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    English 7 February 2017 Television Is Not Too White Anyone who watches television takes notice of the characters in a show. However, something that people do not often consider is if TV is too white. Some may argue that television is not diverse enough. However, recently TV is becoming more diverse. On modern television shows, there are more characters with varied ethnicities. Also, there are more shows that have diversity among their actors. In the past few years television has greatly changed

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    Growth of Television Viewers in the 1950's During the nineteen twenties and thirties, depended on each other for entertainment. The wealthier people would go to the opera to see other people perform or to a play. One source tells us of other activities that people used to do to amuse themselves before television became popular: 'I can recall great big picnic parties. We used to go off on our bikes. About seven or eight families would get together and ride off to

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    The way we are using television today is amazing. We can stay aware of what 's happening on the other side of the world. There will always be something on T.V no matter what mood you 're in. For example, there are cooking shows, scary movies, sad movies, funny shows and etc. The amount of money that made for television is insane. From commercials being thousands of dollars to shows costing millions to air. It wasn 't something people back in the 1900s thought was ever possible. The way people would

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    cell phones or ipods. Because of a decline of online news delivery, a majority of people receive news from watching television. 7. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of modern media delivery? Some advantages of modern media delivery are speed of information sent around the world in seconds. Information is sent via Internet, texting from a cell phone, radio, television, or social networking sites such as facebook, twitter, or flickr. Although there are advantages of modern media delivery

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    world’s irony. More importantly, he discusses irony in relation to modern day television. Television has become the a need for every human beings life instead on a want. The nation's eyes are so super-glued to the United States size television screen that a person can not even fall asleep without watching T.V. first. Television has taken over our society, but in a few ways, for the better. Since the invention of television and the internet close to ninety and twenty-years ago, nearly everyone in today’s

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    Television is one of the most widely used forms of communication today; it is used for broadcast purposes on entertainment, education, and information to people from all around the world. There are a number of different genres a person can choose to watch on television, all without taking a step out of their front door. Criminal television shows classify as one of these genres and are one of the most popular. Most of the time, the production of a criminal television show is where an author examines

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    Tv Dbq

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    The first TV was created in 1927 by Philo Taylor Francisco, a regular man from Utah. It only had one channel until 1936. Today the television has thousands of channels broadcasted 27/7. When first created, seeing one was rare, and you were lucky to own one, today it is hard to leave the house and not see one. This can affect a person negatively or positively. Using a publically involved example like an election, the tv can be a great thing to pay attention to, because it provides information about

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    hunger, fatigue, or scared? The remarkable world of television can take a person anywhere. Television is a central form of communication which connects people with the outside world. The television has been around for decades and is found in practically every household. People watch the news, movies, game shows, or reality shows; there is a show for everyone, and, like it or not, there are plenty of advertisements. The creation of the television has been the beginning with no sign of an end, connecting

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    Today's modern televisions are a product of evolution and improvement, and that the iPod is relatively new to society there are a lot of differences between the two. Such as ways information is broadcasted, target demographics, and their separate functions. On the contrary, they also are popular forms of entertainment and share some similar functions. A major difference between the two household items, today is how they retrieve the information they use to compute and display. Televisions receive signals

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    different media that developed in the last century provide entertainment, relevant information, and influence what we buy and how we act. Some of the significant developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century include Film, Radio, Television, and the Internet. Evolution of Mass Media Film first appeared in the early 1900’s and comprised of short films (no more than 30 minutes) that gave entertainment to viewers in Nickelodeon’s or storefronts that charged a nickel for admission (American

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