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Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations:

Ted Turner was born on November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1960, Ted began working for his father at a billboard advertising company. It wasn’t until 1970 when Ted entered the television industry and “became a pioneer in the cable business in 1976” (Ted Turner). In 1976, Ted had started the Superstation TBS, which is an acronym for Turner Broadcasting System. With many risks and being very expensive, Ted started TBS after “RCA launched its first satellite, SATCOM I, which could be used to send television signals nationally” (Ted Turner). TBS reached 2 million homes by 1978, which is more than double it had previously been capable of reaching due to SATCOM I. In 1980, Turner sold one of his stations, WRET, for $20 million. This helped finance the launch of a 24-hour live-news network, CNN (Ted Turner). CNN was the first network to broadcast non-stop news coverage.

TBS’ launch of CNN was not praised by everyone. Journalists and investors ridiculed CNN as “Turner’s folly” (SIRS Decades). These people were definitely mistaken. In the late 1980’s, “profit and stature ended the ridicule—CNN earned praise for its coverage of several important events, including the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, and the Persian Gulf War” (SIRS Decades). CNN was a very balanced news networks as well, not swaying towards being liberal or conservative. “CNN’s lack of glamour contributed to its reputation for straight, balanced journalism” (Pop Culture Universe). Rather than television stations, like ABC, NBC, and CBS, where the news anchors and correspondents were treated as stars, at CNN the news itself was treated most important, therefore the station didn’t typically have attractive on-air reporters.

**Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs to address this prompt. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric** Throughout the 1980’s, CNN progressively made its way into being one of the most watched news stations in the country. CNN added specialty news segments on business, medicine, entertainment, and politics. This allowed for breaking news segments like the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, along with a specialty news segment while being the only news station that aired the launch of the space shuttle, The Challenger, after it exploded soon after takeoff (Meyer). This influenced almost all Americans by providing them breaking news minutes after it happened. Also, CNN branched out internationally during the 1980’s. “In 1985, CNN International was launched as a twenty-four-hour global news service, first in Europe and by 1989 in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East” (Meyer). This was the main factor in CNN’s rise to the top and it helped influence people from all around the world. It was not until 1991 with the Persian Gulf War when CNN made its rise to the top. “As a result of a combination of factors, CNN was the first channel to be able to provide live reports of the air war directly from Baghdad” (Kimmel). This influenced Americans by allowing CNN broadcasters and correspondents to become household names.

Also, this allowed Americans to have full 24-hour news cast whenever they wanted to get caught up in world news towards the end of the 20th, and into the 21st century. This was especially true after 9/11, when CNN “aired a report, complete with an image of the north tower of the World Trade Center on fire, minutes after it was struck” (Kimmel). CNN aired continual news coverage for the next two days following the attacks, and lost millions of dollars in advertisements. CNN’s influence on the internet also influenced the lives of Americans heavily. “Since 1995, CNN has maintained a presence on the World Wide Web. During particularly important breaking news events, traffic to the site can become so heavy that it exceeds the servers’ capabilities” (Kimmel). This allows the people who aren’t necessarily right by a television to be able to access news right from their computer. “Time Warner's purchase by America Online in early 2000 paved the way for CNN to move onto the Internet as well” (Cable News Network). Without AOL’s purchase of CNN, the CNN website may have not been so successful.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and** **(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.**
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great --XEvent Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism

In their early years, CNN thrived on crisis’ to get their ratings to skyrocket. Sometimes depicted as “crisis-news-network” (Meyer), CNN audience swelled during crisis coverage. The US needed a 24-Hour news network and Turner provided that with the start up of CNN. “Turner transformed cable television from a media sideshow into a powerful factor in news and entertainment” (Polley) which caused for his station to reach 60 million viewers in its first ten years. American’s were thirsty for finding more in-depth news coverage, and CNN was the one who could provide it the most. During big news coverage’s, CNN was at the top of the totem pole in providing the most in-depth coverage (Polley). CNN’s continuous news coverage allowed it to impact society more than any other news station.

While placing Ted Turner under the Great Man Continuum, I would place him under the criteria of a Great Man. Ted revolutionized television in the 1980’s by starting CNN as well as many other television stations in later years like TBS and TNT. Ted would be considered a Great Man also because he turned Atlanta’s small UHF Channel 17 from a money-losing station into a prosperous station (American Business Leaders). This caused Ted to have the will power and determination to start CNN, which ultimately revolutionized cable news around the world. Without the ideas and hard work from Ted, the company proved to become the most prosperous news station in the world (American Business Leaders). But, other than being a pioneer in television news broadcasting, “Ted Turner has made his mark as one of the most influential philanthropists in the U.S.” (Ted Turner’s Foundations). Ted’s five foundations are now addressing some of the world’s most important issues to help provide a safer and stronger planet for future generations.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Works Cited

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Cable News Network." //Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas//.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Ted Turner." //Biography Reference Bank//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Ted Turner." //SIRS Decades//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Meyer, Nancy. "CNN." //The Eighties in America//. Ed. Milton Berman. 3 vols. Salem Press, 2008. //Salem History// Web. 14 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kimmel, Leigh Husband. "Cable News Network." //Historical Encyclopedia of American Business//. Ed. Richard L. Wilson. 3 vols. Salem Press, 2009. //Salem History// Web. 14 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Ted Turner's Foundations." //Turner Enterprises, Inc.// N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> 2012. <http://www.tedturner.com>.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Polley, Michael. "Ted Turner." //The Eighties in America//. Ed. Milton Berman. 3 vols. Salem Press, 2008. //Salem History// Web. 23 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Ted Turner." //American Business Leaders//. 2001. //eLibrary//. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Correct spacing.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.