Research Report

This blog post took me a very long time. However, it is very helpful when I am looking for information because I already have all of my sources and know that they are reliable.

Source #1

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-womens-national-team-accuses-u-s-soccer-of-pay-discrimination-1459429306

Title: U.S Women's Soccer Team Stars Allege Pay Discrimination
Authors: Joshua Robinson and Matthew Futterman
Source: http://www.wsj.com

Authors:

• Joshua Robinson graduated from Columbia University and covers European sports for the Journal from London.
• Matthew Futterman is a senior special writer for sports with The Wall Street Journal and has previously written for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Star-Ledger of New Jersey. 
• Sources: http://topics.wsj.com/person/A/biography/7332 and http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Matthew-Futterman/408844489

Audience:

• Because the source of this article is the Wall Street Journal, the audience is most likely those seeking information and news related to their business and personal lives. 
• This article specifically targets individuals who are not only interested in soccer, but also in women’s right and equal pay between genders. 
• http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-womens-national-team-accuses-u-s-soccer-of-pay-discrimination-1459429306

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to inform people of the unequal pay between the men and women’s national soccer teams. 
• More importantly, the article wants to inform people about what the women’s soccer team is doing about it.
• It explains how they filed a complaint and are demanding equal pay. 
• http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-womens-national-team-accuses-u-s-soccer-of-pay-discrimination-1459429306

Contextual Details:

• This article is reliable because it includes evidence in the form of quotes.
• It also gives statistics about how much less the women are getting paid compared to the men’s soccer team.
• The article comes from a very well known and legitimate source, the Wall Street Journal.

Source #2

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/united-states-womens-soccer-equal-pay_us_56fd37e3e4b0daf53aeee5d7

Title: U.S. Women’s Soccer Doesn’t Deserve Equal Pay- They Deserve More
Author: Justin Block
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Author:

• Block graduated from New York University with a B.S. in sports management.
• He is the Associate Sports Editor at The Huffington Post.
• Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinblock49

Audience: 

• The source of this article is The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post’s generally has an audience of politically liberal Americans. 
• This specific article targets individuals interested in women’s rights and what is happening between the women’s soccer team and their lawsuit filing for equal pay. 
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/united-states-womens-soccer-equal-pay_us_56fd37e3e4b0daf53aeee5d7

Main Purpose: 

• The main purpose of this article is to inform its readers of the inequality of pay between men and women’s national soccer teams. 
• Their goal is to convince people of how absurd and unfair it is. 
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/united-states-womens-soccer-equal-pay_us_56fd37e3e4b0daf53aeee5d7

Contextual Details:

• This article is reliable because is comes from The Huffington Post.
• It includes images to back up its information. Many of the images come directly from social media. 
• The article also includes quotes and statistics as evidence. 

Source #3

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/14/on-equal-pay-day-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-gender-pay-gap/

Title: On Equal Pay Day, Key Facts About the Gender Pay Gap
Author: Eileen Patten
Source: http://www.pewresearch.org

Author:

• She graduated from The University of Michigan with degrees in English and Sociology.
• She is the research analyst at Pew Research Center.
• Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileen-patten-79b81a26

Audience:

• The target audience for this article are individuals who feel strongly about equal pay between men and women. 
• This article is not specifically about the inequality of pay in national soccer, but in the entire world and workplace. 
• This article is for people wanting to know the statistics and facts about the gender pay gap.
• http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/14/on-equal-pay-day-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-gender-pay-gap

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to give facts and statistics about the gender pay gap. 
• It wants to convince its audience of the inequalities by the use of logos. 
• http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/14/on-equal-pay-day-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-gender-pay-gap

Contextual Details:

• This article is reliable because it comes from Pew Research Center, therefor there has been a good amount of research conducted to find the statistics. 
• This article also includes images, tables, and a video as support. 

Source #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXuIHe0O2Q

Title: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: It’s our ‘Responsibility’’To Push for Equal Pay’ | TODAY
Author: TODAY interviewer, Matt Lauer, interviewing Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, and their attorney Jeffrey Kessler.
Source: TODAYNBC
https://www.youtube.com/user/TODAYNBC

Author:

• Matt Lauer is a co-anchor on TODAYNBC. 
• Matt studied at Ohio University where he majored in communications. 
• Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005126/

Audience: 

• The TODAY show is a daily live broadcast of current news in the U.S. and around the world. Their shows include weather reports and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports
• Their audience targets individuals who are interested in those things and want to be more informed. 
• http://www.today.com

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of the video is to provide primary evidence of what is going on with women’s soccer filing for equal pay. 
• It wants viewers to hear it from the five girls filing the report themselves. 
• Their lawyer is also included in the interview to give facts and statistics. 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXuIHe0O2Q

Contextual Details:

• The interview is a well known individual who is on the also well known TODAY show.
• The video starts off with facts about the women’s soccer team, then goes into the interview with four girls filing the complaint about equal pay. 
• You are able to hear the story from their side. 

Source #5
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/31/472522790/members-of-u-s-women-s-national-team-file-federal-equal-pay-complaint

Title: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Members File Federal Equal-Pay Complaint
Author: Bill Chappell
Source: http://www.npr.org

Author:

• Bill Chappell is a writer and producer who currently works on The Two Way, NPR's flagship news portal.
• Before joining CNN, Chappell wrote about movies, restaurants and music for alternative weeklies, in addition to his first job: editing the police blotter.
• Source: http://www.npr.org/people/14562108/bill-chappell

Audience:

• This article is from NPR, which stands for National Public Media. It is specifically from Arizona Public Media. 
• That means the audience is people who live in Tucson and are interested on what is going on in the world. 
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/31/472522790/members-of-u-s-women-s-national-team-file-federal-equal-pay-complaint

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to provide their audience with information about the women’s soccer team demanding equal pay. 
• The article supports the team and wants to convince its audience to support them as well.
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/31/472522790/members-of-u-s-women-s-national-team-file-federal-equal-pay-complaint

Contextual Details:

• The article includes images, quotes, and statistics, making it a reliable source. 
• It comes from a well known news cite that includes news from all over the United States.

Source #6
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2016/03/31/3765191/womens-soccer-demands-equal-pay/

Title: The Best Soccer Team in America is Fed up with Second-Rate Pay
Author: Lindsay Gibbs
Source: http://thinkprogress.org

Author:

• Lindsay Gibbs attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she studied film and television production.
• Her writing has appeared in VICE Sports, USA Today, Tennis Magazine, Tennis.com, The Cauldron, FanSided, and The Classical.
• Source: http://thinkprogress.org/person/lgibbs/

Audience: 

• The audience for this article is those interested in women’s rights. 
• The article comes from the website Think Progress. Think Progress is an American political news blog. 
• http://thinkprogress.org

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to support the women’s soccer team and inform its audience of the unfair pay difference between the men and women’s national soccer teams.
• You can tell right away that the author supports the women because the title says the “best soccer team in America.”
• http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2016/03/31/3765191/womens-soccer-demands-equal-pay/

Contextual Details:

• The article includes screenshots of tweets from Twitter to support its information and connect with the audience. 
• It also includes quotes, statistics, and images.
• This article is also reliable because it comes from a legitimate source.

Source #7
http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/03/31/uswnt-eeoc-wage-discrimination-equal-pay

Title: USWNT Stars Accuse U.S. Soccer of Wage Discrimination in EEOC Filing
Author: Grant Wahl
Source: http://www.si.com

Author:

• Grant is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
• He attended Prince University where he graduated with a B.A. in politics. 
• http://www.si.com/author/grant-wahl

Audience:

• This article is posted on the Sports Illustrated soccer section online. 
• Its audience mainly includes sports fans who check their website often.
• http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/03/31/uswnt-eeoc-wage-discrimination-equal-pay

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to inform its audience of what is going on in the sports world. 
• Specifically, women’s soccer and how they are getting paid s much less than the men. 
• The article supports the women’s team and is trying to convince their audience to support them as well.
• http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/03/31/uswnt-eeoc-wage-discrimination-equal-pay

Contextual Details:

• The article is reliable because it comes from Sports Illustrated. 
• It includes a table comparing how much money the men make versus how much money the women make on the national soccer teams. 

Source #8
http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/09/womens-soccer-doesnt-deserve-equal-pay/

Title: Woman’s Soccer Doesn’t Deserve Equal Pay
Author: Denise C. McAllister
Source: http://thefederalist.com

Author:

• Denise graduated from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and has worked in both print and television news as an associate producer for the morning show at WFTV Orlando. 
• In addition to being a writer, she is also an Expressionist artist and musician.
• Source: http://thefederalist.com/author/d-c-mcallister/

Audience:

• Because this article is found on The Federalist website, the majority of viewers are probably federalist.
• It is individuals who are interested in the wage discrimination between genders, yet believe that is how it should be.
• http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/09/womens-soccer-doesnt-deserve-equal-pay/

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to disagree with the majority of articles supporting women’s soccer getting equal pay to the men.
• It is trying to convince people that not as many people watch women’s soccer as men soccer, therefor they should not get the same amount of money. 
• http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/09/womens-soccer-doesnt-deserve-equal-pay/

Contextual Details:

• The author of this article includes counter arguments so she is able to disagree with them and explain why they are wrong.
• She also includes quotes, statistics, subheadings and images in her article.
• The articles comes from The Federalist which is a reliable source.

Source #9
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/equalcompensation.cfm

Title: U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Author: Federal Agency
Source: http://www.eeoc.gov

Author:

• Federal laws prohibiting discrimination or regulating workplace issues are laws enforced by the EEOC.
• EEOC follows a Compliance Manual and Enforcement Guidelines.
• Source: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/index.cfm

Audience: 

• The audience of this website page are individuals interested in the law. 
• This website is the official website for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, so its audience are people looking for the straight facts, not opinions.
• http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/equalcompensation.cfm

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose is to inform its audience of the law.
• It is not trying to give any opinions or personal views. 
• What is written on this website comes directly from the law and the government.
• http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/equalcompensation.cfm

Contextual Details:

• The information is reliable because it comes directly from the government on a government run website. 
• It explains the different kinds of sex and equal pay discriminations.

Source #10
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/football/uswnt-lawsuit-pay-parity/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Title: New Goal: U.S. Women’s Soccer Eyes Equal Pay
Author: Euan McKirdy
Source: http://www.cnn.com

Author:

• Euan McKirdy is a digital producer based in Hong Kong.
• He has previously written for Time, BBC, the Wall Street Journal, and Monocle.
• Source: http://www.cnn.com/profiles/euan-mckirdy#about

Audience: 

• This article is found on can.com. CNN targets anyone who is interested in fresh, immediate, and essential news and stories happening around the world.
• This article specifically targets individuals interested in the new story about women’s soccer demanding equal pay.
• http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/football/uswnt-lawsuit-pay-parity/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Main Purpose:

• The main purpose of this article is to inform its audience of the inequality of pay between men and women’s national soccer teams. 
• It not only wants to supports the women and give quotes from them, but also try to convince the audience to support them as well.
• http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/football/uswnt-lawsuit-pay-parity/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Contextual Details:

• This article comes from CNN which is a very reliable and well known source.
• The article also includes a video, quotes, images, statistics, and story highlights.