Week 8

THe topic of this article is campus violence. The main idea is how to prevent violence on campus. One detail thatt he author used to support the main idea was how some schools are teaching their students how to recognize someone who has the intentions of doing something violent. Three signs that a student can be a threat are low self esteem, isolated, and cant handle critisism well. At this campus, i see security cars patrollings often. i think that these measures are worthwhile just incase something bad is happening.

Week 7

After seeing the video, my perception of media and how they portray women has remained the same. It made me change my thoughts about what we see in the media and what it really is. I was surprised to see how they transformed that women in looking so different just by using make up. After the woman already looked good, they still went an extra step and edited the womans facial features to make them better. This just shows that what the media shows can be very unreal.

Week 6

The main idea of this article is to show how the media affects the thoughts of body image in women. The reason women have these images in the media is to sell everything from food to cars. Many magazine articles suggest that losing weight will give woment the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career. Researchers generated a computer model of Barbie-doll proportions to show that it is unattainable. If a woman was built that way, it could be dangerous in many ways. I think that the way women are portrayed in the media is fine. The women have a unique look which helps sell products.



Write a paragraph describing the way YOU think women should be portrayed in the media.

Week 5

The title of this article tells me that it will be talking about the harms of driving while on cellular devices. The evidence presented by the author was based on fact more than opinion because he had studies and reports to back up his information. The authors main idea is to show that most driving accidents are caused by distraction, and cell phones in the modern day has become a huge distraction to many drivers, putting many people at risk. According to the Utah study, drunk drivers tended to be more aggressive while cell phone drivers were sluggish. The signal words that helped me located these answers were "is, like, was, and found". The use of hands-free cell phones while driving is just as dangerous as the use of handheld cellphones because the problem was conversation, not the ability to use hands on the wheels. The cell phone industry doest hold a big position in these situations becuase it is the people who casue these accidents.