Received: from smtpgate.uvm.edu (smtpgate.uvm.edu [132.198.101.121]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id EAA07197 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 04:53:31 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 04:53:31 -0600 (MDT) Received: from 8N9J6 (208.18.225.24) by smtpgate.uvm.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.AAD62A70@smtpgate.uvm.edu>; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 6:53:30 -0400 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19970614065311.35970e8c@pop.uvm.edu> X-Sender: tryoung@pop.uvm.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: TEACHSOC@maple.lemoyne.edu From: TR Young Subject: An idea for student research Cc: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Steve Cavrak is associate director of academic computing at U/Vermont...he sent along an idea for media research which might be of interest to those of you who like to send students out of the class room to develop their sociological imagination. TR ******** >From: Steve Cavrak >Organization: Chez Lemming >To: TR Young >Subject: Re: Lets make a deal ... >References: <1.5.4.16.19970613061632.3657ac3c@pop.uvm.edu> > >Hi TR ! > >We've had our day of 90 degrees in the shade .. and I managed >to get caught in a thunder shower while on my bike ride last >night. SuperDrench ! > >Thinking about Chaotic TV ... > >o COPS / True Stories of the Highway Patrol > > Are you familiar with the "true story" TV genre such as cops. > Good examples of "the banality of evil" :) Basically, poor > people fighting with each other, petty dope dealers, etc. > > Might be a good "media lab" exercise for one of the learning > circuses. Watch 10 programs; tabulate the "crimes" ("incidents") > depicted - incident, physical setting, socioeconomic setting, > dynamic of the interaction between police force, perpetrator, > community, something like that. > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >On the news, I heard an interesting statistic - just caught >the tailend of some story, which ended a la "While some wonder >about the ability of the world to effectively end poverty, others >pointout that the wealth of the seven richest men could provide >for the basic health needs of all of the worlds poor." It was >a national public radio story; that's all I rememebcer. > >Ciao > >Steve > > TR Young The Red Feather Institute 8085 Essex, Weidman, Mi., 48893 [517] 644 3089 Email: tr@tryoung.com