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Well to start I hope you find my image to be clever! This blog post will consist solely of hyperlinks (get it? LINKS like in the picture!!) to my sources with short accompaniments proving that these sources are valid and reputable.
Where? Variety.com (New York, weekly). Variety was established in 1905, over a hundred years ago, and is considered a reputable entertainment magazine based on media and pop-culture. Acording to Wikipedia Variety is
"written for entertainment executives".
Who? When you google the author of the article, Ramin Setoodeh, you will find A LOT of different articles that all say the same thing. Setoodeh is apparently an extreme homophobe. Setoodeh is quoted as responding to a Newsweek article saying that gay actors cannot convincingly play the role of a straight actor. So right off the bat his credibility as an unbiased commentator on actors is compromised. However, Setoodeh is a well known author and commentator on actors and Hollywood.
When? The article was posted November 10th, 2015. Posted just under a month after Jennifer Lawrence published her infamous letter to Lenny outline why she was angry and what was so unfair about the pay gap. The article was posted 1 day prior to Lawrence meeting with and talking to Diane Sawyer.
What? This article is a general overview. It introduces all of the female stakeholders I will be utilizing and a few more that I find to be less significant in this controversy. The article is rather broad and will be used more as a reference than to define specif events.
Where? Forbes is a reputable business journal. The journal is widely known for being a credible source on business topics, considered the gold standard of business news.
Who? Madeline Berg works for the Forbes business team and writes Entertainment section articles in her spare time. Berg graduated from Brown University with degrees in history and art history. Berg is a respected journalist and business woman.
When? November 12th, 2015. Similarly to the Variety article above this article was posted nearly a month after Jennifer Lawrence's letter to Lenny came out. The article encompasses more than just Hollywood actresses, however. The article talks about racial pay disparities, as well as wage gaps between movie, small film, and television actresses. The article was posted the day after Lawrence's meeting with Dianne Sawyer.
What? This article focuses less on the actresses and more on the money and other, larger issues. The article, though it begins with Lawrence, encompasses movie stars, small film stars, TV stars, and african-american actresses and the pay disparages that they all deal with.
Where? The Hollywood reporter is just what it sounds like. The online newspaper is just about entertainment news. Be it reviews, critiques, big stars news, or award show coverage the Hollywood reporter has it. The journal is known to be a bit right winged as it is geared to a weathlier more sophisticated crowd.
Who? Jordan Riefe is a culture writer for the Hollywood reporter and a freelance fim and fine arts contributer for the Guardian. The writer worked in the film business as a camera man for directors like Tom Hanks. Riefe is single and holds a masters degree.
When? November 4th, 2015. Once again, almost a month after Lawrence poster her letter and a week prior to her interview with Sawyer. This article was posted a day after Lawrence was quoted saying that her wage garnishments were not Sony's fault.
What? This article combines both Lawrence and the production company, Sony. The article is centered around Lawrence's quote absolving the pay disparity blame from Sony and placing it all on herself. (A bit of a contradiction).
Where? The Guardian is meant to be a full service newspaper. With sections from business to arts to sports the Guardian reports national news.
Who? Nigel M. Smith is a writer and reporter for the Guardian who currently lives in LA. Movies, as we all know, are filmed in Hollywood aka Los Angeles so Smith is near the entertainment scene all the time, giving his credibility. Smith has always been apart of entertainment news as he has, in the past, been an editor for Indiewire, a small private E-news journal, and now works for the Guardian and MTV simultaneously.
When? October 15th, 2015. The first article thus far to genuinely be reacting to Lawrence's letter as opposed to informing the reader before the Sawyer interview. Truly an explanatory piece for those who had not read the letter themselves.
What? An explanatory and informative piece about why Lawrence is speaking out about the wage issues. The article was posted a day after Lawrence came out with her letter. The article explains an overview of the issue and what Lawrence had to say about it.
Where? Lenny letter is an online newsletter. The letters are not all written by "Lenny" (Jenni Konner and Lena Dunham) but are posted by them. The site is not a blog but has very similar charactersitics. The Blog is also very obviously feminist and geared towards women.
Who? Jennifer Lawrence herself composed this letter. It was then posted on the website by "Lenny". This is an entirely one-sided letter as it is a first hand interpretation from my number one Stakeholder.
When? October 12th, 2015. Just over a month before Lawrence's Hunger Games came out and just a few short days after the pay information was leaked after Sony's server was hacked nearly a year prior.
What? A letter written as a form of speaking out against the injustice. Lawrence states that she's done acting "adorable" and wants to start fighting for what she deserves.
Where? Hotair is a website that thrives on controversial news posted by anyone. The "articles" are newsletters written by subscribers Just by visiting the site you get the feeling that its almost a rant page. When you link to this article you will find a short article that just gives the most basic controversial facts and quotes followed by pages and pages of angry or sarcastic comments. The website is obviously filled with controversy but in this case that's good.
Who? Honesty, no idea who wrote this article. The name is "C.T. Rex", obviously a pseudonym. Overall this source is probably not very credible, I will be using it for basic info and ideas but not as a main reference.
When? October 23rd, 2015, after Lawrence's letter has taken off Jeremy Renner responds on the 22nd, this Newsletter is in response to Renner.
What? Jeremy Renner is not having any part in the damsel in distress thing. He instead calls women actresses greedy for asking for more money and states that it is not his job to negotiate for women co-stars.
Where? Philly.com is an online blog server for the local Philadelphia public. Philly.com is a bloging website connected to the Philadelphia daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer. The blog posts are organized like articles and put into categories, this particular post is in the entertainment category. Philly might seem like a random place for this controversy to be considered "local news" but the stakeholder, Bradley Cooper, is actually from Philly. Because of this the post is likely to back the side that Cooper has decided to take.
Who? Nick Valada is a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly.com, and Philadelphia Daily News. He writes on entertainment in all 3 papers. He has held jobs as both a writer and a reporter as well as web design. Valada says in his
LinkedIn profile that he is obsessed with entertainment and culture and believes that the internet has the ability to make coverage more interesting and explorable. Experienced writer, may be biased my life in Philly and actors Philly background.
When? October 20th, 2015 the day following Bradley Cooper, Lawrence's co-star, making a statement about what he believes he could do to bridge the gap. Source uses many other sources, very second hand article.
What? Bradley Cooper makes a statement about what he can do to help mind the gap. Cooper co-stars with Lawrence and feels guilty, about being made more money for comparable on screen time. Cooper speaks out about what he thinks Actors, and actresses, as co-stars should do to combat the issue.
Where? Sunday morning NPR, National Public Radio. NPR is nationally known for being educational radio, its not all songs and commercials but instead is mostly interviews and news. The station is often called liberal by conservatives but there is not true proof, the station is actually though of as quite unbiased and truthful.
Who? Arun Rath is a 45 year old prominent reporter and broadcast journalist for NPR. Because he has worked for NPR for years and is prominent and well known I believe he is a safe bet for unbiased and valid information.
When? Sunday July 19th 2015. NPR on Sunday mornings is usually bigger more entertaining stories that have built up during the week. This week news about pay issues had risen to the surface because of the Sony hacks and NPR reported on it. Actresses and actors quotes were not used except for a few rising star actresses who had reported making 10 cents on ever dollar a male actor made.
What? News report on just the issue at hand. Simply explaining the sexism issue in Hollywood, both the pay gap and the ratio of men to women. The show does name drop a bit but there are no quotes form any of our stakeholders.
Where? The LA Times is a great resource because it is local. Sony, the film studio, the acting, the pay checks. it all comes from Los Angeles. The LA Times is a local journal much like any local journal, there are many sections and this article comes from the entertainment portion. In class we discussed that the most reputable source is the contact source and this is it. The LA Times is $1 per issue, sundays are $2 so the paper is affordable and most likely geared towards the general public.
Who? This article was a collaboration between Daniel Miller, Meg James and Amy Kaufman. All three writers are contact reporters who report and record first hand information. Amy moved to LA to be an actresses but realized that a more realistic dream would be reporting on actresses (motivated to write by her passion for acting). Meg is a corporate media reporter who reports on media related business ( motivated by the exchange of money in this case). Finally, Daniel is new to the LA Times, he had previously been a writer for the Hollywood Reporter as film business reporter and also for the LA Business Journal (motivated mainly by business by slightly by the Hollywood scene).
When? October 8th, 2015 after the passing of the "equal-pay act" in California. This seems obvious, the reported on something that had just passed after the Governor passed the bill. There does not seem to be any bias, mostly quotes and fact telling
What? This is related to the production company, Sony. The passing of this law is believed to be directed towards Hollywood as wage issues had been in the news. The bill requires employers to compensate men and women in the same job entirely equally.
Where? Well I watched the video on YouTube but it was posted by ABC. ABC is a national news company that reports on anything from murder and mayhem to who wore what on the Red carpet. The company is considered to be reputable and respected nationally and does not, inherently, seem partial to either side of the story.
Who? Diane Sawyer is a very well known journalist. She has worked for ABC for years and has been in the spot light as a head journalist for as long as I can remember. In this case of women's plea for equal pay Sawyers gender could play role in biasing her a bit but upon listening to the interview she seems to simply ask questions, not biased or beveled questions either.
When? November 12th, 2015 is when the interview was aired. I assume that it was filmed about a week prior but ABC does not state the exact day. This interview aired just short of a month after Lawrence published her letter on unfair pay.
What? A broadcast interview. This source deals solely with Lawrence. Though there is mention of other costars Jennifer Lawrence is without a doubt the stakeholder in this source.
