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- 291: Gangs
- ... are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning something while watching the TV. Very few hours of television watched by children are educational, so other ideas are being absorbed during this period of time. Many shows on television today are extremely violent and are often shown this from a gang's perspective. A normal adult can see that this is showing how foully that gangs are living. However, to a child this ...
- 292: The Tragic Challenger Explosion
- ... Church 38). We have seen the tremendous photographs the Telescope has sent to Earth, it's a shame they couldn't have been received sooner. From a media standpoint, this disaster really changed the way television was used to report major disasters. It may seem fairly common when Special Reports interrupt normal programming, but in 1986, it was pretty unusual. In fact, ABC switchboards alone fielded more than 1,200 complaints from people who wanted to watch soap operas rather than an all-day report about the Challenger and the late breaking news related to it (Zoglin 42). Television definitely had a tremendous impact on reporting this story. ABC Anchorman Peter Jennings said, "We all shared in this experience in an instantaneous way because of television. I can't recall any time or crisis in history when television has had such an impact. (Zoglin 42)" The disaster even affected President Reagan's State of the Union address. When asked about ...
- 293: Columbine Whose Fault Is It
- ... years, which in turn caused a change in Klebold. These two factors, peer rejection and bad influences by friends, were the underlying causes of the entire tragedy. Another contributing factor is the media, which includes television, radio, the Internet, and video games. Studies have shown that viewing television violence has a clear influence on boys' violent behavior, even through adulthood. Centerwall's (1992) study involving the effect of television programs on murder rates, showed that children who were raised in front of televisions began to show evidence of viewing violent programs (Balk, p.472). Other studies also showed that viewing violence affects many ...
- 294: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our countrys short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of these medias, to benefit a few. From the 1950s until today, television has been the preferred media. Because it captures the minds of most Americans, it is the preferred method of persuasion by political figures, multinational corporate advertising, and the upper 2% of the elite, who have an interest in controlling public opinion. Newspapers and radio experienced this same history, but are now somewhat obsolete in the science of changing public opinion. Though I do not suspect television to become completely obsolete within the next 20 years, I do see the Internet being used by the same political figures, multinational corporations, and upper 2% elite, for the same purposes. At this time, ...
- 295: Future Of Radio And The Internet
- ... to the other end of a radio transmission chain. When one switches stations on our radio, there is no interaction, we are simply selecting from a series of predefined options, just like changing channels on television. If you switch from one station to another, none of the stations know about it, and can do nothing to make their programming more interesting than their competition. The Internet has no such limitations, from ... irrelevant compared to quality of programming and content, including advertising. Whether wired or wireless we should see radio in the broader view, as an ideal medium for communication but without the "old radio" constraints. When television first arrived it was described as "radio with pictures," and maybe we might now think of radio as not, "television without pictures," but as a medium that can add pictures and other content as desired. Television does not have its impact without sound, but radio is great without pictures. Imagine a radio combined with ...
- 296: Compare And Contrast The Way T
- ... the United Kingdom where it was first examined by military censors who would cut out any unsuitable material. Due to the length of time involved it was often three weeks before it was shown on television by which time it was invariably out of date. Spoken and written reports were allowed to be broadcast from those ships, which possessed a satellite communications system, MARISAT. Due to the limited availability of this ... British (7). One phenomenon that was to first appear during the Falklands War was that of the Armchair Strategist. More often that not these would be retired senior military officers who would be asked on television to speculate on the next phase of the campaign, which was to lead to the controversy over the battle for Goose Green. This was to occur during the Gulf War as well with the military writer James F. Dunnigan correctly predicting every major aspect of the air and land war in November 1990 on American television. Often this is no more that harmless speculation, but sometimes they gave away information, such as the case involving Goose Green, that may have been of use to the enemy. This led to an ...
- 297: Advertising And Alcohol
- ... These Budweiser ads are unconscionable. So are Phillip Morris's Miller Lite "twist to open" commercials, which are among children's top 10 favorite ads, according to another study by KidCom. Hard liquor ads on television are equally unconscionable. In June, 1996, Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons Co. broke a 48 year old voluntary ban on advertising hard liquor on television. Five months later, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) re-wrote its Code of Good Practice to allow its member distillers to advertise on radio and television. Even if these TV ads are aired only after 9 or 10 PM, they will still reach millions of American children. Alcohol advertising may increase alcohol consumption, including drinking by minors. Based on this ...
- 298: The Clinton Sex Scandal
- ... of the Web, aren't pushing us that way. For instance, Jan. 23, just a couple of days into the Clinton/Lewinsky crisis, when it was still just two people who both said nothing happened, television and radio commentators were already using words like "resign" and "impeach." Which, to me seems like a quick rush to judgment. Pack journalism and media frenzies aren't new phenomenons, but the Internet has changed ... write: "When you commit wall-to-wall coverage of a sensational story in which little is known, you're inevitably going to wind up in a swamp of sleaze," one network executive said, adding that television ends up "repeating half- truths and innuendoes because you've got air time to fill and people who come on have agendas." Maybe all this is true, maybe it is false and it is going ... everywhere. You'll have no trouble finding news about this latest mess in the White House but rather have trouble avoiding it. Despite the fact that it is a top story for all newspapers and television programs, a lot of the reporting is redundant, and the major papers are surprisingly slow to update. The Internet media shares the same issues that the written or televised press have: censorship and morality. ...
- 299: ISDN vs. Cable Modems
- ... access commonly available at the time of this writing the transfer of graphical images can be frustratingly slow. This report examines two enhancements to existing residential communications infrastructure: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and cable television networks upgraded to pass bi-directional digital traffic (Cable Modems). It analyzes the potential of each enhancement to deliver Internet access to residential users. It validates the hypothesis that upgraded cable networks can deliver residential ... ISDN-based Internet access. 3.1 Cable Technology Residential cable TV networks follow the tree and branch architecture. In each community, a head end is installed to receive satellite and traditional over- the-air broadcast television signals. These signals are then carried to subscriber's homes over coaxial cable that runs from the head end throughout the community Figure 3.1: Coaxial cable tree-and-branch topology To achieve geographical coverage ... in the community. The network thus follows a logical bus architecture. With this architecture, all channels reach every subscriber all the time, whether or not the subscriber's TV is on. Just as an ordinary television includes a tuner to select the over-the-air channel the viewer wishes to watch, the subscriber's cable equipment includes a tuner to select among all the channels received over the cable. 3. ...
- 300: Animal Farm Real World Example
- ... as controlling political thoughts, views, and people s understanding of the world. It is accomplished using various channels to condition people s thinking. Publicity and advertisement campaigns saturate people with products, broadcasting over radio, and television which in itself is a prime example. Many religions employ mind control, conditioning their followers to obey without questioning. With nearly global use of the television; it has become a preferred method with which to influence and regulate people s thinking, creating an unreal and idealistic, hypothetical reality which people strive to emulate. This is accomplished through shows and movies; the ... imaginary world, only to fail; thus generating in themselves a sense of unworthiness, which in turn prompts them to try harder, to stop being individuals and become uniform. Another controlling method that is diffused through television, radio and written publications; is any reported information about world politics and news. Powerful political groups narrow people s views of what is going on around them by tainting and twisting information to their ...
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