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Radio initiated in the latter portion of the 1900’s, a race war and world war shattered America was becoming gradually different than any time in her history. Thanks to the radio and its widespread adoption across the country as the collective form of mass media and entertainment. “The world of fantasy created by commercial radio programming was the most popular medium of entertainment in the United States from the 1920s until the 1950s. Tens of millions of citizens tuned in thousands of stations

For the past century, modern technologies have made the distribution of news and entertainment more efficient. In the digital age, the media is an imperative element of everyday culture (Silverstone, 2004). There is no denying the indispensability of television as the central hub as represented in the quotation: “In my heart I will take my television set with me. I love you.” - Suicide note of New York school boy after his father banned him from watching television (Sunday Times as cited in Silverstone

past 15 years. Where today the communication model has shifted from a mass communication into a networked communication model (Cardoso, 2008). The Internet has allowed for access to both the old and new media, which refers to communication through broadcasting (e.g. radio, newspaper, book etc.) and through the Internet, to be able to access any digital devices (e.g. blogs, social media, online newspapers etc.). This process has enhance human’s understanding of the world today and allowed people to gain

Introduction and Company Profile Network Ten is one of Australia’s leading free-to air television broadcasters. With a focus on quality entertainment and news content with a substantial supply of material online and on digital platforms. These broadcasting platforms offer multiple free-to-air channels; TEN, ELEVEN and ONE as well as their digital platform, ten play. All channels of employ Network Ten’s corporate vision “we create innovative and authentic multi-platform content that entertains and

Television and radio ratings data are used primarily to assist decision making with regard to advertising, programming, financial analysis, and policy making, all of which have significant economic or social implications. It is important to realise that audience measurement is a business; the firms involved are intent on using their analysis to make money. This essay will discuss why ratings are used, what ratings actually measure, specific to radio audience ratings, and the extent to which this

Neil Postman, in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, discusses the harmful effects television in a society that is saturated by it (Postman, 29). As I read Neil Postman’s book, I was given a new point of view on the role of television in my search for news and entertainment. Through Postman’s writing I found that the consequences of television are not in the information presented, but rather in how the information is presented. In addition, after watching

How do ‘media effects’ help one understand the complexity of media power? If a man is tall enough to be a basketball player, he can be described as robust. But until he helps his basketball team win the game, he will not have any effect. That represents the difference between ‘power’ and ‘effects’. However, there are a number of ways to shoot a ball, and it does not mean winning every time. The complexity of ‘effects’ depends on the undetermined ‘power’. And ‘the concept of power in human affairs

MDIA 202 Television Studies Faith Holloway 300314105 Assignment One: Institutional Essay Recent and historical events throughout television history have demanded a redefinition of the medium in contemporary culture. Throughout its history television has predominantly relied upon industry practices established early in the 1960s, however, the turn of the century has produced such divergence from these practices that some scholars are defining it as an entirely new era of television. Lotz, for example

Advances in Technology Technology has advanced in all shapes and forms and there is no sign of it stopping. It has changed the way many of us see the world today. If our ancestors would be alive, they would think it is a completely different place. Many consumers believe that technology is a bad thing because they see the ugly side of change. Most people if not all simply do not want to accept it or perhaps they notice those consumers who make mistakes and abuse technology. Despite it being an

In the 1969 case of Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, Red Lion Broadcasting challenged the fairness doctrine that the Federal Communication Commission imposed on them in relation to a specific broadcast. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. aired that program on November 27, 1964, which included a personal attack on one author Fred J. Cook. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. refused to give Fred J. Cook his requested free time on air for rebuttal. As a result, the FCC supported Cook and ordered the radio station to