Tv Show Analyzed
ANALYSIS OF A TV SHOW
Κέλυ Δήμα k.dima@cityu.gr COM 307 CRITICAL THINKING Vasselin Todorov instructor 23 MAY, 2013
“Abstract”
In this report, a TV- Show is going to be analyzed through the lens of communication theories. By doing my research I found out that more than one theories of communication were pointed out and to be specific most of them. I also absorbed the influences and impact of a TV –Show has in real life and to people. We compare ourselves to those on TV, we change how we dress and cut our hair and talk based on the latest television trends. Viewers pick up catch phrases and turn them into sidesplitting party parodies that in turn become part of our culture. Over time TV-Shows acquire a kind of second life, where people who don’t even watch a show perceive the program as being extremely influential .The stories are pieces of the creator’s perceptions that are always edited, filtered, and scripted. The worldview of those involved in making the program shapes how the real world is manipulated in order to attract an audience and how can producers and writers use entertainment programs to promote a social agenda that will sooth their dysfunctional consciences while making them big money.
TABLE OF CONTEXT I. Introduction II. Friends sitcom presentation III. Cultivation theory IV. Relationship dynamics through a “Friends “
Κέλυ Δήμα k.dima@cityu.gr COM 307 CRITICAL THINKING Vasselin Todorov instructor 23 MAY, 2013
“Abstract”
In this report, a TV- Show is going to be analyzed through the lens of communication theories. By doing my research I found out that more than one theories of communication were pointed out and to be specific most of them. I also absorbed the influences and impact of a TV –Show has in real life and to people. We compare ourselves to those on TV, we change how we dress and cut our hair and talk based on the latest television trends. Viewers pick up catch phrases and turn them into sidesplitting party parodies that in turn become part of our culture. Over time TV-Shows acquire a kind of second life, where people who don’t even watch a show perceive the program as being extremely influential .The stories are pieces of the creator’s perceptions that are always edited, filtered, and scripted. The worldview of those involved in making the program shapes how the real world is manipulated in order to attract an audience and how can producers and writers use entertainment programs to promote a social agenda that will sooth their dysfunctional consciences while making them big money.
TABLE OF CONTEXT I. Introduction II. Friends sitcom presentation III. Cultivation theory IV. Relationship dynamics through a “Friends “
References: Gamble, T. & Gamble, M. (2013). Communication works (11th Ed.).Boston, MA:McGraw-Hill. (Chapter 3,pp. 60-62 , chapter 3 ,pp .72-75, chapter 4, pp. 80-84, pp 94-96, chapter 7,pp.179-183). http://www.ehow.com/info_8578223_positive-effects-cultivational-theory.html ( 10/5/2013) http://voices.yahoo.com/what-does-tell-us-our-understanding-2455194.html?cat=7 (9/5/2013) "The One with the Male Nanny. Friends. NBC, New York. 2003. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZhPcNzzrMA ). "The One with ‘’The Baby on the Bus."Friends. NBC, New York. 1995.( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKyUmmXIiU ).