Blog Entry 7: Post URLs for Possible Research Topic

I'm thinking about doing my paper on the Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean. In relating this topic to the class, I will look at the role global consumerism has in contributing to the pollution. In addition, I would like to learn about and discuss how the U.S. disposes of garbage-especially plastics. Below are links relating to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch- what it is, the potential impact it may have on the ocean and food chain, and how it can be mitigated. Any feedback is much appreciated. Thanks.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123793936249132307.html

http://www.greenwala.com/profiles/2449-Linda-Lucille/blog/1957-Who-s-To-Blame-For-The-Great-Pacific-Garbage-Patch-Look-In-The-Mirror

**Also check out the link below. The photograph captures the impact the Pacific Garbage Patch has on wildlife.

http://www.marques-houston.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/500x_birdstomach.jpg

I'm researching the trend of tiny dogs and the ridiculous amount of money spent on them considering the fact that they are not really healthy pups and a lot of them die very young. More specifically, I will be researching the online sales of "toy" designer pups. I found a million dollar pup online which literally costs a million bucks and it even has a note saying be aware of all the publicity you'll receive if you buy this dog.Basically, it all leads up to having the tiniest, cutest pup, and exposing them to the whole world, just like celebrities.Here are a couple of links that sell them:

http://www.texasteacups.com/Puppies_For_Sale_HighSPD.html

http://www.smallestpoodle4u.com/adults1.html

http://www.yorkiepassion.com/teacupyorkiepuppies.htm

http://www.puppiepoos.com/simpsons-puppy.html

This is a report of one of the sites above not following through with certain transactions, some customers say they never received the pups they ordered.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/animal-services/becky-bice-teacupand/becky-bice-teacupandtoypet-co-b79yf.htm

I'm thinking about writing about the advertising industry's use of sex in advertising and how they objectify women in these ads. From this, I will cover why advertisers use sex to sell products and how it works. Also, I will talk about how they objectify women in these ads and the repercussions this has on women. I used the library website for the most part, so here are several books I plan to check out from the library.

http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/1IJS1D1DAXYG3GBC8TMVGHC2KIE976IBTITTRS7CTAQ1UB34PX-65073?func=full-set-set&set_number=014299&set_entry=000008&format=999

http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/ESBXP1RU4UECSI8IGURL1CV14FESI8TLREI79QJUI93ESVFRCP-70719?func=full-set-set&set_number=014421&set_entry=000014&format=999

http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/518AAPP9BYPCD36NTXE8498KB95S9HNJBTMJI4HX77J2Q19PCC-73227?func=full-set-set&set_number=014454&set_entry=000021&format=999

This page is from the Advertising Educational Foundation’s web site. It includes a backround on persuasion and advertising theories prominent in future advertiser’s education today. It also includes case studies of advertising “success stories”
http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/speaker_pres/data/4001

This is an article entitled “Intelligent Manipulation-Edward Bernays”. It includes information on some of the advertising or “public relation” campaigns by Edward Bernays. These examples perfectly exemplify the new strategy of Edward Bernays; he appealed to peoples emotions and psychology rather than reason to make them want to buy these products. The changes he made to ivory soap campaigns, and Betty Crocker, for example, were very small but changed the emotional appeal of the product greatly.
http://www.doc4design.com/articles/intelligent-manipulation/

This page includes a documentary by Adam Curtis titled “The Century of the Self”. It documents the birth of “public relations” as a means of mass control of the population.
http://www.doc4design.com/articles/intelligent-manipulation/

I am considering doing my research paper on the growing widespread desire to be tan and how the tanning industry capitalizes on this-often by not telling the truth. I would like to find out the real facts about indoor tanning, because so much information that is out there is misleading.

This article describes a possible bill to be passed that would place restrictions on tanning salons, including being unable to say that tanning is good for you.
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/02/tanning_industry_says_its_good.php

This article discusses claims the tanning industry makes in its advertising campaigns and refutes each.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/solmaz-poorsattar/tanning-industry-lies_b_438996.html

This is the main page of the Indoor Tanning Association, or ITA. It represents "thousands of indoor tanning manufacturers, distributors, facility owners and members from other support industries."
http://www.theita.com/

I found the Cushman article extremely interesting and would like to write about how identities are formed. The topic already sounds broad, so I will need to make it narrower.
This article is from JSTOR, entitled "Identity Construction: New Issues, New Directions". It discusses the way in which interpersonal relationships and interactions mold an individual's sense of self.
http://www.jstor.org.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/stable/2952557?&Search=yes&term=identity&term=construction&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Didentity%2Bconstruction%26gw%3Djtx%26prq%3DAdvertising%2Bschemes%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&item=1&ttl=150930&returnArticleService=showArticle

This article discusses music’s role in advertising to demonstrate the complex way in which advertising is influenced by, and contributes to identity formation in the United States.
http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/F/V7CBTNL79H1RA2I11X7EL8CMBPJ1H7B1Y1CE5AS2GF6H2II9V8-13925?func=full-set-set&set_number=013108&set_entry=000004&format=999

Both of these URLs contain articles looking at the relationship of pharmaceutical companies and physicians particularly discussing the practice of pharmaceutical companies giving gifts. I plan on writing about this practice and discussing the consequences of it and whether there should be a policy to change this.

This article accumulates data from several different sources and reports back the conclusions.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/283/3/373

This source gives case studies examples and talks about some statistics on the subject.
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521868648&ss=exc

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/gap.labor/

http://www.history.com/content/blooddiamonds

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/12/22/blood_diamonds_are_back

These articles focus on the way in which various goods in the United States are often made by poor individuals in other countries. The examples here are with diamonds and clothes, and I think I am going to expand on other items in the research paper.

I’m thinking of writing my paper on the construction of beauty through advertisement. I want to explore what advertisers look for in order to consider someone as beautiful. Additionally, I also want to research the objectification of women in advertisements as well. This topic may be a little broad, and maybe I will have to narrow it a bit. Moreover, I would also like to research the extremes some women are willing to go to to be beautiful, like cosmetic surgery, dieting, etc.

Here is an article dealing with the construction of beauty and in magazine advertisements
http://csaweb116v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php?id=3&recnum=3&log=from_res&
SID=ifh252geufubm204jke2ifh831&mark_id=search%3A3%3A29%2C0%2C5

This article talks about how advertising health and beauty travels in different cultures
http://csaweb116v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php?id=3&recnum=1&log=from_res&SID=ifh252geufubm204jke2ifh831&mark_id=search%3A3%3A29%2C0%2C5

The last article I found deals with what pre-teens go through entering adolescence and their influences
http://csaweb116v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php?id=3&recnum=4&log=from_res&SID=ifh252geufubm204jke2ifh831&mark_id=search%3A3%3A29%2C0%2C5

I'm considering doing my paper on the psychological factors behind why people form new identities / behave differently on the internet because of the consumerist society they live in. For ex., because you can't see what someone owns when talking online, they feel freer to express themselves. I'd also like to maybe compare America's internet culture with Japan's internet culture if the topic needs to be narrower.

This article discusses how Japanese feel they are only able to truly express their opinions on the internet because doing it in real life leaves them open to criticism.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/04/2channel

This one covers a wide range of topics about creating social roles and anonymity and why people need to use the internet in today's world.
http://psr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/4/1/57

I am trying to make the topic sex change. Wanna talk about basically what makes people have this idea and how it change those trans-gender people's life. The reason for this will be the problems surround him/her, he was a girl but turns out a guy... After sex change, how the family, work place and friends react.

The basic definition about sex change

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_change

Below is the a site that will give a support for those trans-gender people

http://heartcorps.com/journeys/everything.htm

This first link shows the history of Vaginoplasty, which is the male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. Despite the fact that the site focuses solely on MTF Transsexuals, I think I can use its overall arching themes of consumption and gender identity to apply to FTM individuals as well. Towards the end of the aritcle, it explains the costs of the surgery and how it is difficult for some to have the surgery because it is so expensive. WARNING: This site does contain graphic images!

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/SRS.html

This next link is to a video on Post-Op Trans Individuals and Sexual Reassignment Surgeons answering questions on the medical and economical factors of the surgry for both men and women.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/sex-change-and-surgery-2

My last and final link discusses the question of whether 'sex reassignment' surgeries and treatments are tax debuctible. This aticle goes over a recently concluded case of gender reassignment surgical expenses in the Tax Court (Legal System).

http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Practitioners-Corner/Federal-Taxation/Gender-Reassignment-Surgery-and-Hormone-Therapy-Section-213-Medical-Expense-Deduction-Upheld

hi,
I'm doing my paper on gated communities in california.
The first link discusses what the motivations for people moving into gated communities could be:
http://www.mi.vt.edu/uploads/gated_communities.pdf
The second link is about gated communities specifically focusing on the segregation aspect:
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/03/58/67/PDF/legoix20041012.pdf

MY possible research topic will track and investigate the music industry, it's downfall and how it's attempting to stay alive.

this URL is an article explaining a shift in priorities for music artists: face time versus actul performance
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?genre=article&issn=03624331&title=New+York+Times&volume=&issue=&date=20100129&atitle=Grammys%27+Weight+Is+Now+Measured+In+Face+Time.&spage=1&sid=EBSCO:a9h&pid=

this link describes ticket sales for concerts and the battles of ticket sales
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=pqil%3ampa&genre=article&issn=0035-791X&title=Rolling+Stone&atitle=Rock+%26amp%3b+Roll%3a+Industry+-+Ticket+Battle+Shakes+Music+Biz&aulast=Knopper&aufirst=+Steve&volume=1067&issue=&date=20081211&spage=17&epage=18

this link is an article discussing piracy
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=2&sid=21d732e2-ba16-47cc-9bef-0c434d1071ef%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=47273541

MY possible research topic will track and investigate the music industry, it's downfall and how it's attempting to stay alive.

this URL is an article explaining a shift in priorities for music artists: face time versus actul performance
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?genre=article&issn=03624331&title=New+York+Times&volume=&issue=&date=20100129&atitle=Grammys%27+Weight+Is+Now+Measured+In+Face+Time.&spage=1&sid=EBSCO:a9h&pid=

this link describes ticket sales for concerts and the battles of ticket sales
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?sid=pqil%3ampa&genre=article&issn=0035-791X&title=Rolling+Stone&atitle=Rock+%26amp%3b+Roll%3a+Industry+-+Ticket+Battle+Shakes+Music+Biz&aulast=Knopper&aufirst=+Steve&volume=1067&issue=&date=20081211&spage=17&epage=18

this link is an article discussing piracy
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=2&sid=21d732e2-ba16-47cc-9bef-0c434d1071ef%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=47273541

Not just one pesiticide, but many over a lifetime that can lead to health problems like cancer:
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123020?amp;searchHistoryKey=%24{searchHistoryKey}&cookieSet=1

Organic vs regular tomatoes - some things better, some worse:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=5&sid=0d7f8036-3a93-4df2-a487-2d3b565b49e3%40sessionmgr10&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=33436901

Consumerism of organics
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=5&sid=0d7f8036-3a93-4df2-a487-2d3b565b49e3%40sessionmgr10&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=43978696#db=a9h&AN=43978696

My paper will be about fair trade and its struggles against economic imperialism/transnational conglomerates (with brief historical background focused on mostly Latin America)

Some people doubt how beneficial Fair Trade really is, this article discusses whether it is really a marketing scheme and/or how much workers in Fair Trade benefit:

http://community.worldofgood.com/econsciousmarket/blog/2008/10/14/is_fair_trade_readlly_fair

Discusses how fair trade is battling to survive among transnational businesses:

http://www.newint.org/features/2006/11/01/fairtrade/

A UK fair trade company (located in China)'s webpage:

http://ecoffins.co.uk/fair-trade

My current research focus will consist of the dangers that exist due to unsanitary or unsafe methods of food production with an emphasis of the meat industry.

http://fpc.state.gov/6176.htm
Food Biotechnology in the United States: Science, Regulation, and Issues

This url provides information regarding the methods and regulation of enhanced food production.

www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO/RCED-00-255
FOOD SAFETY Controls Can Be Strengthened to Reduce the Risk of Disease Linked to Unsafe Animal Feed

This Url provides a government stance regarding the issue, although it attempts to claim that the danger is minimal its reference to a 1970 Salmonella outbreak in which chickens were feed foreign fish conflicts. Why were chicken fed fish?

I'm writing about contraceptives and comparing the ways they are advertised. Are there differences in the way male condoms are advertised verses female contraceptives. Are the adverisements aimed at education or consumption? How has this changed over time? I argue that there is a difference in the ways that contraception is advertised towards men and women. As well as responsibility being placed on the woman to obtain contraception. I am also looking at the idea that access to contraception is more beneficial for the economy.

Mirena IUC advertisement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYBHhw1GnR0

Durex Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puA4o0qrKy8

An examination over time of how access to contraceptives affects age of marriage and first child.
http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/F/TAXLFV2CAKBP7DFC84JG98N6D3FAJ4M5YBQ4TDV4NGYPFU91DT-35042?func=full-set-set&set_number=010273&set_entry=000001&format=999

I am considering researching athletes and consumerism. I am interested in either the commericalism of sports or maybe the marketing of dietary supplements to athletes. These URLs are from the Food and Drug Administration about their role and also their lack of role in regulating supplements.

http://www.fda.gov.food/DietarySupplements/default.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110417.htm