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.

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“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.

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“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	MTV loses iconic logo's music video and 'music television' tag and replaces with network talent
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	By CRISTINA KINON
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	NY daily news
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	NY daily news
Date Page was Last Revised	09 February 2010
Date You Read It	02 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-02-09/entertainment/27055750_1_mtv-logo-tina-exarhos-iconic-logo

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

Tina Exarhos, executive vice president of marketing and multiplatform creative projects for MTV, told The News  that "If you watch the channel, you've seen that it's definitely going in a new direction," no longer making it about music(Kinon).

Although other areas of MTV has changed, "the logo was always something that had stayed the same and talk of updating it seemed almost blasphemous" to Exarho(Kinon).

Exarhos admits that the logo was in fact a “fantastic, iconic logo, but it wasn't working for [MTV] in a way that [they] needed it to anymore. It needed to express more about what MTV is today, not what it was in 1981"(Kinon).

As MTV “Ditch[es] the longstanding "music television" tag line seems like a signal that the network has accepted where it now stands” (Kinon).

Olinsky the man who created the MTV logo admits that "MTV now is a whole other reality than MTV was back in the day. Things change. The fact that it doesn't say 'music television' anymore, that's appropriate"(Kinon).

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

MTV used to be known as Music Television but now there have been many changes to the network program. MTV has dropped the 'music television' tag and now have added "network talent". Those who work at MTV have confirmed and accepted the change of MTV program.

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?

CRISTINA KINON is the author of this article. She is the

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER for the NY daily News.

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 author has nothing to gain from writing this it is just informative.

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

There is no bias in the author's writing; she does not choose a side.

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

The author uses people who work at MTV, adding credibility. 

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

I plan to use this source as proof that even the people working at MTV know that their program has changed and drifted away from music.