was money to be made in this desire for amusement. Of course‚ this was not the whole story of the new Gilded Age‚ but it was definitely an era of growing leisure time and the business that came along with it. One of the most popular forms of entertainment during the Gilded Age was theater‚ particularly Vaudeville‚ which was a type of variety theater prominent in late 19th century America. Of course‚ similar types of variety shows had existed much earlier‚ before the 1830’s‚ but they experienced
Premium Gilded Age 19th century Film
Entertainment for the Hard Times Even during the “Hard Times” and wartime‚ people still needed to be entertained to pass the time and find enjoyment. The people of the 1930’s were no exception. They enjoyed many kinds of entertainment especially if they could do them inexpensively. Some of their favorite pass-times were film‚ radio and print. Film of the 1930’s was labeled “The Golden Age of Hollywood.” Movies were being made with sound and color‚ new genres included gangster‚ musicals‚ news reporting
Premium Film Movie theater Film director
Radio Entertainment In 1920s "Video Killed the Radio Star" is the debut song of The Buggles released September 7th 1979 but‚ did not make an impression on the general public until its release as the debut video on MTV at 12:01 August 1st 1981‚ almost 100 years after the invention of radio. Henirich Hertz‚ a German Physicist‚ created the foundation of radio in 1886 by proving that electric waves could be transmitted and received without the need of a physical medium (Spiker 2). Nokolai Tesla expanded
Premium Radio
current state of youth and college sports in the United States. The emergence‚ growth‚ and current state of youth and college sports in the United States have been subject to many things‚ but two of the most influential and definitive conditions of these stages are the social and economic factors. The emergence of sports in the United States had little to do with youth sports and everything to do with college sports. The main factor socially was the unity and the entertainment that college students
Premium Sociology
BMG entertainment‚ the world’s fourth-largest media company‚ was a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG‚ a German media conglomerate. In 1999‚ it was a $4.6 billion music and entertainment company with more than 200 record labels and operations in 53 countries. Its revenue was derived from North America (51%)‚ Europe (32%)‚ Latin America (9%)‚ and Asia-Pacific (8%). Despite of this BMG Entertainment’s ability of generating huge revenue‚ and its operating strategies to make the company sound‚ the BMG Entertainment
Premium Music industry Universal Music Group Record label
reflection‚ is looking at the history of everything we’ve been talking about in class. It has made it easier for me to understand just how deeply rooted the construction of race and racism within American entertainment is. I also think it’s been interesting to look at the way the entertainment industry continues to perpetuate these notions about race‚ even though I had previously believed that this specific institution was be more progressive in it’s way of developing content. After the first assignment
Premium
actively participates in globalization‚ especially the economic globalization‚ which has obviously affected many aspects of Chinese youth’s life‚ such as youth migration‚ youth employment‚ youth culture‚ youth consumption and so on. The profound influence of globalization on youth is determined by the characteristics of both globalization and youth. 1.1 What is globalization? A Google search under the key word "globalization" yields more than 1.6 million hits — ample proof that both interest and
Free Unemployment Economics Globalization
ICT and Youth - The Case of Jordan Youth Rawan Ahmed‚ Ala ’a Abo-Dooh‚ and Dr. Ibrahim Al-Oqily Hashemite University‚ IT Faculty ABSTRACT Information and communications technology (ICT)‚ is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT)‚ but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals)‚ intelligent building management systems and audio-visual systems in modern
Premium Mobile phone Sociology Social network service
Ethics and Entertainment Assignment The following assignments ask students to investigate and describe the artistic‚ commercial‚ and ethical considerations that inform censorship debates about potentially harmful entertainment media content. Students must apply their understanding of the ethical principles and concepts discussed in this course to explain if and why certain types of media content should be censored and‚ if so‚ by whom. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option
Premium Ethics Censorship Business ethics
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. Abhra Mukherjee Sachin Goel To: Philip G. Satre‚ CEO Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. From: Abhra Mukherjee‚ Sachin Goel Subject: Analysis of the new Customer Relationship Management Harrah’s CRM model has emerged successful in leading the gaming industry over its competitors. Its role in boosting the company’s revenue by 50% is admirable. The implementation of the Total Gold program increased cross-market revenues from 13% in 1997 to 23% in 2000. Las Vegas property
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Income statement