Source Notes 28

California High-Speed Rail Visual Tour (YouTube, 05/18/2008)

Summary:

Newlands & Company created a video for the California High-Speed Rail Authority visualizing the route between Anaheim and Sacramento.  This source gives a video representation of what Proposition 1A, passed last February in California, will do.

Topic:

High-Speed Rail Policy

Category:

Institutional

What is it?

a video

Publication Information:

The California High-Speed Rail Authority published the video.  It was posted on YouTube on May 18, 2008.

Author:

NC3D (Newlands & Company)

Location:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_pz_-sSYQ&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=high-speed+rail&emb=0&aq=f

Accessed:

March 5, 2009

Support:

NC3D, Newlands & Company 3D Animation

California High-Speed Rail Authority,  a high-speed rail organization in California

NC3D created the video.  The California High-Speed Rail Authority gave NC3D the information to make the video.  They also published the finished video.  There was no other support.  The rest of the video was just futuristic 3D renderings.

Audience and Agenda:

The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s site had approximately 3,400 visitors by the end of January.  Most of those visitors were male, older than 35, childless, earning up to $100,000, and college educated.  They were looking for general information about the new California high-speed rail line.  They expected a variety of media including text, visuals, and audio.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is funded by the California state government.  The state government wanted an entity that could focus on high-speed rail research and development.

Usefulness:

This source is in a regional context, focusing on California.  This video was created by the California High-Speed Rail Authority because it would give viewers a more exciting view of the new line, which would supposedly increase their support of it.

Ultimately, this source is addressing a national audience interested in high-speed rail, because California is a trend-setting region and the second route outside the northeast.

This video indirectly argues how great the new line will be.  It gives the view that areas around high-speed rail will build up.  This argument supports one of my assumptions: high-speed rail will create more jobs and lead to a higher standard of living in areas around the lines.

This video is a fluff piece.  It leaves out almost all factual information about how much the line will cost or how long it will take.

Focusing on the California corridor, this source relates to Source Notes 2, Source Notes 3, Source Notes 9, Source Notes 11, and Source Notes 17.  Being a video, this source relates to Source Notes 5, Source Notes 18, Source Notes 30, and Source Notes 22.

Works Cited:

“California High Speed Rail Visual Tour.”  YouTube.  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_pz_-sSYQ&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=high-speed+rail&emb=0&aq=f>

YouTube.  <http://www.youtube.com/>

“About.”  The California High-Speed Rail Authority.  <http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/about/>

“cahighspeedrail.ca.gov.”  Quantcast.  <http://www.quantcast.com/cahighspeedrail.ca.gov>

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