TELEVISION—QUALITY OR TRASH? This project analyzes the quality of television programming and what characteristics determine that quality. You should identify several television shows that serve as examples of quality programs and “trashy” programs. You may also want to identify programs that are “in dispute,” or are likely to generate differences of opinion based on one’s personal preferences, tastes, etc.
Description: For each set of programs, gather information and evidence. Describe the programs by listing their narrative features—basic plots, central conflicts or tensions, typical subject matter, major themes, main characters, and how tensions are resolved.
Analysis: Name and analyze the attributes that led you to classify the programs as you did. Identify as many characteristics as you can, and then summarize which virtues are essential to a quality show, which vices make a show trashy, and which elements make a particular show hard to classify.
Interpretation: Examine the patterns among the characteristics you have chosen, and interpret what this means. Why did you pick the characteristics you did for each category? Why did you associate particular features with quality or with trash? Why do you think your disputed programs are characterized differently by different individuals? Why do some viewers gravitate toward trashy shows? What might the programs mean to those audiences?
Evaluation: Evaluate the programs that you have identified. Give a critical assessment as to whether these shows are good (quality) or bad (trash). What standards did you use to judge merit? Is there such a thing as a “good” trashy program? Give an example. Are more categories needed to evaluate programs adequately? If so, what categories should be added? Overall, why is it important to make critical judgments of this kind? Should restrictions be placed on some programs even if this means testing the First Amendment protections of the press and free speech?
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