which I really like and I plan on expanding more into. Overall it was short and does not have a lot of academic value, but I still like it because I feel it represent America very well. 

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