Wikipedia Articles

I thought I would also comment on my Wikipedia articles. I have changed one of them and will no longer be updating on Starbucks. Instead I will be updating the Wikipedia article for Warren Township. That is my home town so I feel I'll have more information on the topic then Starbucks.

TV Violence

So I was sitting around just now waiting for 24 to start (my Monday night ritual), I decided to check out some of the required blogs. While I was scrolling through the blogs for slashdot, I came across an article that peaked my interest. The article entitled FCC Report - TV Violence Should be Regulated discusses how the Federal Communications Commission has drafted a law in hopes of congress passing it. This law would help them regulate the violence on TV much like sexual content is regulated. The blog also provides a link to the CNN Article which provides a more indepth explanation. I didn't think this topic would frustrate me as much as it does. From what I have been told many other countries dont regulate their TV as much as America tries to and uses sex to advertise many of their products. After the infamous Whitney Houston incident during the Superbowl, American became the laughingstock of most of Europe because of how the situation was completely blown out of proportion. Europeans starting refering to Americans as "prude". If this law is passed, then American will have much more ridicule to endour from other countries.
I don't believe violence in some of the programs on TV as half as bad as what is shown in the News everyday. A question brought up in the CNN article is where the limits will be when it comes to editing TV content. Will the news still be able to report the events of the world, or will America be forced to stay in the dark because of how violent it is? A simple FCC rating will no longer suffice because they believe there are too many flaws. So in this case does it mean that all violence will be completely removed from television? Also, who is to say what is "too violent" for American children to be watching? It does not seem like there are too many other people backing the FCC up on this topic. Many broadcasting companies do not want this article to pass, obviously for financial reasons, but also many American parents are questions the contitutional rights that could possibly violated. As one parents comments toward the end of the article, "the first line of defense lies with the parents" and they should be the ones to control what their children are watching.
I feel that is the FCC tries to regulate another aspect of TV, where will they go next? There are already many electronics to help regulate which programs can be viewed on a specific television set, and the FCC really doesn't need to start editing more content.

Wikipedia Articles

Today has turned out to be a boring snowy day outside which doesn't provide me with too much to do. I cannot leave my house since the roads seems to be snow covered and quite dangerous to drive on from what I have heard. I decided in that case to give Wikipedia a try and attempt to update my first article, Solomon Schecter Day School of Essex and Union. The article basically only talked about how the school was created and how many students attend the school now. Since this used to be my sister's old high school I have a bit more insite and knowledge into the goings on at Solomon Scheter. The part I added is the last little paragraph. I talked about how the school offers second semester seniors a trip to Israel. Now it is time to wait and see if anyone updates or changes what I have posted.

Second Blog

Well this is the second blog for the BUAD 477 class. In this class we have to post blogs at least once a week. It is becoming more important to learn how to post blogs because blogs are being used more often in the business world nowadays. Businesses post blogs to help promote a new product, or to conduct business. We that many different assignments for this class. For more information you can check out the class website.

For this class we have to subscribe to and update 4 different Wikipedia articles. I have chosen to update Watchung Hills Regional High School (my old high school), Solomon Schecter Day School of Essex and Union (my sister's old high school), Starbucks, and Seinfeld. I chose Starbucks because I own stock in the company, or at least I did until this weekend when i found out my dad decided to sell the stock. Oh well. And I chose Seinfeld because it is my all time favortie tv show.

For this class we also have to subscribe to a list of required blogs on Bloglines. This website makes it easier to keep track of blog articles that have been updated.

We shall see how all this blogging goes for me over the course of the semester.

My First Blog Post

Well it seems all is in order and if I did this correctly then this s my first blog post! Here is a link to The Univeristy of Delaware's website.