his first big speech‚ “Television and the Public Interest.” Minow was appointed by President John F Kennedy himself‚ as the new chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). His speech directly speaks about the influence and future of broadcasting television. He refers the current programming as a “vast wasteland” and ultimately advocates programming in the public interest. (Wikipedia 1) Minow’s purpose and target audience in his speech is very clear. As Minow states‚ “I intend to find
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SPORTS CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW Beginning with its 1979 cable-television launch‚ ESPN‚ Inc. (then officially known as Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)‚ strove to build a brand that was synonymous with sports. After progressively acquiring broadcasting rights to college basketball and football and then‚ one after another‚ to each of the major professional sports leagues‚ ESPN became the dominant sports network on television as well as a cable-industry model for success. Indeed‚ the proliferation
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So far‚ there’re various media for people to choose and access the information such as television‚ radio‚ Internet‚ or even mobile phone‚ consequently‚ media have a full capacity to set a social subject for mass audience to think and talk about. Often‚ media do not deliberately set the agenda and determine the pros and cons of that particular issue‚ so it repeatedly causes bad consequences towards public as well as establishes ’moral panics’‚ which can sometimes lead to mob violence. The studies
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Family Viewing A report on parents‚ children and the media by Lucy McCarraher for the Parenting Education & Support Forum in association with the NSPCC‚ Family Circle magazine and Glasgow Media Group Parenting Education & Support Forum The Parenting Education & Support Forum brings together those concerned with or working in the field of preparation‚ education and support for parents. It promotes and maintains a high profile for parenting education and support‚ where education means learning
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23 November 2012 INTRODUCTION: The media is a medium conveying information and is a means to communication. Its evolution over the years‚ through newspapers‚ radio‚ television and the internet has made a significant impact on our lives all over the world. You could say that the world has become a lot smaller because people can instantly get in touch with one another and even have video conferences with people on the other side of the earth. But like our presentation title indicates we’d
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almost everyone in this world. We can exchange ideas and broaden our horizon with the help of the means of communication & Media such as comics‚ books‚ radio‚ television‚ film or theatre. However‚ I believe not all these provide good quality information and I will try to analyze them. First of all‚ I would like to compare two ways of broadcasting information‚ namely TV and books. In my opinion‚ books are much more useful than Tv is and I believe there are several reasons to sustain this. One argument
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The origin and history of local broadcasting is a dense‚ intriguing one that leads down many a rabbit hole. Starting with the development and utilization of coaxial cables in the 1980s‚ which began a new era where cable television reigned. The laying of these cables allowed for easier access to cable television across the country‚ that led to new forms of broadcasting‚ especially in the area of local television. Many cities around the country began to form their own independent operated-and-owned
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income amongst Indian consumers & several other factors. *Source: Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC) report-2007 . * 7. FDI in News & Entertainment Industry * Almost 13 proposals for FDI in media were cleared by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in 2006. Among these‚ are 8 proposals for News & Current Affairs segment. * 2006 saw maximum flow of Foreign Investment in the E & M industry. * The industry has secured FDI inflow approx. Rs. 8.5 billion in the year 2007. *Source: Price
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of the Kenyan consumers of media does not fluently converse in English or Swahili‚ RMS devised ways to reach this group of people through vernacular media unlike other stations in the media industry in Kenya. What was new and different with RMS was Radio Citizen‚ one of its flagships‚ was among the very first FM stations that offered an alternative to state media in the late 90s. The station’s daily programming was fashioned to meet the taste of its audience that varied from the youth‚ adults‚ students
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That same survey unfortunately showed that only 10% of local sports reporters are women and that 7% of local sports anchors are women (Sheffer‚ 2007). These numbers show that women are breaking into the broadcasting industry‚ but not necessarily into the sports industry. Sports and sports broadcasting has typically been created by men‚ about men‚ and reported by men. Tuggle’s (1997) analysis of the effect of sportcaster gender on the proportion of men and women sports stories covered by ESPN’s SportsCenter
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