Assignment #9: Merchants of Cool

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ List 3 things you learned or that surprised you Respond to each quote: How does this statement make you feel?  Do you agree or disagree? Why? "So you can give them what you want them to have" (MTV Machine, 9:40) Mark Crispin-Miller, Communications Professor @ NYU  "Makers of teen TV argue that they’re only reflecting the real world; media is just a mirror."  (The Giant Feedback Loop, 6:50)

1. List 3 things you learned or that surprised you

-1. I learned the age group that spends the most money is teenagers.
-2. Mostly all the shows are for teens to watch.
-3. There are people that go out in research of what is cool and what teens like to watch and buy.

     2.      Respond to each quote: How does this statement make you feel?  Do you agree or disagree?

So you can give them what you want them to have" (MTV Machine, 9:40) Mark Crispin-Miller, Communications Professor @ NYU
-What their are trying to say with this quote is that they are giving teens what they are intrested in. Also what they like to watch, becuase that way they can make more money if they like what they get.

 "Makers of teen TV argue that they’re only reflecting the real world; media is just a mirror."  (The Giant Feedback Loop, 6:50)

- I agree becuase everything that is going on and how teens are changing as in growing through out the years the media is also changing.