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    what she calls a ‘macho,’ ‘monsterkilling’, brotherly duo with “impossibly deep baritone voices” and a love for “classic rock, old school muscle cars, and...weapons,” making it “the CW’s most testosterone-fueled show” (Romero, 1). There has been little to no female representation on the show, with female characters such as lesbian character Charlie Bradbury killed off promptly, until this year’s backdoor pilot for

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    The role of the television is pretty simple; to entertain. Almost everyone on this planet own one or more television(s). The television as we used to know is no longer in black and white or just a tiny box but it is massively upgrading with the hi-tech today that’s why we see only see the flat screen TVs now. It is almost as flat as this board. With these new modern technology, the human behavior is also rapidly changing like I previously mentioned in my first topic. The human needs and wants is

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    Is cable television a monopoly? According to the theory of the 'invisible hand' of the marketplace, as advocated by Adam Smith, the marketplace naturally determines the optimal price of a good or service. But even Adam Smith viewed the development of monopolies with some trepidation and believed that government intervention was required to cease their proliferation. During the 1980s to the 1990s, it seemed fairly clear to most industry analysts that cable television functioned as a monopoly in

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    charitable and violent parts. It is almost impossible to protect American youth from experiences reflecting the adult world when the media invades homes and becomes so much a part of everyday living. “American teenagers spend 31 hours a week watching television, 10 hours a week online, 4 hours a week reading magazines, and 17 hours a week listening to music” (Miss). Even though mass media is a huge part of a

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    form of communication created by the television is not only a part of how our modern society communicates, but is has changed public discourse to the point that it has completely redefined it, argued Neil Postman in his convincing book Amusing Ourselves to Death. He viewed this as very harmful, and additionally so because our society is ignorant of it as they quickly becomes engulfed in its epistemology. When faced with the question about whether the television shapes or reflects culture, Postman

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    Tv Shows In The 1950's

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    Television has seen a very big change in the content of its shows, specifically situational comedies, or most commonly known as sitcoms. For my assignment I decided to watch, “Leave it to Beaver” and compare the 1950’s show to sitcoms today. There are a vast amount of differences between, “Leave it to Beaver” and current sitcoms. One major difference I noticed between the two was the cultural aspect of each show. In “Leave it to Beaver” and other sitcoms of the 1950’s there are cultural values and

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    examining the various mediums such as television, movies, and the video game industry. Does the mass media have a lasting effects on causing violence in our children and as well if it plays an influence in causing them to be violent as adults. I will be describing the different theories used by the experts in explaining that the mass media does cause children to be violent. I will present my

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    Throughout history, film and television has always been a critical tool to spread awareness, deliver news, and give entertainment to audiences around the world. Since the 1940s, family households turned on news channels to be notified on the weather and the recent events that could be happening outside their daily lives. Along with news, motion pictures have been shedding light on war and bullying through narratives on screen. As these topics had been amazing back then, times change. There has been

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    Maya Syag How do complicated issues like race affect Television and how does Television affect society with their depiction of these issues? Television is affected greatly by current events and scandals in the country in which the show is being produced. The most significant issues currently being depicted on TV by shows like Scandal and Law And Order:Special Victims Unit are the “Black Lives Matter movement” ,the institutionalized racism in law enforcement, and the abundant racism among the citizens

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    Television and Social Media: How harmful is it? “ Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society, they are a challenge to it”. This signifies that even though advances made in social media were supposed to help improve the life for everyone, it’s actually causing more serious problems within the younger and upcoming generations. “Distracted from distraction by distractions”. This quote merely tells that television and social media is nothing more than a big distraction from whats

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