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- 311: Psychology Comparison
- ... organizations and the research team were ÒshockedÓ by the findings, because the Internet has been viewed by many as having actively social uses. Harmon goes on to compare the Internet to the ÒpassiveÓ medium of television. She states that with these new findings the suggestion is made that the Internet is no healthier than older forms of mass media. She claims that these findings raise Òtroubling questionsÓ about the quality of ... being.Ó The researchers next include a section on the current debate of the Internet. They discuss the uses of the Internet describing social and asocial functions. They then go on to compare it with television and its entertainment value. Issues of time-displacement and physical inactivity related with television watching is also compared with possible effects of the Internet. They do grant that the Internet is inherently more social than television but emphasize that the relationships created on-line are not the same ...
- 312: Internet Access: Flat Fee vs. Pay-Per-Use
- ... other hand, will likely be based upon a pay-per-use model. On a gross level, one might say that the payment model for the Internet is closer to that of broadcast (or perhaps cable) television while the model for the Information SuperHighway is likely to be more like that of pay-per-view T.V. "Pay-per-use" environments affect user access habits. "Flat fee" situations encourage exploration. Users in ... scarcity, politics, taste, or personal/corporate preference, they will make decisions on a regular basis as to what material will be made accessible and what will not. This kind of model resembles broadcast or cable television much more so than it does today's Internet. The scarcity of outbound bandwidth will discourage individuals and small groups from becoming information producers, and will further solidify their role as information consumers. "Interactivity" will ... it is possible that many of the elements that current Internet users consider vital will disappear in the new infrastructure. Though the average consumer will have many more options than they do from their home television today, attempts at mass distribution will likely favor mainstream big-budget programs over those that are controversial or appeal to a narrower audience. It is possible that diversity available from all sources will decrease ...
- 313: Entertainment And News
- Entertainment and News News coverage, whether by television, radio, the internet, or newspaper must be selective, selective not simply in which stories it reports but in how it presents them as well. The media is incapable of providing a rundown of everything that ... the media entertains the viewer rather than giving them information that is revelant and socially important. In a capitalistic society, news organizations are faced with many types of problems. Money is their number one concern. Television news must compete with each other because of ratings. Ratings determine advertising prices. Therefore, the news must give the people what they want rather than what they need. For example, Jessica Dubroff was the youngest ... had crashed and she, her father and pilot all died, she was the headline of every news agency. The news agencies are not completely at fault. They are just giving the people what they want. Television news is in the convenient position of being able to influence people when they are most vulnerable. A photograph from the first moon landing, transmitted electronically back to earth, shows the American flag planted ...
- 314: Gendre Stereotyping
- In the year 2000, the average person is spending more of his/her leisure time watching television, or using their computer. The shows on TV and the information available to us available through all types of media influence our decision process. An individuals perception of the world is ever-changing as he ... is good, it can be very dangerous. TV influences every aspect of our lives; our life style, what we wear, how we look, and how we act. Children are more susceptible to the influence of television compared to adults. This is true because of a lack of maturity. Children often identify with a popular movie or television character although both adults and children are influenced by television. Information acquired through all media can be destructive. We know information can be harmful when we use the terms "tomboy" and "sissy". These terms ...
- 315: Howard Stern: The King of Mass Media or the Anti Christ?
- ... star of his syndicated radio show, but he has also published two books starred in a movie about his success, and has taped segments of the Howard Stern Show air at night on E-Entertainment Television. Although Stern’s ratings are through roof, there is a majority of people who think that he is the worst thing that could have ever happened to the entertainment business. Howard Stern has lost all ... which Howard refers to as, Daniel Carver, Gary “the retard” a man that has a mental disability and Rich “the fag” a homosexual male. Through the entire episode, which could be viewed on E-Entertainment Television Stern degraded these women and the judges. This is only something that a seriously demented person could come up with. As if the people who were judges was not inappropriate enough, Stern strategically had each ... different races and religion groups. They will be exposed to the jokes that will seem harmless to them but really are programming their mind that this kind of thing is right. In today’s society television is the baby-sitter. Parents usually work full time therefore they can’t always be there monitoring what the children are watching. If parents don’t allow their children to watch this kind of ...
- 316: Sex In Advertising
- ... become so common that people are becoming callous to the message it is sending. Sex is part of life, but when advertisers sell sex, and use sex to sell a product, they degrade both sexes. Television still perpetuates traditional gender stereotypes because it reflects dominant social values. In reflecting them TV also reinforces them, presenting them as 'natural'. As one might expect in a society still dominated by men, men dominate ... publications, the ads tend to be for beauty products and cleaning products. The women in both are used to create an image of beauty, attractiveness and elegance and then equate it with the product. In television advertising, women are portrayed, very simply, as sex objects. Again, depending onthe target audience, they are either promoting cologne or other 'men's' products, or they arepromoting cleaning supplies for women. Either way they are ... are 'affectionate', 'gentle', 'sympathetic', 'dependent', 'emotional', 'nurturing' etc. Such qualities are found in varying degrees in most people. But all men and all women are aware of the cultural prevalence of traditional gender stereotypes, and television contributes to this awareness. Sex roles involve cultural expectations, such as that men will seek achievement and dominance, and that women will be compliant and supportive. The relationship of individuals to these expectations often ...
- 317: Communication With Teenagers
- ... communicating with siblings. The sister, in this situation, is a teenager and the brother is in the first of his teenage years. Their father is on the floor in the living room taking an old television set out of the stand and replacing it with a new one. The sister sits down on the couch, slouches and lifts her feet on to the coffee table. The brother moves from one piece ... next. The sister is eyeing the brother, who is younger by a few years and at least five inches shorter than her. The brother is eyeing the sister now and at times glancing at the television. The sister wears a frown as she sits down and the brother has a blank, half-smiling, almost mocking look upon his face as he stares at the sister. The sister’s tone of voice ... the room. “You didn’t do your dishes!” he declares, loud enough for their parents to hear. Bluntly she replies, “So?” He rolls his eyes in response and then asks if she wants the old television, because it still works. She scoffs at him as if he doesn’t know anything. “No, we’re gonna give it away.” “Na-uh, Dad said we can keep it if someone wants it,” ...
- 318: Juvenile Crime
- ... the effect of the media on the juveniles of today. Before the time a child has reached seventh grade, the average child has witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on the television. There is no doubt that heavy exposure to televised violence is one of the causes of aggressive behavior, crime and violence in society. Television violence affects youngsters of all ages, of both genders, at all economic levels, and all levels of intelligence. Long-term childhood exposure to television is a casual factor behind one half of the homicides committed by juveniles in the United States. The increased availability of guns has played a big part in escalating the number of crimes committed ...
- 319: Gendre Stereotyping
- In the year 2000, the average person is spending more of his/her leisure time watching television, or using their computer. The shows on TV and the information available to us available through all types of media influence our decision process. An individuals perception of the world is ever-changing as he ... is good, it can be very dangerous. TV influences every aspect of our lives; our life style, what we wear, how we look, and how we act. Children are more susceptible to the influence of television compared to adults. This is true because of a lack of maturity. Children often identify with a popular movie or television character although both adults and children are influenced by television. Information acquired through all media can be destructive. We know information can be harmful when we use the terms "tomboy" and "sissy". These terms ...
- 320: Consumer Appeal
- Consumer Appeal Advertisers of today have strategically combined commercials and television shows in order to sell products. Gloria Steinem discusses a similar idea in her article, "Sex, Lies, and Advertising." She repeatedly demonstrates how advertisements, particularly in magazines, are complementary to the articles around them. In the same manner, so are commercials to television programs. They are both aimed at the same groups or types of people, such as sex, age, gender, etc. Many times, the time of day or day of the week a show is aired has ... out of high school and under the age of twenty-five is either out or working. This leaves a majority of the older crowds watching the program. According to Gloria Steinem, the target of the television show will be the same as that of the commercials. This proved to be true with "Profiler" and its commercials. There were a total of twenty commercials aired. They included and Allstate Insurance ad, ...
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