English 1A: TV Guided

English 1A: Sections 5 & 49, Spring 2012 @ San José State University

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

TV News 04.11.12



  • The battle for Britain: BBC's The Voice UK beats down Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent Independent
  • Alis volat propiis: Simpsons creator says Springfield is in Oregon Entertainment Weekly 
  • Is your favorite show on life support? Boston Herald  
  • Flashback: Fox to re-air Married ... with Children pilot Hollywood Reporter
  • Sour note: Glee returns to low ratings Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • General Hospital will live to love another day Deadline
 
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Course Information

English 1A: Composition I,
Spring 2012

DH De La O,
The Department of English and Comparative Literature
at San José State University

Section 05: Tu/Th 7:30-8:45 AM, Clark 316

Section 49: Fr 9:00-11:45 AM, BBC 123

Office: Faculty Offices 111
Office Hours: Tu 9:00-11:00 AM

Phone: 408.924.5019
Email: dhdelao@gmail.com


Selected Posts

  • Assignment: Cause and Effect Essay
  • Assignment: Editorial Essay
  • Assignment: Expository Essay
  • Assignment: Persuasive Essay
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 05
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 05 (FINAL UPDATE)
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 49
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 49 (FINAL UPDATE)
  • Reflection 01: In It to Win It—Winning a Reality TV Competition
  • Reflection 02: Crossing the Line—Tween and Teen TV
  • Reflection 03: The Invisible Sell—Product Placement on TV
  • Reflection 04: Did You See That?—When History Unfolds on Television
  • Reflection 05: What's on Telly?—Exploring British Television
  • Reflection 06: Do-It-Yourself—Learning from How-To Reality Shows
  • Reflection 07: Hey, That's Me!—Seeing Yourself on TV
  • Week 01: Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990 - 1991)
  • Week 02: Modern Family (ABC, 2009 - Present)
  • Week 03: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, 1970 - 1971)
  • Week 04: The Sopranos (HBO, 1999 - 2007)
  • Week 05: The Brady Bunch (ABC, 1969 - 1974)
  • Week 06: Star Trek (NBC, 1966 - 1969)
  • Week 07: Survivor (CBS, 2000 - Present)
  • Week 08: Roseanne (ABC, 1988 - 1997)
  • Week 09: The Golden Girls (NBC, 1985 - 1992)
  • Week 10: All in the Family (CBS, 1971 - 1979)
  • Week 11: Father Knows Best (CBS, 1954 - 1960)
  • Week 12: NYPD Blue, 1993-2005 (ABC)
  • Week 13: Charlie's Angels (ABC, 1976 - 1981)
  • Week 14: Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX, 1990 - 2000)

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2012 (49)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ▼  April (13)
      • Week 15: Felicity (The WB, 1998 - 2002)
      • TV News 04.27.11
      • Reflection 08: The Electronic Babysitter—TV and Yo...
      • Assignment: Editorial Essay
      • Week 14: Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX, 1990 - 2000)
      • TV News 04.18.12
      • Week 13: Charlie's Angels (ABC, 1976 - 1981)
      • Reflection 07: Hey, That's Me!—Seeing Yourself on TV
      • TV News 04.11.12
      • Week 12: NYPD Blue, 1993-2005 (ABC)
      • TV News 04.07.12
      • Reflection 06: Do-It-Yourself—Learning from How-To...
      • Week 11: Father Knows Best (CBS, 1954 - 1960)
    • ►  March (11)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (5)

Syllabus

  • Spring 2012

eReader

  • "'Cosby Show’ Comedy had a Serious Impact" (Boston Globe)
  • "'F' Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack" (NPR)
  • "'Modern Family's' Indictment of Modern Families" (FlowTV)
  • "'Roseanne’-Colored Glasses" (Baltimore Sun)
  • "'The Simpsons’: An Imperfect Ideal Family" (The Simpsons Archive)
  • "'Will & Grace' Leaving TV Comedy Out of Closet" (TV.com)
  • "A Force Behind the Lower Teen Birthrate: MTV's '16 and Pregnant'" (Christian Science Monitor)
  • "American Family Sitcoms: Early Years to the Present" (Cercles)
  • "Blessing or Curse? How DVRs are Impacting Viewing Habits" (TV Genius
  • "Estimate: 800,000 U.S. Households Abandoned Their TVs for the Web" (TechCrunch)
  • "Family on Television" (Museum of Broadcast Communications)
  • "Fox's 'Glee' Represents Counterfeit Joy" (Everyday Christian)
  • "From Ricky Ricardo to Dora: Latinos on Television" (NPR)
  • "How Much Have TV Moms Really Changed?" (ABCNews)
  • "I Want My Gay TV" (Paley Center for the Media)
  • "List of Most Watched Television Broadcasts in the United States" (Wikipedia)
  • "Most Say Homosexuality Should be Accepted by Society" (Pew Research Center)
  • "Squeaky Clean or Naughty by Nature: 'Glee's' Gay Teen Sexuality Complex" (Huffington Post)
  • "Streaming Dreams" (The New Yorker)
  • "The Age of Egocasting" (The New Atlantis)
  • "The Fallout Over TV's Nuclear Families" (Los Angeles Times)
  • "TiVoing Childhood" (FlowTV)
  • "Where We Are on TV" Report: 2011 - 2012 Season (GLAAD)
  • "Who Needs a TV? I’m Watching on a Laptop" (New York Times)
  • “Super Bowl Ads Get Racier, but Does Sex Really Sell?” (USA Today)

Course Documents

  • 1A Final Exam Prompt (Jihad v. McWorld) FL 07
  • 1A Final Exam Prompt FL 09
  • 1A Final Exam Prompt SP 09
  • 1A Final Exam Sample Reponse Essay (Jihad v. McWorld) FL 07
  • 1A-1B Final Exam Rubric
  • Editorial Essay Rubric
  • The Final Exam - Thesis Strategies
  • The Mad Dash - Essay Outlines
  • The Mad Dash - Thesis Statements

PowerPoint Presentations

  • An Introduction to MLA Style
  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • Sample PowerPoint Presentation (Wine Customs)
  • Steps of the Writing Process (Facebook)
  • The Cause and Effect Essay - A Primer

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations, Northern Oklahoma College
  • MLA Citation Generator, Palomar College
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation, Duke University
  • MLA Style Guide, Purdue University
  • MLA Works Cited Page, Cornell Univeristy
  • Online Writing Lab, Purdue Univeristy
  • Writing Center, San Jose State University

Television Resources

  • ABC
  • Amazon Prime
  • CBS
  • Charlie Rose
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • FOX
  • Fresh Air
  • Hulu
  • NBC
  • Netflix
  • Nielsen
  • Parents Television Council
  • Television & New Media
  • Television Without Pity
  • The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  • The CW
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • The Museum of Broadcast Communications
  • The Paley Center for Media
  • TV Worth Watching
  • Variety
  • What's Alan Watching?
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