According to Anthony (1991) as reported by James (n.d), television is a telecommunication system used worldwide for receiving and transmitting motion pictures with or without accompanying sound over a distance. Emanuel Akapan (1998) as cited by James (n.d) asserts that television as a telecommunication medium has added to the overall development in Nigeria and is still making a lot of impact on the economic, cultural, social and educational growth of the nation. He adds that television is the most effective modern tool of mass communication available to mankind. Onabajo (2005), states television is an important communication medium whose major aim is to influence the mission and behavior of people that receive its communicated symbols. It can be used to create awareness on topical issues while …show more content…
According to Onabajo in James (n.d), television’s effectiveness in aiding development derives from the following characteristics:
a) Television can present things as they really are through sight and hearing
b) Events can be shown as they are happening;
c) It can address both the literate and the illiterate with equal success and effectiveness
d) It can speak to the individual intimately, but also lends itself
e) It has both intellectual and emotional appeal. The Nigerian culture has been enhanced through the process of acculturation of European and American programs. Onabajo (2005) affirms in James (n.d) that television must ensure that only the right virtues are transmitted to viewers. The presence of too much western culture in telecasts should be checked as it could lead to cultural imperialism rather than cultural transformation. Television needs to guide against telecasting unusual culture and social activities to ensure the removal of barbaric entertainments (Onabajo 95).
INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION ON
The world has grown and evolved in so many ways. One of the most revolutionary, man-made, everyday appliance for your house hold is the TV. The TV has brought so much more to a person’s finger tips at a click of a button and flipping to a channel to what they want to see. You can watch different food programs, where to buy things, what is going on in everyday American life knows as the “News”. Or just a show on TV for entertainment. And the list goes on and so forth.
What role does television play in society? For decades we have seen many parts of our world rapidly going through changes in technology. Today’s society has been transformed by means of communication and the available information through mass media. Most Americans rely on television for news, sports, and entertainment. Television is just one of the many examples of how technology has changed our lives. Since the invention of the television in the early 1900’s, it has played a very important role in our lives. Having a television set in the home has become very essential in today’s society. We depend on it to entertain us with its sitcoms and to inform us about current world issues. The
Television has been a source of entrainment for many years but, the problem that comes TV shows and the commercials is that there is not much diversity when it comes to race and ethnic groups. Race are categories that are defined by society which typically are based on what is convenient for the dominant group. In society people believe that race categories are real which then comes with real consequences and causes many issues (chapter 8 lecture slide 7). People also use race categories to classify themselves and others based on characteristics such as; physical differences and moral differences (lecture slide 7). With there being race categories, many of the groups such as African Americans or Hispanic are either not shown much screen time or they are portrayed as “bad” or “struggling” people this is because of the category that society has put these ethnic groups in. Although, TV entrainment has started to change who the lead of their TV shows or movies are and how they are being portrayed, there is still much stereotyping. This essay will be discussing some of the TV shows that have been examined and what type of roles the racial/ethnic minorities played.
TV, more commonly known as ‘television’ is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. In ancient Greek tèle means ‘far', and in Latin visio means sight. From my perspective and many people of the world television has changed the way we live. Television has brought many amazing things, however nothing is perfect.
The television is one of the means that is widely used all over the world for people to find out the happenings of their surrounding and the world. The global reach of the television is undisputed. Whether there is control of the content being aired in the television or not its influence cannot be ignored. In today’s world the television disseminates all over the world issues affecting policy making, economics and culture which affects the social agenda of societies (Wall, 2009).
Despite the degree of developments of the internet and its other associated facilities such as but not limited to WhatsApp, free phone calls and videos etc. I believe that the TV has very important and vital role in our life and society as well. It is main source of information’s for all categories, old people searching the news, young people looking for new movies and sport games and new generation looking for cartoon movies and plying games as well.
Television is a big part of today’s society. Everybody watches television, including the children. There is a potential problem with letting children watch television. Ask this question, would someone let their own child watch some of the programming that they watch, too? Some of these programs are intended for the adult generation, not young children. Violence has a major role in television these days. Letting children watch this violence could corrupt their minds and eventually lead to bad behavior. There needs to be a limitation on the types of television programming that parents let their children watch, because violence in television can negatively affect children.
A few countries began broadcasting, most experimentally, with limited numbers of television-sets in the hands of the public. (Television History - The First 75 Years)
Have we ever asked ourselves “Could we live without television? Do we know what kinds of programs our children are watching? How do they influence to our personality?”
Henry David Thoreau was a leading transcendentalist. He was most known for his essays, with the major themes focusing on nature and government. His works weren’t highly appreciated during his lifetime, but as years went on they became very influential. He was one of the first environmentalists, and he laid the groundwork for a lot of progressive movements.
Over the years, the universal invention that has negatively affected our society is none other than the television. Although it wasn’t always so controversial, this contraption has become something that has in ways damaged the United States. Television came out in the 1940’s and it started as a way to entertain people and bring people a bit of joy to their stressful lives. It wasn't such a terrible thing when people could just indulge in one episode or two. Now, rather than using it as something to be entertained with every now and then, people have become addicted. Television can cause deep issues in America by giving out false information, increasing laziness, and decreasing communication in people’s households.
The early nineties thus emerged as a liminal period in the trajectory of media practices. Television shows during this period were forced to navigate the methodological shift from maintaining the myth of television as a living reflection of the movement of time to the imminent advancement of the spectacle. This intermediary condition of the period gave rise to shows with equally confused psychic realities, often appearing to straddle the thin line between real and fake, and highbrow and lowbrow.
Television is a huge part of American lives. Our society today is very strongly based on the media especially television. We are not only always on our phones but the television is usually running in the background. However what most people do not realize is the effects of simply sitting and watching television can have the human brain. More specifically the effects it can have on the developing brain of young children. Television effects the three domains of development: social emotional, physical, and cognitive. Although a few experts disagree, the vast majority believe that television is harmful to the three domains of development in the growing brain in young children. Understanding the effects parents and care takers can prevent the exposure to kids and help find a healthy balance of “tv time.”
Everyone’s heard of Autism or Down Syndrome, possibly even Huntington’s Disease, but there are many different kinds of genetic disorders that most people have never heard of or have only seen on television. Ectrodactyly is a rare disorder most people wouldn’t know of, however if you’ve watched Ryan Murphy’s popular American Horror Story: Freak Show, you’ve seen it. It was formerly known as ‘lobster claw hand,’ and in Freak Show, Jimmy Darling, portrayed by Evan Peters, has this disorder and is known in the traveling show as ‘Lobster Boy.’ What it is, is a disorder that causes a cleft on the hand where the middle finger normally would be. This is just one example of a strange disorder that isn’t overly known in our culture, but has probably
Last month Annie, my cousin, told me with anticipation that she will be size zero next week by eating miracle herbal pill, which she ordered after watching its advert on television. I looked at her with a contemptuous smile, and said “You Wish”. She started explaining to me how in the advert her favorite singer lost 25 lbs. in just two weeks by using this overpriced herbal formula. After two weeks, I visited her to see the awaited wonder, but I realized that she is one of the victims of lured advertisements, which are now part of our everyday life. We see advertisements on the television showing new glamorous lifestyles, hear them on the radio, see slogans embellished on people’s shirts, on the side of the buses, on billboards, in fact everywhere. Companies spend lot of money researching for their target audiences to make their product appeal to as many consumers as possible. The wide variety of channels and print media makes it easy for advertisers to be specific about who sees their product. For instance, children’s channel like “Nick Junior” is packed with commercials for toys and games, whereas “The Cookery Channel” that have an older, mainly female viewership air commercials for perfumes, clothes, and holidays. The propaganda techniques are essential for the advertisers to create eye-catching adverts because they are in competition with all the other advertisements for the similar product. Examining advertisements closely reveals that regardless of the similarities and