help w/ underlining and italicizing

[lebby64]

I am typing a paper for school, and I was wondering if anyone knew if the names of TV channels are underlined or italicized..
(ex. Animal Planet)
THANKS!!

[RobinHood3000]

I was under the impression that underlining and italicizing constituted essentially the same thing (for example, names of novels are underlined if written and italicized if typed). Personally, I'd say italicization is your best bet. It's not as distracting to the eye as underlining.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

It depends on the channel - Animal planet and National Geographic should be in italics, Sky channels should always be underlined, NBC, ABC and BBC should be in bold.

I hope this clears that up. :D

[Virgil]

I said this on another post. Here in the U.S. we have standardized our protocol of such things according to MLA (Modern Language Association) format rules. Here's a web site that summarizes it:http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm

[Basil]

I am typing a paper for school, and I was wondering if anyone knew if the names of TV channels are underlined or italicized..
(ex. Animal Planet)
THANKS!!
The names of networks and channels are just typed out normally--no italics, underlining, or quotation marks.

[RobinHood3000]

I said this on another post. Here in the U.S. we have standardized our protocol of such things according to MLA (Modern Language Association) format rules. Here's a web site that summarizes it:http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm
Yet the website does not appear to give guidelines for television channels. Or did I overlook it?

[Petrarch's Love]

I looked it up in my MLA handbook. According to their guidlines, telivision programs (ie-Life in Elizabethan England) are underlined or italicised, and segments are listed in quotes with the main title of the program following. (ie- "Shakespeare's Theatre." Life in Elizabethan England). The network or channel airing the program is left as is (ie-WYCC, Chicago).

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I honestly can't believe this. Are you telling me that college students in the US are actually forced to underline and italicise correctly or else they get marked down for it? It's no wonder that they have to come to us pleading for the answers to their assignments, they are too busy deciding whether it's MTV, MTV or MTV. How do they find time to actually read the assigned books?

And I thought the UK education system was unnecessarily bureaucratic. :nod:

[kilted exile]

Yep, and that is just one of the referencing systems available. I was always forced to use APA format myself, lost marks on one report for not indenting the second line of a reference correctly.

[Petrarch's Love]

I honestly can't believe this. Are you telling me that college students in the US are actually forced to underline and italicise correctly or else they get marked down for it? It's no wonder that they have to come to us pleading for the answers to their assignments, they are too busy deciding whether it's MTV, MTV or MTV. How do they find time to actually read the assigned books?

I doubt a professor would actually mark someone down for not knowing how to properly format MTV, but he/she might point out the correct, or most widely accepted format in the margin, and a student might be marked down for consistently not properly formating the title of a book (but only as much as one might for a minor grammatical error). Besides, I assumed this student was probably using this info. for a bibliography, which has certain formatting protocals both here and across the pond as far as I know (one of the toughest profs. I've ever had in terms of nitpicking over bibliography was from England). Are you telling me they don't have certain basic standard formatting practices in the UK?

[Virgil]

Yet the website does not appear to give guidelines for television channels. Or did I overlook it?
Oh, sorry. I didn't check for her specific question.


BTW, do other countries use MLA guidelines?

[lebby64]

yeahhh..well I'm in middle school and we use MLA format for everything!! well, almost everything.. :lol: haha

[Virgil]

yeahhh..well I'm in middle school and we use MLA format for everything!! well, almost everything.. :lol: haha
Yes, but are you from which country are you from? I'm curious if other countries use MLA.

[Geoffrey]

I've found during my first year of college that more often than MLA format, professors require students to use APA style format for citing sources, research papers, extc.

Do people find properly citing sources to be extremely significant? It seems overtly silly to me - to emphasize a papers format more than its content

[Virgil]

I've found during my first year of college that more often than MLA format, professors require students to use APA style format for citing sources, research papers, extc.

Do people find properly citing sources to be extremely significant? It seems overtly silly to me - to emphasize a papers format more than its content
APA? Is that American Psychological Association? Even in English classes?

As to your question of being silly, no I don't find it silly. People should be given credit for their ideas. If you spent a life time thinking through a subject and published a book, you would feel cheated if people just casually took your ideas and presented them as their own. Most of these writers don't make a dime from their wrtings. The only satisfaction they get is that they get remembered in history for their thoughts. It's the least we should do. They deserve that respect. Besides, plagiarism is a very serious scholarly offense.

[RobinHood3000]

APA? Is that American Psychological Association? Even in English classes?

As to your question of being silly, no I don't find it silly. People should be given credit for their ideas. If you spent a life time thinking through a subject and published a book, you would feel cheated if people just casually took your ideas and presented them as their own. Most of these writers don't make a dime from their wrtings. The only satisfaction they get is that they get remembered in history for their thoughts. It's the least we should do. They deserve that respect. Besides, plagiarism is a very serious scholarly offense.
I think what Geoffrey is asking about is proper citation--i.e., formatting. We obviously shouldn't use stuff without say-so, but does a tab here and a period there make all that much difference in the great scheme of things?

[lebby64]

:lol:
Yes, but are you from which country are you from? I'm curious if other countries use MLA.



USA

haha

[Virgil]

I think what Geoffrey is asking about is proper citation--i.e., formatting. We obviously shouldn't use stuff without say-so, but does a tab here and a period there make all that much difference in the great scheme of things?
Oh, Goeffrey, if that's what you ment, then I apologize.

[Geoffrey]

RobinHood3000 was correct in deciphering what I mean, but I do agree with you Virgil, plagiarism is a major offense - not one to be taken lightly. There is nothing more irritating than seeing people steal others hard laboured work and receiving credit for it.
My English professor does endorse MLA format papers, but my sociology professors, government professors, philosophy professors and theology professors have all stated that they prefer APA style formated paper. The guidelines are a bit more strict than that of MLA and I think that they believe it will persuade less people to plagiarize.

I've really always hated research type papers - ones where no new ground is covered in your text, but rather it is simply the writers job to rehash and re-write already written information. But fiction is opportunity and research papers only go on for so long. I'm personally excited for when I have the chance to write my major thesis for graduate school, but thats still only a distant dream!

*Yes, by APA I am referring to American Psychological Association http://www.apastyle.org/