Title And Synopsis Of 'Turn On The TV Show'

Consider the cognitive demands that televised narratives place on their viewers. With many shows that we associate with ''quality'' entertainment -- ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' ''Murphy Brown,'' ''Frasier'' -- the intelligence arrives fully formed in the words and actions of the characters on-screen. They say witty things to one another and avoid lapsing into tired sitcom cliches, and we smile along in our living rooms, enjoying the company of these smart people. But assuming we're bright enough to understand the sentences they're saying, there's no intellectual labor involved in enjoying the show as a viewer. You no more challenge your mind by watching these intelligent shows than you challenge your body watching ''Monday Night Football.'' The intellectual work is

Throughout the 1970s and ‘80s, television started portraying couples in the middle and working class and showed that both women and men could work together. This was the start of making the wife and husband equally work at jobs, at home, and anywhere else. Despite the fact that there still was slightly more power with the male, the couples could still argue and work together equally. “In contrast to middle-class couples, working-class spouses seem unhappy and discontented, even though their marriages are generally stable. Hence, television portrayals of spousal relations explicitly advocate the merit of the middle-class experience, suggesting not only the middle-class couples enjoy a more comfortable life together, but also that they develop more effective, affectionate, and satisfying relationships” (Douglas, 2003). This was the era that showed how television couples

Objective – Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships. (Pg. 365)

This semester, we’ve learned a lot of things about what goes on in married relationships and cohabitation relationships. We’ve been taught how to deal with situations and changes that may occur within any relationship. In order to apply the research I’ve learned about, I have chosen to compare a few topic that took place in the movie Love and Basketball. This movie shows many gender roles, nonverbal behaviors, family impacts on relationships, and how communication is key.

Sitcoms are an American staple, a fantastic pastime, and an in-depth look into current family values and standards. The United States Census Bureau defines the family as two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption residing in the same housing unit. This definition works well as a marker of internal family status, but it is a very limited definition of a family. Sociologists commonly extend the definition of family to include persons who provide one another with intimacy, emotional support, and love as it is a better representation of the families we have seen in the past few decades. Two beloved sitcoms, Friends and New Girl, each center around the lives of six main characters and how they form family in the late 90s and the

     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 news exists to inform and entertain the public regarding local, national, and international news. A variety of news broadcasts are available for all subcultural classes to enable them to be knowledgeable concerning sport, weather, finance, and general issues from around the world, using this easily accessible and logical medium. Two of the most well-known services are Channel Seven and the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). The Channel Seven Network gains funds from commercial revenue and concentrates on providing news that is appealing to the general public and entertaining. High ratings are crucial to Channel Seven as it is privately owned and heavily relies on the advertisement shown in between news segments. ABC news is owned and financed by the Australian Government, therefore high ratings are not relied on and their focus is on providing worldwide news with accomplished facts. These factors affect the content and perspective, which are tailored to specific target audiences. Each news source has a distinct audience based on the variation of the purpose, structure, style, and language to accommodate the requirements of the Australian population. (do you want me to reference the survey?)

The ideal image of ‘nuclear family’ used to be described as a male husband, a female wife and their kids; however, in few decades, the term family has become diverse without any blood-related relationships. Because of this recent change of family values, it is easy to find that present television shows also reflect the new concept of family and influence the recognition of the viewers at the same time. Among many TV programs such as ‘Simpsons’, ‘F is for family’ and ‘How I met your mother’, ‘Modern Family’ is a representative show dealing with modern family types and values. It is a domestic TV sitcom of ABC, featuring the lives of three different types of fictional families. Apart from the humorous stories, it becomes very popular because of suggesting that friendly characters are easy to relate to real life. It shows innovative aspects of family structures including a gay couple with an adopted baby and an interracial marriage between a divorced old man with a much younger woman. In addition, its form is a fake documentary about when family members agree to participate in interviews for a documentary, but they don’t actually realize how much they are revealing their lives themselves. Also, the main theme of the show is "But that 's the thing about family: no matter how badly you behave, hopefully they 'll forgive" (Modern Family Synopsis, 2011). The show has a favourable notice in media field because it handles social issues through its characters showing racial,

Selecting the television programs to be analyzed proved more difficult than anticipated. The Nielson Television ratings were not helpful given that only the top 10 prime-time programs are available; many were either sporting events or reality television. For this project scripted television programs were necessary; however, the website “TV by the numbers” was found to list the top 25 broadcast shows. The most recent information available was that of the week for October 12-18, 2015 (Appendix B), from this list the following programs were selected: Empire, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

Steven Johnson the writer of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”, argues that TV programing has become more cognitively demanding, and therefore believes that watching TV and playing video games are somehow beneficial to the viewer (278). He even states that TV programing focusses on the same “mental faculties ascribe to reading such as attention, patience, and retention” (280). I partially agree with Johnson when he says that programing and reading share the same attributes but me personally think that you get a lot more out of reading, reason being that there is a lot of work behind it you have to create and connect all the characters and plots while at the same time making sure you do not lose your train of thought. In the other hand television shows lays it all out for the viewer

Can T.V. shows be the reflection of our society or influence the behavior of the members of our community? Since 1936 when television broadcasting begin, it priority was to inform and to entertain our society; subsequently, a massive amount of rules and regulations were created to control the material presented in TV, which principal goal was to safeguard the moral and ethical standards of it time. Nevertheless, from its beginning to the present home entertainment television standards contents have change; likewise, the moral an ethics values of our society have change and continuing changing from generation to generation. TV shows from the 50’s, 80’s, and the present exposed many changes in the way human role are exposed, the language

Spigel claims that television brings the family together, but still allows for sexual and social divisions (37). The “Mother’s Day” episode of Modern Family (Modern Family) illustrates this idea, however it predominantly updates on it in many areas. This is because although divisions within the family do exist, there are moments when the divide is not clear as the characters express beliefs, or act, outside of their social or sexual role. Thus, the family paradigm portrayed in this episode is undeniably an open one, as there is a lesser sense of shared belief amongst the families. It is, nonetheless, Modern Family’s blurring of divisions that makes it so unique.

Ever since I was a kid I dreamed about going to BYU in Utah. As awesome as it would be to go to school in Hawaii, there is still no doubt in my mind that I want to be in Utah. It has always been a goal of mine to attend BYU. Unlike the majority of my friends as a young kid, I never dreamed of playing in the NBA or in the NFL. Instead I would always run around in a BYU football/basketball jersey pretending to play for BYU. Although it has become apparent that I do not have the athletic abilities to fulfill those dreams that I had as a boy, my obsessive love (not an exaggeration) for BYU is untainted. Even up to this day I tune in to just about every BYU sporting event I can get my eyes or ears on including the BYUTV talk show BYU Sports Nation that is aired every weekday. Following BYU sports has always been a big passion of mine and It would be a safe assumption to say I would be one of the biggest die hard Cougar fans on campus if I am admitted.

Is tv good for you I think tv is good for you because there are many channels to choose from like nat geo wild and like the property brother. Another reason i think tv is good for you is because you can learn about the war and don't have to be in it also , you can watch tv to learn about another country or state that you can’t afford to go to. Another way tv is good for you is so you can see ads from you house and you don’t have to go to the store to see what's new. Another reason i think tv is good for is it relaxes you from stress because you can what something and don’t have to worry about nothing. Another reason i think tv is good is because of you can learn about politics. Also , i think tv is good for is because you can learn how to

What do we really mean by television? The way we watch television has drastically changed over the last fifteen years due to new technologies such as digital television and services providing on-demand access. These drastic changes have had a huge effect on viewers and have “allowed online streaming platforms to dominate and revolutionize the way the audience consumes” (Aliloupour) media, ultimately allowing the viewer to be in total control of how, when and where they want their content. The idea of only being able to watch television on a television set is now a thing of the past. Due to technology, the audience now has a vast variety of options on how they can access content. By using scholarly articles, research in new media and Internet sites I will be analyzing current television and where the future of television will be heading.