Hi my name's Jeff and I do dumb research.

agentwhale007 wrote: a legitimate amount of Miller Lite

Can any amount of a lite beer, especially Miller Lite, every really be considered legitimate?

THAT my friend is a research topic that I think we all can find worthy.

Glad you finally figured out that "working" for others instead of working for yourself (as in basing the value of your efforts off of what others think rather than what you think) isn't all it's cracked up to be. Have fun with your research! Also, I think you need to research how paintball + forum usage turns a bunch of misfit teenagers into successful upstanding young men.

Eville wrote: [QUOTE=agentwhale007]   I came to the conclusion that I am a professor now.  A content analysis of how the national media presents the identities of "Millennials." I'm looking at a few thousand news articles that discuss what Millennials are, through there attitudes, habits, behaviors, etc. to see how the media paints a picture of people born from 1980 to 1995. Namely I'm looking at the psychological idea of "Othering" through a linguistic lens to see how the media portrays Millennials as outsiders to society.

agentwhale007 wrote: A content analysis of how the national media presents the identities of "Millennials." I'm looking at a few thousand news articles that discuss what Millennials are, through there attitudes, habits, behaviors, etc. to see how the media paints a picture of people born from 1980 to 1995. Namely I'm looking at the psychological idea of "Othering" through a linguistic lens to see how the media portrays Millennials as outsiders to society.

Since I don't have nearly the same sort of interest in the nitty gritty of journalism, this is probably the most interesting one to me. I find that portrayal of millennials is all over the place, from being accused of laziness and entitlement to knowing what's really important in life. I'm also pretty confused by the choice of defining a group of people by such a broad age range. Maybe just because I'm pretty close to the middle of that range, but I notice massive differences between 20 year olds, 25 year olds, 30 year olds, and 35 year olds. Hell, I noticed huge differences in overarching mentality and behavior between my high school class and the class behind mine, though not nearly as much between my high school class and the class ahead of mine.

Holy **edited**, Darur is alive

Hairball!!! wrote: agentwhale007 wrote: A content analysis of how the national media presents the identities of "Millennials." I'm looking at a few thousand news articles that discuss what Millennials are, through there attitudes, habits, behaviors, etc. to see how the media paints a picture of people born from 1980 to 1995. Namely I'm looking at the psychological idea of "Othering" through a linguistic lens to see how the media portrays Millennials as outsiders to society. Since I don't have nearly the same sort of interest in the nitty gritty of journalism, this is probably the most interesting one to me. I find that portrayal of millennials is all over the place, from being accused of laziness and entitlement to knowing what's really important in life. I'm also pretty confused by the choice of defining a group of people by such a broad age range. Maybe just because I'm pretty close to the middle of that range, but I notice massive differences between 20 year olds, 25 year olds, 30 year olds, and 35 year olds. Hell, I noticed huge differences in overarching mentality and behavior between my high school class and the class behind mine, though not nearly as much between my high school class and the class ahead of mine.

I'd be interested in seeing how headlines have changed over the years (ie; if things are posed in controversial ways on purpose these days to gain attention, or if it has always been that way, it's in my imagination, etc)

agentwhale007 wrote: I have no idea who they even were, but I remember they were from the University of Utah.

I'll find them, don't worry.

^ Holy crap, he's alive! (Well, I knew he was alive from FB, but still....)

agentwhale007 wrote:   I was floating in a swimming pool after consuming a legitimate amount of Miller Lite.

I am fairly certain that all of the really important discoveries have started out in a manner similar to this with the only differing factor being the adult beverage being consumed.