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    Even though now we live in a time where television shows are integrated‚ it was not always like this. Up until 1969 television sitcoms were segregated and shows with Black actors were non-existent. When shows came out and they included Black men and women‚ both genders were portrayed as stereotypes society had for them and unfortunately this still occurs today. The characters in past shows had the stereotypes of the Jezebel‚ Sapphire‚ Sambo and Uncle Tom and in today’s shows they still portray these

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    Life Without Television

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    Life without Television When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚ my sister‚ and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evenings in such a quiet house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized‚ though‚ that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune =. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and

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    Geo Television in Pakistan

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    INTRODUCTION GEO Television Network is part of Pakistan’s largest media conglomerate‚ Jang Group of Companies. GEO has witnessed unprecedented success and has indisputably dominated Pakistani media for the last 9 years. Mir Ibrahim Rahman known as "MIR" is the CEO of GEO TV. He is the elder son of Pakistan’s most powerful person and media tycoon‚ Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. He is one of the youngest CEOs to head a channel. GEO takes pride in providing the information‚ news‚ entertainment through its

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    Media & Society group 1 Yugay Mikhail 20061624 Reaction Paper: Is Television Harmful for Children The reaction paper is correlated to the “Taking Sides” issues‚ this is the 2 issue. I have chosen this topic‚ because I found it quite interesting and argumentative. But as I have understood part “NO” (Jib Fowles from The Case for television violence) does not provide clear opposition‚ but mainly criticize part “Yes” (W. James Potter form On the Media violence). Many argue that the reason

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    Basluel A. Mekonnen Professor Browne English 101 Reading Response “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by‚ Steven Johnson. A. Comprehension: Steven Johnson argues about watching TV shows makes us smarter by developing our brain. He compares the current TV shows and earlier TV shows. B. Response: Johnson explains about how TV shows has changed over a decade. He explains how the show Hill Street considered to

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    Censorship of Film and Television What is Censorship? It is the practice of officially examining books‚ movies‚ film‚ etc.‚ and suppressing unacceptable parts. Censorship usually takes place based on religious‚ moral‚ or personal reasons. In Film‚ censorship has taken many turns and it is continuing to encounter many conflicts. Broadcasting organizations along with the FCC (Federal Communications Center) and the AFA (American Family Association) are supposedly doing everything in their power to

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    Television and Mass Media

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    mind thinking and ideas. Such as business programs will teach the business skills to the audience to improve their own skills and get many different ideas from the TV program. Besides‚ television is a good mass media to help in the relationship with family. After dinner‚ all family members will sit in front of television‚ watching and chatting together. In conclusion‚ after looking the mass media have great influence in shaping people’s ideas‚ i found many ways to improve my English language and cooking

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    Television vs Radio

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    Media Research-Topic Proposal Television VS Radio In this world of ever-increasing access to different types of media‚ the big question that has to be asked is which is the better medium‚ the TV or the radio. The younger generation votes for TV while the radio is the choice of the older generation. But this is more of a social condition than a trend. TV has many advantages‚ the main being that there is a picture visible on the screen and no imagination is required. An audience can just sit in

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    You may well not be sure regardless of whether your dreams had been in color or black & white‚ but now you can undoubtedly view your dream programming in color‚ on just one more magnificent marvel of human engineering – the color television. We can trace its origin to the beginning of the 20th century‚ and can witness that during the latter half of the 20th century‚ the development of television was completely in color. The Early years The French engineer Maurice LeBlanc‚ initial gave the suggestion

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    Television Show Scandal

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    Rationale For the purposes of this project‚ I have selected the television show called Scandal. Scandal is a highly charged politically devious show surrounding the highest valued employees of the White House. The show’s main character is named Olivia Pope who is quickly branded as a political “Fixer” that (with the help of a team of very loyal Lawyers and friends) that work to help high value clients menuver though their scandelous predicaments. Furthermore‚ she is quickly noted as the reason

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