Research Paper On Peaky Blinders

A wise person,Tommy Hilfiger once stated, “the road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American Dream”. This quote means that through willpower and passion, anyone can become successful. In the world we live in now, achieving the American dream can be challenging than before, on the contrary, with the right mindset, and inspiration the American dream is still possible.That being said, yes the American dream is still possible to accomplish, getting a good location, a future, and lastly a monumental historic moment that can be never unremembered.

Watching television is such a common part of contemporary society, that most Americans adopted it as a part of their daily routine and watch television for at least an hour a day. Stanley Crouch, a poet, music and cultural critic, writes: “Whenever people pretentiously and proudly announce, “I don’t watch television,” they should follow it up with “I don’t look at America either”” (Masciotra 79). Television has become a part of many people’s lives. When the mass population watches the same television shows, movies, etc. they can all relate to each other, and thus unite them as an American. We look to TV shows to see how other people like us act on-screen. Aaron Morales, the author of American Mashup: A Popular Culture Reader states: “We watch movies, visit websites, and scour online profiles, all in an effort to glean from a variety of sources those traits that we feel best suit how we identify ourselves” (Morales 65). Movie characters can change the personalities and point of views in our society. Movies can inspire and motivate a society to change its social norms. For example, The Harry Potter Series is a well-known book that is popularized over the years through television advertisements. The reason Harry Potter is special is because he is like everyone else, but he is dealing with different problems. People can relate to the aspect of the characters and

Netflix was founded in 1997 with the intent to revolutionize the way in which consumers watch movies and television shows. Their accomplishments both in innovation and in customer base for their service indicate that the firm has been, and continues to be, successful in doing so. Currently, the

Television executive Lauren Zalaznick, gave a presentation called “The conscience of television” for TED Talk which she discussed past five decades of the highest standing shows on air. Zalaznick runs studies which go to great lengths on how the topics of television shows changed from decade to decade and how viewers changed the reason of watching based on what was happening in the world. Television’s conscious effects our emotions, challenges our values, and influences our views on the world by what we choice to watch.

Netflix has engendered a generic recategorization of texts into previously established genres, as well as into newly established generic categories meant to organize these diverse texts in new and very specific adjective based genres, such as political dramas or spiritual documentaries,which combine descriptive and generic words meant to capture viewers. This generic specificity also accounts for the fact that texts are often cross-listed across multiple of these traditional and contemporary genres. Additionally, texts are categorized on each user’s homepage according to generic categories generated by the user’s profile and viewing history, with categories like, “you might also like this” and “because you watched…”. In accordance with Mittell’s genre theory, which states that genre is a cultural practice situated in larger cultural hierarchies and power relations and accounts for specific attributes of the medium, Netflix’s unique genre categories account for the particular attributes of the medium, but also, significantly, of the new digital platform as well. In making these arguments, I analyze the functions of the platform which create “streaming flow”, its algorithm, format, and generic categorization, as well as texts such as Arrested Development (2003-) and Stranger Things (2016-), that comprise streaming flow and which are generically categorized by

The advancement and development in delivery of media content has also affected the audience’s behavior in certain manner. In distant past, families use to gather around the only television screen in home and enjoy the prime time programs aired by these limited broadcasters. “Millions of households already have cancelled pay-TV subscriptions - up to 10 million U.S. households are currently broadband-only. And about 45 percent of Americans stream television shows at least once a month, according to research firm eMarketer. That number is expected to increase to 53 percent or 175 million people by 2018.” Anderson, Mae, and Michael Liedtke. "HBO Unleashes Streaming from Cable Contracts." The Charleston Gazette, 16 Oct. 2014. Web.

Despite the lack of athletic prowess gifted the Slack Jaw Punks writing staff, even the most nerdy among us (Iron Squid by a mile) can not deny the joy of watching a good sports film. Also we can't deny the appreciation and longing we have to be one of the guys. On the team, ya know. I think every nerd wants to that. The D&D crew just doesn't cut it. While I did play golf in high school (somewhere between Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore), and hung out with mostly jocks (geeks are be popular too) I can't really relate to the bond built during practices, road trips, victories and defeats or group showers. (The last one I could do with out) Despite, that I can and do enjoy films about those special relationships. While Undrafted, probably won't be mentioned in conversation the same way Slapshot, Major League, or Friday Night Lights are. It's still a really nice little

Friday night lights may be a Southern tradition, but Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night lights are the nights to wait for at the Vicksburg YMCA.

In today’s society, people often choose to watch T.V. over other activities. They read less, spend less time outside, and spend less time interacting with their family and friends. People often eat their meals while watching T.V. One research study done by The National Endowment for the Arts and reported in Information Please Database showed some alarming trends: People age 15-24 spend 1hour and 57 minutes each weekday watching T.V., people age 35-44 spend 1 hour and 53 minutes each weekday watching T.V., and people age 55-64 spend 2 hours and 35 minutes each weekday watching T.V. All of these age groups spent even more time viewing T.V. on the weekends than they did during the week. This study shows that people spend a great deal of time “vegetating” in front of a T.V. screen rather than interacting with others or using their minds to think.

There is Netflix and Amazon that have millions of shows and movies on them. There is cable TV that has news channels, cartoon channels, cooking channels, anything you can name probably has it’s own channel somewhere. As most Netflix lovers know, once you start a TV series, you can’t stop until they are over. Then, you start another, and another, and another… It is an endless cycle of binge-watching whatever is on. There is also social media to consider. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, this list isn’t even the beginning of a huge list of different social media apps and sites. People live on these sites. They post their whole lives either in pictures or short sentences. If you have an account on any social media site/app, you are checking it at least once-a-day if not more. On these Facebook posts you can add emojis and where you have been. Facebook will let you know when it has been a year since a certain event or where you were the other day even though you didn’t add it into your

The aim of this assignment is to compare and contrast T.V. series vs Movies. The data was collected from the internet. T.V. series are becoming popular at a fast pace. What are the reasons leading to this change? Is the Golden Age of Television back? T.V. shows and movies may seem alike in some aspects but if taken a closer look are different. T.V. series invest time and go in depth, have thought-provoking work and provide a more satisfying emotional experience which are difficult to find in movies.

Binge watching also referred to as binge-viewing or marathon-viewing is watching television or a single television show for a long time span. It has become a very popular cultural phenomenon because of the online media services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon video. Viewers can also watch television shows and movies on-demand in a binge-viewing manner with cable and satellite services such as Time Warner Cable, Dish Network, and DirecTV. Movie apps and Amazon Fire TV stick also make binge watching adaptable. These companies offer their patrons their services at very affordable prices and therefore making it that much more convenient. Entire seasons of shows such as Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards are just two of the many shows viewers can indulge in. Other shows that are shown on television and not released at the same time, such as Breaking Bad and Undercover Boss can be found on Netflix and encourages binge watching. Binge watching has changed the relationship between the series and its audience in many different ways such as giving the viewer total control to choose when and where and for how long he or she wants to view the show.

The way the audience watches television has drastically changed since the birth of television. The viewer is “changing the rules” (Deign) of how we consume media and is no longer restricted to when they can access content. The company Netflix’s is a great example of this. Netflix is currently the dominant company in the on-demand media industry and “isn’t only changing the way that we watch television, but it’s also revolutionizing the way that it is made”(Page). Compared to old methods of television networks where the viewer is required to tune in weekly at a designated time for a television show, Netflix’s has allowed the viewer to watch

Netflix, an addictive media streaming concept born in August of 1997, has revolutionized the way in which we view films and television series. The appealing and amusing service wholly encompasses a wide range of aspects such as its own plethora of original series, video-on-demand titles, rentable DVDs, and even offers its users the ability to watch and live stream content from anywhere they please. Starting at merely $7.99 a month, the streaming service is affordable, accessible, and an overall satisfactory form of entertainment that has expanded worldwide and is continuing to reach a vast majority, all while impacting society is a multitude of negative and positive ways.

Some people may argue a book is less entertaining and interesting than a television show in the 1960’s. However, the television shows broadcasted are solely focused to entertaining the general audience after work, chores, or school by employing monotonous programming. If a person who solely watches television for an entire day, they evidently become tedious. Also, the television shows lack diverse plots, themes, characters, originality, and other aspects unlike a book or a newspaper. Therefore, numerous television companies decided to display new content such as news shows, movies, drama series, horror shows, documentaries, music shows, and shows based on true stories. An example is HBO’s Band of Brothers, a miniseries about the story of a company of soldiers in WWII from their initial training to the end of the war. During the war, the soldiers experience D-Day, participate in numerous battles, liberate a Nazi concentration camp, and enter Hitler’s mountain retreat located in Berchtesgaden, Germany. This tale of comradeship displays how ordinary, American men accomplished the extraordinary and end a gruesome and unjustified war. As a result from Newton’s proposal for better television programming, numerous shows and series like Band of Brothers offer an entertaining, unique, and worthy alternative to other forms of communication.