200 Best Economics Blogs For Students

200 Most Influential Economics Blogs

Click on link above to be taken to list website

Review two blogs from this list of the 200 best blogs for economics students. Make sure they are from different categories, and don't repeat one that someone else has already done. Yes I realize that this means you will have to check the previous posts to see which ones have already been reviewed. The sooner you do this one the easier it will be. Reviews need to include:
1) Content
2) Appearance
3) Ease of Navigation
4) Apparent bias
http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/top-200-most-influential-economics-blogs/

Worldwide News

Go to Welker's Wikinomics Economics Universe feed by following this link. Browse through the multitude of articles until you find one dealing with market structures (monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, perfect competition). Go to the article read it, and fill out the following: Source:
Article Title:
Date:
Market Structure discussed:
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article:
You may not copy anyone else's article, so get this one done early.

Types of Market Structure

There are 4 basic types of Market Structure:
1. Perfect Competition
2. Monopolistic Competition
3. Oligopoly
4. Monopoly

Select one of the above, give me one fact about the market structure and one example of a modern day business that operates as the structure you select. Don't copy your classmate's ideas.

Super Bowl 2017 TV Ad Analysis

Many corporations spend their entire advertising budget on Super Bowl commercials.
Follow this link, Super Bowl TV Ads to the commercials from the 2017 Super Bowl. Pick one that hasn't been selected already and complete the following questions on the commercial.

1. Form- What kind of piece is it? What does it look like? Was it visually appealing?
2. Audience. To whom is the author addressing the piece? Was the message appropriate for the target  audience.
3. Topic or subject. What is the piece mainly about? What is the brand?
4. Purpose. What is the author trying to accomplish with the piece? What is the objective of the      piece?
5. Effectiveness. Did the add make you want to purchase the product?
6. Long term Effect. Did you like the ad? Will you remember this add in the future?

Once the original 66 ads have been analyzed, look on this website,Best Super Bowl Ads  for ads from previous Super Bowls and use them