Til Death Do us Part

Pat Robertson holds a tremendous amount of social clout in this country as a long time religious broadcaster with the 700 Club and as a political pundit. Last week Robertson proclaimed to viewers, "Divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's disease is justified."

What's your take on this highly controversial statement?

How does Jerry keep going?

The Jerry Springer Show celebrates twenty-one years of broadcasting this year. The show and its host have been heavily criticized in the media and in public, yet both continue to do well.

When asked, individuals claim not to like the format and not to watch the show. Still the show remains in high demand. It gets syndicated into three (3) time slots in the Atlanta area alone.

What you think accounts for the shows popularity and staying power? This not a question of whether you like the program or not, just speculate on how the Jerry Springer Show holds strong in the face of so much criticism.

Research Project Part Two

2010 showed growth for Facebook (1.1 Billion) and Google (6.67 Billion) in revenue. Both cite advertizing as a stronghold for the companies.

Albeit not scientific, the data collected from last week’s blog provides solid information from a cross section of people on advertizing usage for Google and Facebook. Please review all the responses, collect the data, analyze it and make a statement (or hypothesis) about both Google and Facebook based on your findings.

Research Project Part 1

Google and Facebook provide a number of services for FREE. Presumably these two Internet giants make money from advertising.

Please answer the following questions:

1.       Have you ever clicked on an advertisement from a Google search, blog or web page?

2.       Did you purchase the product?

3.       Have you ever clicked on an advertisement from a Facebook page?

4.       Did you purchase the product?