book source 2

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	MTV: The Making of a Revolution
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	Tom McGrath
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	Diane Pub Co
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	1999
City of Publication Ex: New York	unknown
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader): Ex: Print	Elecronic
Eddition if indicated:	none

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

McGrath speaks about the "discouraging conditions posed by a fledgling cable television industry" that stalled the makers of MTV(McGrath).

"MTV has affected the world" although many debate whether the affect "is good or bad"(McGrath).

MTV seemed to be the "the most influential signal cultural product" from the 90s(McGrath).

Kids from the 1990s were known as "MTV's Generation"(McGrath).

MTV had competition from UK show "The Box which launched in April 1992"(McGrath)

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. 
The book explains MTV's first video jockeys auditions, the classic music videos, & the promos. Explains the struggles producers faced with creating an all music television program. Identifies those that helped make MTV  what it is today. 

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.
McGrath, Tom I couldn't really find anything about him. 
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?
It is simply informative material. 


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

A little bias in favoring MTV. 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

Yes, many employees of MTV earlier years. Adds credibility.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use it in the history section to show how MTV started out. 

Book source 1

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
Author(s) or Editor	Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum
Publisher	Dutton from Penguin Group USA Inc.
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	2011
City of Publication Ex: New York	New York
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader): Ex: Print	Electronic
Eddition if indicated:	none

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

As many agreed "1992 marks an end to MTV Golden Era, which was brought to a close by a series of unrelated factors" including the beging of the famous series "The Real World"(Marks).

With music videos flowing, MTV "forced film making to evolve"(Marks).

MTV was created to be "television for teens" because other television "didn't care about teens"(Marks).

Those who ran MTV in the earlier days " had almost no television experience"  most of them came from the radio(Marks).

"Music videos were rare" before MTV came along because "there was no need for them" (Marks).

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

 I Want My MTV explains the first decade of MTV in 1981, where all that was on were music videos. However as MTV continued to grow "The Real World" in 1992, became the start to reality television and the change of MTV programming. The book contains interviews with artists, directors, VJs, and television and music executives.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.


Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum are the authors.Both work in music industry writing songs, Rob also is in a band.
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?


The book was written based mainly on interviews to be informative and entertaining.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

No, there is no bias but he does give his opinion at certain points.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

Yes the authors cite many artists and many that work in the music industry, adding credibility.  Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this source as evidence that people working in the music industry also agree that MTV in the 80s was great.

Interview

1. Do you watch MTV shows? If so, which ones? If not, why not?
A: I sometimes watch Jersey Shore because it's really funny how dumb they are.
2.Did you watch MTV before the reality TV shows (not music related) were playing?
A: I used to watch Making the Band but that's it. Well that's the only music related show I saw airing.
3. Does it bother you that they don't play music related TV?
Not really. I think it doesn't makes sense that they don't but it doesn't bother me. 
4. If they had music related TV shows would you watch?
Yeah, if they are entertaining and play good music.
5. Do you think the TV shows cause problems?
It depends if people are naive enough to follow the actions of some people on tv then it does cause problems. Like no originality, drinking all the time, sexual intercourse with who ever is willing, etc.  
6. Should MTV still be called "MTV"?
No I don't think so. Its not 'Music Television' anymore so it should change with the direction the channel has taken.
7. Do you think the TV shows affected the way people act?
Yeah, some people think everything on TV shows what is "cool" or the "norm" so people copy it.
8. Do you think the TV shows are appropriate?
I wouldn't use the word appropriate to describe them but they are not affecting us positively, but they are entertaining.
9. Do you think MTV is a representation of today's culture?
Yes it kind of does because there has been an increase in teen pregnancy and i know more teens who drink just because they think it's cool.
10. How do you think we can turn MTV into a more positive aspect to society?
Maybe if they didn't encourage teen pregnancy or make it seem like drinking 24/7 is a good thing or acting dumb or getting pregnant young will get you paid.

Online source 5

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	"Thirty years later, MTV's revolution continues ... without any soundtrack"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Steve Spears
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Tampa Bay Times
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	not given
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	29 July 2011
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	15 February 20112
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.tampabay.com/features/popculture/article1182616.ece

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).

MTV gave "musicians [a chance to] leap off a magazine's glossy pages and show personality"(Spears).

In 1992, the first of 70 reality TV shows on MTV, "The Real World — following the hormone-soaked lives of young adults crammed together in a house —[aired and] began transforming reality TV (Spears).

The program gave opportunities to "Bands like Duran Duran [that] were able to use the medium to convert good looks, fashion and music into Beatle-esque hysteria"(Spears).

In 1985 many witnessed the "Live Aid benefit for Ethiopia in nonstop coverage on MTV"( Spears).

MTV's ""World Premiere Videos" became the first must-see TV" making it a big part of the program (Spears).

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

Steve Spears is a writes about MTV's growth throughout the years. Speaks about the first words spoken on MTV to what MTV airs today. Quotes video Jockeys from MTV in the 1980s. 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 Steve Spears is a times staff writer. I can't find anything about where he was trained.
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? 

No it is just an informational article.Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

I don't detect a bias because Spears talks about how MTV evolved and shows that in the entertainment world it has to. References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

Quotes the first video jockeys of MTV, adding credibility.Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

To show how MTV was back when it started and how it evolved into what it is now.

Online source 4

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	"MTVs origins in the 80s"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	not found
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Like Totally 80s
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) denning e-solutions, LLC
Date Page was Last Revised	not found
Date You Read It	15 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-mtv.html
FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
The first music video ever played ""Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles served as the perfect song to bring in this new era of music and to begin the MTV legacy"(LT80s).
The original MTV had "tons of music videos, awesome VJs and music news unavailable anywhere else"(LT80s).
Once MTV first came out they had VJs "J.J. Jackson, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn"(LT80s)
In the year of 1984 "we were presented with the very first MTV Video Music Awards and suddenly the new generation had its very own awards show"(LT80s). As time went by, during the late 80s "MTV began introducing non-music programming and slowly, over time, the flavor of MTV began to change"(LT80s).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): The site Like Totally 80s, misses the MTV from back in the 80s. The site feels that back then MTV was actually about music and not random reality shows. Also, Like Totally 80s, quotes former VJs from the 80s who also agrees MTV has changed.

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 site is just a site to inform people of the world in the 80s and an LLC funds it.


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 site seems like its just pointing out the change. It is not gaining anything. 



Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? Yes the author does choses a side that MTV now is different in a bad way (favors the 80s mtv)

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


Yes the author does cite Nina Blackwood a former VJ at MTV in the 80s. It adds credibility because it is from someone that used to work at the old MTV.

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

I will use it to compare how MTV was in the 80s to how it is today. Prove that it has changed over time.

online source 3

 

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	Aug 1, 1981: MTV launches
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	not given
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	History
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	not given
Date Page was Last Revised	not found
Date You Read It	3 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtv-launches

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

On August 1 1981 MTV "the new cable television channel" aired and "initially was available only to households in parts of New Jersey"(History).

MTV Being a know television program around the world "went on to revolutionize the music industry and become an influential source of pop culture and entertainment"(History).

In the 80s MTV helped promote careers "of performers such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince and Duran Duran, whose videos played in heavy rotation"(History).

In the late 1980s MTV began airing non music related videos and shows such as "popular reality series The Real World (launched in 1992), The Osbournes, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Laguna Beach, My Super Sweet 16 and The Hills, Beavis and Butthead and Celebrity Deathmatch, as well as documentaries, news, game shows and public service campaigns on topics ranging from voting rights to safe sex."(History).

Over the years "MTV developed a reputation for pushing cultural boundaries and taste"(History).

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

this article is about MTV's start on television. MTV has expanded all over the world in the 1980s. MTV has grown to attract more teenaged viewers with less music oriented shows.  
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?


History.com just seems like a fun history website that just gives given facts on a certain day in history.
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?
No the author has nothing to gain from this. Article is just to inform people.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

No bias detected, author seems neutral.

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

No the author does not.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this source to show the history of MTV and how it changed over time.