Analysis: Ch.2 #1 - The motion picture industry is a competitive industry. Each year‚ more than 50 studios produce a total of 300 to 400 new motion pictures. This managerial report is based on data collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 and will evaluate the financial success of these motion pictures by using 4 major variables – (A) Opening Gross Sales‚ (B) Total Gross Sales‚ (C) Number of Theaters‚ and (D) Weeks in Top 60. (A) Opening Gross Sales−this variable indicates
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the Internet‚ and the Future of Movies Question 1 The movie industry was face with competitive forces that made the industry unattractive. The threat of substitutes was extremely high. This was because the increased levels of high speed Internet made downloading easier and faster‚ which made pirating movies easier. This increased the threat of substitutes because consumers were no longer buying movies‚ the consumers started to download movies and television shows free of charge. Because this
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Film in the Television Age Television first arrived in American homes just as the Hollywood studio system was collapsing. As the new medium took hold‚ so did a new era of motion picture entertainment. Top directors‚ actors‚ and film scholars trace the influence of each medium on the other‚ from the live and fresh dramas of the Golden Age of Television and the growth of Hollywood spectacles to the entertainment industry of today. In the Cold War era of communist witch hunts‚ and blacklisting‚ Hollywood
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Jennifer Barnhart Kirk Miller Comm 110 April 6th‚ 2006 The dangers of controversial television advertising "I do not care if I show your child something that you would not want them to see". This seems to be what some television advertising agencies are saying to us these days. We live in a society that seems to be progressing at a rate so fast that some parents wish technology would slow down. Television is a main source of entertainment for children and adults in this day and age. With so
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Newton Minow spoke about the power of television to influence the taste‚ knowledge‚ and opinions of its viewers around the world. Minow is correct in his assertion that television has “limitless capabilities for good – and for evil.” The good qualities of television include educational television and weather channels; however‚ the bad qualities are also relevant‚ such as violence and mind-numbing stupidity. Newton Minow accurately analyzes the influence of television on viewers around the world. Readers
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Television has been a large part of American lives for decades. The content that is shown on television influences‚ persuades‚ and fosters conformity in U.S. society. Males‚ females‚ the young‚ and the old are all impacted in some way by watching television. Over time‚ society has changed because of television and society will continue to change because of television. Over the years‚ research has been done to determine the effects television has on people and their behavior. According to Myers
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In the age where media inhabits numerous conduits for the production of culture it is difficult to imagine culture without its mediated form‚ from television and comic books to fashion and postcards‚ culture is derived through a range of diverse vehicles. We experience our cultural life through media in various ways. Modern society is founded on universal law‚ enlightenment of reason and science is solution to social problems‚ utopia is possible (except the poor will always be poor); Western-centric
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Assess the impact of foreign films or foreign television programs on the culture of your society. Due to globalization and the widespread growth of mass communications around the world‚ most countries are becoming increasingly interconnected. Through mass media‚ such as films and television programs‚ societies have in one way or another influenced each other‚ resulting in gradual convergence of culture. In Singapore‚ people are generally more pragmatic and conservative in terms of their conduct
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be particularly susceptible to the influencing powers of the media‚ opening an avenue where media created especially for children can indoctrinate entire generations. Disney movies‚ like all other media “are powerful vehicles for certain notions about our culture‚” such as racism. (Giroux 32). Racist scenes in Disney movies are often identified as simply being “symbols of the time” when the films were produced. Furthermore‚ Disney racism is often passed over as simple humor‚ or as a simple guide
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Watching television has many pros‚ such as entertainment and laughter‚ information on current events‚ how to guides‚ and alerts; but along with the pros‚ there are some very serious and dangerous cons. Television shows‚ including commercials‚ have a propensity to show their creative works on us and show us their ideas and opinions; which isn’t favorable on us because it can lead to a decline in our own imagination and creativity and make it so we cannot think on our own since creation is readily
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