Mr. Rivers began class with a Venn diagram of academia and film. Although we are just touching upon our film in the literary analysis, we will start to work on the synthesis soon, so thinking about effective ways to combine the film and academic lens that is being researched. Synthesizing is integral to the senior paper, therefore, learning how to do it properly is of the utmost importance.
My research process has involved a lot of shifting of my research. I chose to write about The Hunger Games in my paper because I know a lot about the movie, but deciding what area to concentrate on was difficult for me. I narrowed my research down to the dangers of desensitization of violence, mainly through exposure to reality television. The Games are an extreme hyperbole of a reality show, where viewers are entertained by suffering, drama, romance, and humiliation.
Reality television is considered trashy and poor quality compared to modern television streaming. I think that this is why I struggled with finding recent articles on how reality television effects society. Eventually, I was able to find more information on the database EBSCO. All I had to do was type in key phrases and I was able to find articles that fit with the different aspects of desensitization and reality based television.
The most difficult part of my research process was finding a conversation on the societal effects of reality television. All the scholarly articles I read unanimously agreed that exposure to violence and over-dramatized shows could have a detrimental effect on the way people think and act. Consequently, I am going to need to dig deeper and alter my research to try and find some conversation.
Good luck to everyone on finishing their literary reviews! If you have any questions, email Mr. Rivers (but not at 11:30 PM).
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