Very interesting as I have discovered the same--i.e., brighter students watch the Daily Show. I'm covering Social Psychology and love showing the tape of Zimbardo's interview on the Daily Show about "The Lucifer Effect," and his Prison Experiment. It's amusing and yet gets the point across well. It can be accessed by going to "Zimbardo's Prison Experiment" web site and then click on the upper right FAQ to media interviews. When you click on the Daily show, you still need to search for "zimbardo" to get to his interview but it is well worth your effort.
Back to the point at hand, when I ask my classes if they have ever watched the Daily show, consistently very few students have EVER seen it. This could be for various reasons; i.e., work so many hours and/or, as Rick posted, this generation doesn't watch that much TV. However, across the board, those few in each class who do watch Stewart (isn't that how his name is spelled?), are among the brightest. Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It's funny that Rick mentioned that. Just for fun I asked my class > today how many watched "The Daily Show with John Stuart," "The Bill > Maher Show," and/or the "Colbert Report. " There was a high > correlation between watching those shows and the ones who also have > intelligent comments and input in class. At least, they are > informed. By the way, several also watched Kieth Olberman as well. > > On 20 Nov 2007, at 12:16, Rick Froman wrote: > >> I remember watching late night television back in college which, at >> least during the monologues, would reference the news of the day. >> You don't have to read books or even newspapers to have heard the >> basic current events terminology of the day. All you need to do is >> watch a TV news broadcast, however briefly, to see most of these >> terms used repeatedly. I don't think today's students aren't reading >> for pleasure enough to learn these new terms -- they're just not >> watching enough TV. >> >> Rick >> > > Dr. Bob Wildblood > 711 Rivereview Dr. > Kokomo, IN 46901-7025 > 765-776-1727 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, > signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not > fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." > - Dwight D. Eisenhower > > > "The time is always right to do what is right." > Martin Luther King, Jr. > > "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > Benjamin Franklin, 1775 > > "We are what we pretend to be, so we better be careful what we pretend > to be." > Kurt Vonnegut > > > > > --- ---
