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- 1701: Social Effects of the Vietnam War on the United States
- ... them back to the justice department, which they knew was illegal. All people such as members of Congress to veterans to house wives joined the peace movement. President Johnson stated in his March 31, 1968 television speech that he would negotiate an end to the war and stop bombing North Vietnam beyond the twentieth parallel. He also announced that he would not run for a second term of presidency. Hubert Humphry ...
- 1702: The Amish Family Life
- ... baby cereals. Milk is not always served to the children as a beverage, but is used on cereals and in cakes and cookies. Because of their lack of exposure to the outside world (including radio, television, and magazines), Amish children are influenced solely by their parents' and extended family's eating habits. However, as more young people are forced to seek jobs in the outside community, their food experiences and traditions ...
- 1703: Censorship on Televison
- ... What should qualify a person to become a censor? A FOX-TV broadcast of car crashes and animal attacks attracted the network its highest viewer ratings. "Shock-jock," Howard Stern has taken his Saturday night television show on CBS and in most markets quadrupled the ratings in that time slot for the 18-34 year old male demographic. It should not be the responsibility or even the job of the FCC ...
- 1704: Divorce and Children
- ... Generally kids often try to escape from their situation through different means. Some kids might go into their rooms for a couple of hours and don’t come out until dinner, others spend hours watching television, and jump at the chance to get out of the house and in some cases get involved in some sort of substance or behavioral addictions-drugs, alcohol, overeating, undereating, shoplifting, or promiscuity (casual sex). Parents ...
- 1705: Stereotypes of Pro Athletes
- ... superior to other races involved in sports. They can jump higher than everyone else, run faster, and have better balance because of their "extra" muscles. It may seem this way when we watch sports on television, and it does seem that way at times, nonetheless though it is a stereotype. Stereotypes are products of our own individual inadequacies. They make us feel better about ourselves because we can point the finger ...
- 1706: Divorce
- ... take the easy way out and get divorced than to settle any differences between them. Even though many families choose not for divorce, there are many ways to improve family relationships in daily life. The television series, Married With Children, portrays a classic “dysfunctional” American family in which the mother and father ridicule each other, argue, and plain out detest one another’s company. This obviously does not represent any majority ...
- 1707: What If The World Had Only Two Faces?
- ... violent. Seeing the same individual over and over again would probably cause the mind to become bored. That would be plain and simply tedious. Not only would each person be “bored,” but so would the television world. What would it be like to watch a movie with each character possessing an identical face? It brings excitement to life to compare faces but in this world of two faces, it wouldn’t ...
- 1708: Gender Roles In Men and Women
- ... about her words. I start to ask me from where she got that boys are bad and from where she learned to act different from them, maybe her other friends, perhaps her mother, probably the television, no doubt the society. Works cited Allison, Dorothy. “Gun Crazy.” The Norton Reader. Ed. Peterson Linda H. et al. 9th Ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. 286-289. Goldberg,Herb. “In Harness: The Male ...
- 1709: Maintaining Civil Liberty
- ... issues such as adultery , fornication, and prostitution. All of which would make a single episode of the "Jerry Springer Show". Thus, what can that conclude, moral issues that are debated upon are featured regularly on television talk shows, how could those moral crimes be enforced? It certainly makes it more acceptable to society and often once something gains acceptance it loses it's shock value and becomes commonplace. What would occur ...
- 1710: Violence In Sports
- ... p. 45). Mass media also contribute to the acceptability of sports. Leonard (p. 166) maintains that the media occupies a paradoxical position. On the one hand it affords ample exposure to sports-related violence via television, magazines, newspapers, and radio, thus providing numerous examples to children who may imitate such behavior. It glamorizes players, often the most controversial and aggressive ones. Its commentary is laced with descriptions suggestive of combat, linking ...
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