Concerns For Final Project

Memorandum – Problems Concerns and Updates

So, here is my most up to date update on my first home-made digital media artifact. I figured the best way to organize my own thoughts and display my progress/in progress materials would be to put this blog pots into memorandum format so here goes! 

Memorandum

To:       HU 2642 professor, random audience

From:  Julia Weiss, HU 2642 student

Date:   November 7, 2012

Re:       HU 2642 – Intro to Digital Media: Final Project

This memo introduces an idea for the final project in HU 2642. Throughout the semester the HU 2642 class has been educated on the different ways in which media is produced and viewed. Media takes a huge role in how we live life and how we see life. My goal for this project is to change or rather enlighten a new perspective on the challenging and controversial topic of horoscopes

Topic and Audience

Choosing astrological horoscopes for my research project will pertain well with my audience, which in this case is the HU 2642 class, along with the HU 2642 professor. Since my audience consists of people, and we are all involved in this culture where we live and thrive off of identity I can bring into question the power of influence. One of our identities is defined by what people believe is their horoscope. People admit to reading there daily prophecy, but I am aiming to tackle the thought process behind why we believe this or rather why we shouldn’t.

Primary Focus

Astrological signs themselves are a very broad topic, so one of my greatest difficulties is trying to find a focal point. I might have to rearrange the outline of my website and the way I present the information in order to obtain an impacting effect on my audience. There is just so much information. Originally I wished to show the extremes of both sides (you either believe it or you don’t), but with my enormous amounts of research I am only finding disproval of the theories behind zodiac signs. I am really struggling with the arrangement, but I plan to create several drafts in order to find the best outline and then test them with the opinions of others.

What I know I really want to do is provide people with thoughts and information that they would have not of known otherwise. I think I might have to change my original argument.

The original argument was basically saying that there are two cases with zodiac signs, but after researching I have found I have disproved my own belief in them. I am considering changing my argument to go along with my evidence. My concern is feeling like I am crushing the beliefs other people have in horoscopes. I don’t want to be the one who tells everyone Santa’s not real, if you know what I mean.