Potential Topics For Senior Paper

Topic 1:  TV Shows-- Especially with the rise of Netflix and other modes of binge watching TV, many shows have become more popular than they ever have before. Today the hottest shows are, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Pretty Little Liars, and much more. What about these shows makes them so popular? How have TV shows changed over the different time periods. For instance in the 80's and 90's, good shows were Friends and Seinfeld.

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/breaking-bad/articles

This blog is a little less formal. The website has lots of advertising because it not only is a fan base but also connects people with other video games and shows to watch. People can comment anything they want under their favorite show and tell why they like it or recap certain episodes. For this blog project I thought I would find different modern TV show blogs and see what people said about them. Since this is a fan base most of the things people say will be good.

http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/

This blog is on an official website for the TV station AMC. The company has set up a forum for people to be able to write about the show and share news for the characters. Some of it is about plot but other parts is analysis about the show. Although this is about Breaking Bad too I thought I would try this blog. The posts seem to be written all by one person.

http://worldofseinfeld.blogspot.com

This blog looks like a privately owned blog that the person posts things people have said about the show Seinfeld on. There are also links to catch up with where the actors are today and analysis about the comedic aspects of the show. There are still a fair amount of ads on the side.

Topic 2: Why people enlist in the military after High School--I am interested in this topic because I only know very few people who have enlisted in the military after high school. I want to know what factors into that decision and what about your family, where you live, and your socioeconomic background compels you to go into service and how that has changed over the years.

http://www.beforejoiningthemilitary.com/bjtm-blog/

This blog is a little unrelated but shows some of the reasons why someone might go into the military. It even has a post about why different people join the military but it is based more on their own interpretation. From what I can tell it is written by however many people run the site, it looks like a well run and professional website.

http://teenlife.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/12004/why-they-chose-the-military/

This is a blog for teens that has a blog written about joining the military after high school. The blog website is pretty professional but it looks as if individuals could post on it and share their own stories for other teens. The articles are written by teens and recent high school graduates.