Char day Young
HUM186
August 13, 2013
Armondo Frank
Entertainment Media and Culture Entertainment media has shaped America’s culture and values in more ways than anyone could have imagined. Every source of entertainment media has become more advanced because of its origination. Those types of media include; Music, Internet, Radio, Television, Movies, and Video gaming. With these different but similar forms of media, every aspect of the day is covers tunes, social networking, reality shows, and films. America’s culture and values Today’s technology has paved the way for Tomorrow’s satisfaction. In the past, society struggled with migration, racism, Loss of royalties, negative responses to certain music, lawsuits, profits, acceptance, communication, and a decline in sales. Because of the Civil Rights Movement (1950s), the end to racial segregation initiated to gain balance of rights to Black Americans. In this case the race and gender of an artist is not the most import factor of his or her performance. At this time, illegal down loaders were harming the sales of music. Change brought about fee based downloading websites like Apple’s iTunes, where there is a small charge for music to compensate artists for their work. The radio would deliver music and non-music programming events across the nation to different audiences. With the advanced technology of the Television, drama, and theatricals are not placed on radio stations making space for the top musical hits and playlists. This adjustment also improved a greater audience, higher fidelity, and less confining format. Television and film was not so popular at its start in 1891, the Lumiere brothers introduced motion pictures to films in 1895 making television more enjoyable for its viewers. In 1927, the Jazz singer began the era of talking film. Social Influence of Entertainment Media The social influence of entertainment media is positive.