Meeting #1: Project 2

Hey groupies. I reserved room #117 in the library for our meeting during class tomorrow. Don't forget to come with your cartoons from this weekend, and see you then!

-Alexis

Framing Info

Hey guys,

Filming was fun today! I think our project is going to be great. I just realized that this whole time I have only been "commenting" and not actually posting, haha sorry. But here is my info about the Framing media theory that I found in each of the clips you have all posted, in case you needed them.

FRAMING: Proposition 8

Framing Definition—This subset of agenda-setting concerns how news and information are “framed” or presented once through the news “gate” and on the public agenda. A media “frame” is the central organizing idea for a news story that supplies a context and emphasizes certain aspects of a story while minimizing or ignoring others. As media literacy theory tells us, media messages are constructions or representations of “reality.” It is impossible for a media message to be anything more than a summary or representation of the world. Thus, the question for message consumers is always: “What aspects of this story are not being told?” “What information lies outside the ‘frame’ of this message?” and, perhaps most importantly, “What might be the intent (ideological, intentional or inadvertent) of the senders (gatekeepers) of this message?” So framing suggests that the bottom line in news coverage is not just what to think about (agenda-setting), but how to think about it, based on how the story is presented. Framing is not a conspiracy to skew the news (although it can be done that way); individuals, based on their selective perceptions, not only select different things as important, but inevitably frame them in different ways to conform to how they see the world. But what is the effect of that framing on the receiver of those messages, and on the larger society?

CNN/MSNBC Clips

CNN: The Mormon Church vs. Proposition 8

-Scary portrayal of Quentin L. Cook’s quote

-Does not have a good representation of people quoted and interviewed from the LDS church as compared to those who are gay activists

CNN Goes To Gay Bar In West Hollywood For Their Only Reaction To Prop 8 Ruling

-Anchor refers to the overruling as “celebrating”

-Only went to LA to west Hollywood to a gay bar and received positive opinions to the overruling of Prop 8. Said there were opposing views, but did not interview anyone that was angry or against the news.

MSNBC On Prop 8 Ruling: "Where's The Fire & Brimstone From The Republican Right?"

-Interviewee Rachel Maddow says Republican party is “not willing” to talk about gay marriage and that they have “turned on a dime” from talking about it all the time, to not fighting it anymore.

-Background info: Rachel Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States. This newscast only shows the liberal side of the argument and does not have any representation of republicans or an opposing side.

Prop 8 - Richard Socarides - MSNBC 08-04-2010

-Anchorman questions the anti-gay interviewee (Austin) the entire time, never questions the gay-activist interviewee (Richard)

Keith Olbermann Speaks Out On Prop 8

-“This isn’t about politics…This is about the human heart” (Big time truthiness!)

-Talks to the audience as “You” example: “You are saying to them, “no, you can’t have it on these terms”.

-Brings in redefining the black/white marriage and said that if we didn’t allow blacks/whites to marry, the President would have never been born

FOX NEWS

Bill O'Reilly: Why Don't Prop 8 Protesters Target Black Churches?

-Mentions swastika posters and comments on those

-Doesn’t let the interviewee explain her side, he talks over her, therefore framing her view as not even worth hearing

The O'Reilly Factor on Prop. 8 and Blacks

-Shows those that support gays have been participating in “hate crimes” (marching on Mormon church, pushing a senior citizen), but doesn’t interview or show the opinions and reasons for this from one of these people. He shows one side, the side that pro-gay marriage people have been participating in hate crimes

O'Reilly Lame Duck Comment - Cali Prop 8 Upheld

-Shows clips of people smiling and laughing after Gay marriage was announced to stay illegal

-Framing rights to marry same sex would also allow people to marry a duck

Glenn Beck: Liberals Attack Church & God 3/11/09

-Frames the liberals and those pro-gay marriage as unreligious and not believing in God

-Interviews people who share his same view, portrays the protestors

-Beck says people that don’t believe in God and don’t respect people are bullies “People that believe in God need to put their differences aside, as long as they’re not hurting one another and stop “feasting” on one another”

Daily Show w/John Stewart

Daily Show: Wilmore - Proposition 8

-Uses satire and comedy to make fun of all the fuss about how the black community voted for Prop 8 and he had a black guest (Larry Wilmore) on the show to aid in this.

Daily Show: I Now Denounce You Chuck & Larry

-Uses satire and comedy, jokes about each side.

-Jokes about children being raised with gay parents and the interviewee “Your gay friends hate you”

-Jokes about Mormon church and values of marriage

-Jokes about traditional marriage and how silly “tradition” is

Colbert Report

The Word - I Do, You Don't

-Shows specific clips and makes fun of them, using satire and comedy

-Comes up with a funny solution to the Prop. 8 problem that makes the problem look dumb

How to Ruin Same-Sex Marriages

-Represents the federal judge through news clips as the reason Prop 8 was overturned because he is gay. “If an openly gay judge can rule on same-sex marriage, we should just let cases about endangered species be decided by a manatee”

-Uses satire and comedy, makes fun of all sides and comes up with silly and funny solutions to solving the problem. “We need to ruin their marriages right back”

Prop 8 Challenge - David Boies

-Uses satire and comedy, comes up with silly solutions to solve problems

-Brings on David Boies who is pro gay marriage, Stephen Colbert seems to argue with Boies and question him

Room Reserved!

Hey group! In case you didn't get my text message, I contacted the office and reserved room 115 in Old Main for filming tomorrow. We have it beginning at 10:00am, so be sure to be there on time! It is the same room that we have class in. See you all tomorrow! And if possible, I would like to get all of your media theories findings emailed to me by tonight so I can throw them into the script. In case you lost it, my email is alexis.rae.miller@aggiemail.usu.edu - Thanks guys!

-Alexis

Additional articles...

Here are some more interesing articles I found on Proposition 8! Enjoy.

"Trial over Proposition 8 set to make history"
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_14159406?nclick_check=1

"Prop 8 trial Day 8: Live coverage from the courtroom"
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14238255

"Prop 8 Ruling Matters Less Than Judge's findings"
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012701-503544.html

"Prop 8 trial witness: Being gay is not a choice"
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=405743

"Prop 8 gay marriage ban overturned; ruling unlikely to be the last word"
http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/prop-8-gay-marriage-ban-overturned-ruling-unlikely-to-be-the-last-word

"Prop 8 trial day 3 summary: SBC, Catholic beliefs on marriage called prejudiced"
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?id=32038

"The LDS Church Contributed $190,000 in "In-kind" Donations to Prop 8"
http://www.uspoliticalscene.com/2009/02/the-lds-church-contributed-180000-in-in-kind-donations-to-prop-8/

"Prejudice helped pass Prop 8, professor testifies"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/prejudice-helped-pass-prop-8-professor-testifies.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef012877166139970c

Bringing in reinforcements

I am going to be bringing in a special guest to help us out on filming and to give a better direction of what we need to include in our movie and what is required.  If you are confused fret not we shall do well and prevail on the project.

Fox Prop 8 videos

1.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQ4Gec-g

This video is Glenn Beck spouting off about how church and state should be one in the same, so in terms of Prop 8, he is definitely not in favor.

2.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRBeMEUQDzo

Bill O'Rielly suggests in this film the revocation of Prop 8 will lead to unrestricted abortion, the legalization of narcotics, and the nullification of the Patriot Act.

3.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFeAhS9kg8

Oh Bill, did you really just say gay marriage was like marrying a duck? Well duck you, sir.

4.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQP29q8hCm4

This clip is Bill O'Rielly painting white churches as the sole target of anti-Prop 8 protesters, and his research analyst blatantly proves him wrong. All old Billy boy seems to be able to do is start a yelling match as usual.

Team Meeting #3 Summary....and on to meeting #4

We met on Tuesday in the library, and discussed our research, and went over some of the main clips we want in our movie. We narrowed down our approach to the way we are going to fit all of the information into the film, and talked about our plans to film this week. We are meeting again Thursday after class in the library to finalize all of our plans for filming and go over the final script and such. See you then!

-Alexis

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-11-2008/proposition-8?xrs=share_copy

Team Meeting #3

Sorry such late notice, but we are meeting in the library today during class! Room 119, as usual. See you all there!

-Alexis

CNN and MSNBC

Hey guys. Sorry i missed the meeting on tuesday, i had an unexpected quiz in Humanities. But are some great links i found about Prop 8 and gay marriage from MSNBC and CNN. They each seem to be pretty favoring in part of prop 8, but there are still a bit of biased opinions. Also, when is a good time to start filming? I cannot attend class on Thursday because i am going to a rugby tournement in Vegas. If that doesnt work, let me know what i can do to equally contribute to the group. THANKS!!!

Msnbc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HpTBF6EfxY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAF4gbO5Vp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gwtkIIWcnI
Cnn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcfgQypmW2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGg3yXNyivA&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76dp1BpN5HQ

Team meeting #2 and my links so far....

We met today in the library to talk about the research we each did on our own. We scheduled our next few team meetings for the future, and talked about when we were going to start filming. Everyone had some good ideas for the movie, and our final product will be pretty impressive. Here are some of the links I have so far! There weren't many offered on the fact-checking websites, but I'm going to do my best to see where I can find more information. See you all Tuesday!

http://www.factcheck.org/what_is_a_civil_union.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/sam_brownback_and_gay_marriage_1.html

http://factcheck.org/2007/09/some-old-some-new/

-Alexis

Daily Show/Colbert Report

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/368530/december-14-2010/prop-8-challenge---david-boies?xrs=share_copy

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-3-2008/i-now-denounce-you-chuck---

larry?xrs=share_copyhttp://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/343140/august-05-2010
 
/how-to-ruin-same-sex-marriages?xrs=share_copyhttp://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/229552/june-03-2009/the-word---i-do--you-don-t?xrs=share_copy

Here are some links to get started.  There are many different links from the two shows and I am trying to research/acquire as much information from both sides/bias so we have enough information to to compare to the truth or truthiness.

Team Meeting #2

Tomorrow after class we are meeting in the library again! I have reserved room 119 for 1:30pm. Bring all of the links and articles you were able to find, and we will start to put together our information and begin writing our script. See you guys then!

-Alexis

Team Meeting: February 1st

Our first team meeting was today! We met in the library, and everyone was there. We have chosen to research the topic of same sex marriage/Prop 8 and we are going to make a movie for our project. The research was split up as follows:

Kate- Fact Checker

Alexis- Fact Checker

Clay- FOX News (Glenn Beck and the O'Reily Factor)

Paul- CNN and MSNBC

Brad- The Daily Show and the Colbert Report

We plan on finding lots and lots of research and video clips before our next meeting. And on Thursday after class, we plan on meeting in the library again to put together all of our research and get our movie going.