Pop+Culture+Research

**Pop Culture Research Project**
To prepare you to examine issues concerning pop culture in the 1920s, you will need to do some research on present discussions about popular culture.

You will research one of the following issues:
 * 1) Parental controls over Internet sites/blocking internet access to certain sites
 * 2) TV show ratings (PG, PG-13, etc)
 * 3) Warning labels on music CDs

You need to examine these issues. The following questions will help you get started, but should not limit your research. The Research Model Handout will also help you organize your project.


 * How does this work? (How can parents block access to websites? How are TV shows rated, and how are those ratings made known? What determines which CDs get warning labels, and how do people know which CDs deserve labels?)
 * Why did people want these practices? Why do they want to block websites, rate TV shows, or label CDs?
 * What is the intent of the device? What are people hoping to accomplish by blocking websites, rating TV shows, or labeling CDS?
 * How effective do you think this is? Why?
 * What are the possible unintended effects of this device?

You will create a Prezi to present your research. Save all your sources (books, newspapers, websites, etc) in Easy Bib.