YouTube of the week

Katie's project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CZDXbczMI&feature=fvst
Discussion: Message that tv can be useless, and take over our lives; people feel the "need" to watch their daily/weekly episodes.
An interesting note...HULU, the company that is being promoted by actor Alec Baldwin, is a real company owned by various TV networks, including NBC, ABC (Disney), that allows US viewers to watch their shows on their computers, combining the two forms of media.

Amelia's project:
http://www.familyguyepisodes.tv/
Amelia focused on a small portion of season 6episode 8
Discussion: appropriateness of tv for different viewing audiences.Producer and TV families using tv shows to promote health concerns/issues...persoanl "soap boxes". This episode looked at underfunding in stem cell research, and health risks created by fast food restaurants.
Also interesting to note this video was originally on YouTube, but taken off for Copyright Infringement; see today's notes!