Television in the American society: Name: Institution: Television in the American society Generally‚ television remains the most popular form of entertainment in the United States of America (Huston 1993). In as much as the industry‚ the technology‚ and the audience has changed over history‚ its social‚ political‚ and cultural influence remains significant to date. However‚ debate still exists as to whether television is good or bad for the American society. This article has poured much
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It’s an apt metaphor. When it comes to the traditional screen that families gather around‚ live television is competing against a growing array of self-selected content. Given the amount of high-quality shows idling in my DVR and on-demand queue‚ channel surfing for live television seems very last century. And our television is Web-enabled‚ so a vast treasure of other goodies awaits from Netflix‚ Hulu Plus and Apple TV. (Our house is part of a rapidly growing trend: online viewing is up more
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UGC’s use of Television for Education For over two decades University Grants Commission (UGC) of India has been using television for higher education. In 1984 UGC launched “UGC Countrywide Classroom” on Doordarshan –the National Network of Television in India. Specially designed educational television programs‚ either imported or locally produced‚ were telecast for the benefit of undergraduate and post graduate students across the country. The need for using television for higher education
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Communication Technology Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking‚ writing‚ or using some other medium. The communications revolution is based on three technologies Telephone Televisions Computer. The history and development of communication technology is one of the ever increasing speed and efficiency of communication over ever greater distance and ever decreasing costs. Telephone: Telephone / Mobile Phone is a system for transmitting voices over a distance
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Summary How media affects the children is undoubtly one of the hottest issues all over the world. The main focus of this term paper is on “Impact of Media on Children”. In this report we have mainly discussed electronic media especially in terms of television and games. We have also briefly focused on the impacts on advertisement on kids. We added some charts and graphs showing the time children spend with different types of media and also one showing the opinions of parents regarding impacts of media
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or everyone eating dinner all together. However‚ most shows during this era still portrayed the idea of a traditional family‚ which is having the mother stay home to cook‚ clean‚ and take care of the children‚ while the father is off at work supporting the family. Due to the shows of this time‚ when people think back on the 1970’s they believe that this was the way families acted. The accuracy of culture and society portrayed in “That 70’s Show” has made it that
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TELEVISION MANILA‚ MAY 25‚ 2006 (STAR) STARBYTES By Butch Francisco - With the exception of Nestor Torre and Edmund Sicam‚ reviewers who came before me looked down on television and belittled my efforts writing critiques on TV programs. As far as they were concerned‚ film was the superior medium and definitely more sophisticated. But look at local cinema now. While the Philippine movie industry is breathing its last (but I sure hope it gets resuscitated – and I’m positive it would
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Reality television has strong influence and damaging effects on our society. But let’s face it‚ we feed on the drama. We love to absorb another life other than our own. Along with it comes the misconception of reality which distorts how one believes they have to behave to gain fame or attention. Reality television is bad for culture because it only elevates money‚ beauty‚ and fame above other qualities by promoting inappropriate behavior such as bullying‚ casual sex‚ alcohol abuse and bad language
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Creator The Truman Show is about the intrusion of the media in the lives of celebrities and the disruption such scrutiny causes‚ such as in the life of Princess Diana. Or‚ it’s a movie about the intrusion of the media into all of our lives‚ with shows like Oprah and Jerry Springer showcasing the lives of "average" people‚ delving into every nook and cranny of our private lives. It means that with the nature of the media today‚ we have no private life. That’s what The Truman Show was trying to illustrate
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Television Censorship WHAT IS CENSORSHIP? "Censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times‚ censorship refers to the examination of books‚ periodicals‚ plays‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ news reports‚ and other communication media for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts thought to be objectionable or offensive. The objectionable material may be considered immoral or obscene‚
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