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- 111: The Lost Art Of Typography
- ... communication over mankind's history has changed at critical points. These critical points include the development of the alphabet, the development of the printing press, the development of the telegraph and the development of the television. Postman argues that American society in particular is in danger since it relies so much on television. Postman's book is divided into two parts. Part one documents the development of communication in Western civilization. The main course of his documentation is that the oral and printed methods of communication tend to ... can honestly say that I don't think I could have lasted that long myself. The point that Postman is trying to make here however is that with mass electronic communication in the 20th century (television), American attention spans would never last even a fraction of that amount of time. Think of political debates on television today. To begin with the entire debate itself lasts only an hour at most. ...
- 112: Future Of Television
- The Future of Television Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of time travel. Technology is a growing part of our society today, and it is going to be very important part of our future. I am going to show you what technology is doing for television from now, into the next century. Sit back, relax, and buckle up as we embark on our journey through time. To start off, HDTV(high definition television) is what we have to look forward to in the next three to five years. Now, you are probably asking yourself what is HDTV? HDTV is an all-digital TV broadcast signal that delivers ...
- 113: The Television Show "Friends" Teaching Viewers A Lesson
- The Television Show "Friends" Teaching Viewers A Lesson A substantial number of television shows, current and new, really do not have specific meanings in them. However, there are some shows that actually give a message to the viewing audience. The show, which is on every night, which stresses ... way in asserting significant lessons that should be learned. When I first started to watch this show, I found it to be very interesting in its episodes. But soon as I continued to watch this television show, I noticed that in every episode, important lessons were taught, regardless, if the views understood them or not. Although, I followed each episode focused and attentive, there were times when I didn’t ...
- 114: National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea
- National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea In a time when millions of people are starving each year and thousands are killed in war zones, worrying about how much television we watch sounds like a stupid idea. Right? Well, that's what people all across North America are doing every day. In fact, there is a full week dedicated to the cause: National T.V ... t have is something to worry about. So, along comes Linda Weltner and National T.V-Turnoff Week. Problem solved. The middle class now has something to worry about. For years people have been watching television and no complaints have been made. No complaints about the endless information that comes from television. No complaints about the hours of entertainment that television has brought to people for years. But now people complain that we, as a people, are watching too much T.V. They would have you ...
- 115: Digital Television
- Digital Television On November 1, 1998 computer companies, television makers, broadcasters, and program suppliers have made a transition from analog to digital television. When the FCC passed a law forcing the networks to change from an analog broadcast to a digital broadcast, all the above mentioned industries have been scrambling to get a jump on their competition. ...
- 116: Japanese Animation
- ... the name of Osamu Tezuka first envisioned animation’s possibilities in Japan in the 1960s (Ledoux, 1). Tezuka realized the power animation could lend to story-telling, and produced a myriad of animated films and television programs from which modern-day anime has made its genesis. At first heavily influenced by Disney’s animation, Tezuka’s animation soon transcended the confines within which American animation had placed itself. Tezuka can be ... known there as manga. This tradition for the most part still exists today. In the present age, anime is extremely popular in Japan and abroad. In Japan itself, anime constitutes approximately sixty percent of all television programming (Ed Goodwin, president of CA West). In Europe and Asia, Japanese animation has been widely accepted as well (DUinfo). One anime property, known as “Sailormoon...moves $250 million a year in tie-in toys ... to be set to animation. “In fact, animation is one of the main facets of Japan’s music industry” (Goodwin). In America, an artist producing music for a relatively low-budget animation such as a television episode would be unheard of; in Japan however, this is a usual practice. With professionals who have devoted their lives to music production contributing to Japanese animation, anime generally sports music of a quality ...
- 117: Bugs Bunny and the Marlboro Man
- Bugs Bunny and the Marlboro Man How often do you watch television and not see violence, smoking, and drinking? Not very often. Everyday you watch television, and everyday you see one of these acts. You are not the only one who sees this, your children do, too. Every time you turn on the television to watch the news, a cartoon, a movie, or your favorite television series, you see something that is wrong with the world. Even if the shows you are watching don't show the bad ...
- 118: Television Violence
- Television Violence Does entertainment influence society’s attitude towards violent behavior? In order to fully answer this question we must first understand what violence is. Violence is the use of one’s powers to inflict mental or physical injury upon another, examples of this would be rape or murder. Violence in entertainment reaches the public by way of television, movies, plays, and novels. Television with its far-reaching influence spreads across the globe. Its most important role is that of reporting the news and maintaining communication between people around the world. Television’s most influential, yet most serious ...
- 119: Canada- Facts And Figures
- ... Since 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), one of the world's foremost public broadcasting organizations, has been helping Canadians to appreciate their nation and understand the Canadian experience. It now operates two core national television networks (one in English, the other in French); four national radio networks (two French, two English); radio and television services for the North in English, French, and eight aboriginal languages; two self-supporting specialty cable television services (one English, one French); and an international shortwave radio service that broadcasts in seven languages. Working under the terms of the Broadcasting Act, the CBC provides a wide range of programming that informs ...
- 120: Bugs Bunny and the Marlboro Man
- Bugs Bunny and the Marlboro Man How often do you watch television and not see violence, smoking, and drinking? Not very often. Everyday you watch television, and everyday you see one of these acts. You are not the only one who sees this, your children do, too. Every time you turn on the television to watch the news, a cartoon, a movie, or your favorite television series, you see something that is wrong with the world. Even if the shows you are watching don't show the bad ...
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