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=**Direction 1 - Female Gender Roles in the Media**=

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_sex.cfm Sex and relationships in the media - explains how women are bystanders/inferior to men in the media. http://www.mediaknowall.com/gender.html Gender and representation in the media - speaks a little on the process of socialization. http://www.womensforumaustralia.org/faking_it/findings.html#img001a39af008c Research conducted by Australian women about how women are portrayed in magazines.
 * Initial Research and Concepts**

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 * Image Collecting**

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= = =**Why I abandoned direction 1**= My struggle with this particular topic was that the issue was too broad, and it was difficult to focus my research. I initially started off by researching the impact that images of women in the media had on females viewing them, and I came across a whole host of issues related to identity, and self-confidence (or lack thereof). Then I looked at the different types of women that were portrayed, and so I discovered the need to explain both what was being depicted, and how females were responding to what they saw. However, both topics are extremely broad, and it was difficult to condense the information. There was also the whole issue of socialization that I felt needed to be present - another giant topic. Then, in an attempt to pare down my focus, I investigated women's dress through the ages and the depiction of fashion on women's magazines and its impact on creating gender roles. However, though the topic seemed within my intuitive knowledge, it was difficult to track down concrete information and research that had been conducted. Thus, that added to my frustration with the topic, and I decided to abandon it for something that I could handle better.

= = =Direction 2 - Carbon and the Paper Industry=

//Foundation, The David Suzuki. "What You Can Do: Go Carbon Neutral." 2007. __The David Suzuki Foundation.__ 18 February 2008 <[|http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/carbon_neutral.asp>.//] Explains what "carbon neutral" means, and gives tips on how to become carbon neutral. "Incentives to curb deforestation needed to counter climate change." 2008. __FAO Newsroom.__ 19 February 2008 <[|http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/1000176/>.] Effects of deforestation - how it produces carbon, how forests act as carbon sinks.
 * Research on the carbon cycle**

"Major Magazines Launch Recycling Initiative." 4 February 2008. __Environmental Leader.__ 18 February 2008 <[|http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/02/04/major-magazines-launch-recycling-initiative/>.] Effects of recycling and its relation to paper production/conservation.

__The FIPP/FAEP Handbook on Magazines and the Environment.__ Handbook. United Kingdom: Hello Ltd, 1998. Information on certification, labelling.




 * Site Map Diagram**


 * Layout Screenshots (Figuring out Blueprint CSS & Development)**




 * Debugging**


 * Final Interface**