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This article discusses the use of the popular drug ecstasy and its prevelances in popular music lyrics. It studies the use of "ex" by youths across America and the trends seen throughout the music industry with lyrics regarding drugs.

This article shows another side of what Oprah is doing with her power. She had been so successful in making adult books popular and famous so she created a Kids list for books as well. This list is just as popular and the amount of people buying these books is still unbelievable. The article goes into again how easily Oprah can make people buy and read something. It will be helpful to me in my paper because it shows how Oprah is not just influential in one area of reading but all different age groups as well.

These authors studied a number of popular search engines, including Google, to discover if they can find librarian acceptable information. In order to do this they entered in several key words and looked at the first one hundred results. Once completing these tests the authors discovered what percent of each search engine was librarian acceptable. It also lists the total number of results of each search engines. These authors' research gives a representation of the reliability of a number of search engines including Google, Yahoo, and MSN.

This article discusses Oprah as 20 to 100 times more of a powerful influence than any other media personality. This is interesting to see how popular she really is with our country and how Oprah connects readers and sells books like no one has ever been able to do before. The article brings up her powerful line "Read this book." When she says this people do it! It will be a good article to get information out of about how people are affected.

This article reports on a small-scale study which examined the home literacy practices of a group of 3 and 4 year-old children in a working-class community in the north of England and explored how far these practices were reflected in the curriculum of the nursery the children attended. The data illustrate that there was a dissonance between out-of-school and schooled literacy practices and that there was more evidence of nursery literacy practices infiltrating the home than vice versa. Children's literacy practices in the home were focused on media and popular cultural texts and the article argues for greater recognition of these contemporary cultural practices in early years policy documentation and curriculum guidance. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

This is a book written on the poularity of Harry Potter. It talks about how popular the books have become and its effects.

This article is not only about literacy but how the potter series affects the discourse of gender. The author does a great job in explaining this to other teachers in particular teenage literacy teachers. The discourse of gender and literacy is a topic that has become popular in the past few years and Harry Potter is a perfect book for it.

In this Article Minzesheimer discusses Oprah Winfrey's effect on the popular things to read in America. The best sellers have been influenced hugely over the years. The article discussing J.K. Rowling's influence and Oprah's influence all in the same article. This shows me how relevant Oprah has been in the reading of our country. To be put in the same category as the writer of Harry Potter, she must be making a big effect. The article mentions Oprah as being "publishing's darling" and goes into talking about the Oprah effect. This article gives good background information on the effects Oprah has made in reading over the years.

The author here talks about the impact that Marshall Mathers, known as Eminem in popular culture, has had with his derogatory lyrics. It speaks about the use of derogatory terms in reference to race instead of culture. It is an article about the persona Eminem puts on with his raps and lyrics, and the real meaning which is underlying throughout the derogatory terms and crude ideas.

This journal discusses the use of inappropriate terms and derogatory terms in popular television. It discusses whether or not the content ratings presented were or were not affective in decreasing the amount of offensive language used in prime time television. It presents a study of one week of television in three separate years in a seven year span. It also addresses the per hour percentage of offensive terms or actions from each station examined.

In this article Aitchison discusses the origins of slang and the use of "ugly language" by today's youth and school children. It talks about the use of slang to distinguish different subcultures and social groups. It also delves into the subject of words changing meaning and different uses for relatively simple terms. And finally, it discusses how some older individuals attempt to connect with today's youth and adapt to their forms of literacy through using slang and popular words.

The author of a new book says no, and talks about how a site spawned by an Ayn Rand enthusiast became our most popular encyclopedia. This is an interview about the book. Those of you interested in this should check out the book being discussed.

This article is about the "Oprah effect" and how much influence her book club has made on American reading habbits. It talks about how she has made reading popular again. This article has a lot of useful information about how exactly Oprah has effected American reading.

First in an occasional series exploring variations in how popular courses are taught.

The book industry will suffer a hit when the Harry Potter books aren't as popular. So many people read all the books and it was such a great time for the finances of the book business. Many people agree that Harry Potter will be missed.

The author in this article filled the pages with stats about how Potter has affected literacy. This article does not only go into depth on children but also the affect it has on parents. This is a great article for facts.

A round-table posting. Definitely NOT scholarly, but could provide interesting "man on the street" commentary.

This article could be of use to students researching K-12 education or technological literacy.

Time for a little fun. I know you've asked yourself this question: why do people engage in those dangerous sports like hang gliding, bungee jumping and rock climbing?

Would lowering the legal age help colleges curb alcohol abuse?