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- 321: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... only chance that Nixon had was to show that he was "as clean as a hound's tooth"1 as it was put by Eisenhower. To do this the Senator made an address on national television that was viewed by approximately 55 million American viewers. The soap opera, as the Republican critics called it, amounted to the story of Richard's life. The address began with him telling how as a ... the art of answering the questions of reporters with "sound bites," the control over the press by the President was complete. "Eisenhower's single most significant media advancement was putting the Presidential news conference on television. Remembered as a breakthrough in TV news, it was actually created as a means of circumventing press interpretations. 'To Hell with the slanted reporters,' Press Secretary Jim Hagerty said. 'We'll go directly to the people...'"31 On June 26, 1953, the President made public the signing of the armistice with Korea and the end of the Korean War. Also that summer the President went on national television to "introduce his new Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and its first Secretary, Oveta Culp Hobby, the second woman ever named to a cabinet post."32 The President that the public saw was ...
- 322: Violence Due To The Media
- ... acceptable in any other form? Profanity cannot harm a teenager or adult in any way since it is merely words. Children should not be exposed to it, so children should not be allowed to watch television shows with ratings that suggest that profanity is contained in the program. When a television ratings system was created, the necessity for censorship ended. The purpose of the ratings is to warn parents of the content, so all material should be allowed on TV since the viewer is warned beforehand of the shows level of maturity. Television violence and vulgarity are not the only examples of unjust censorship. Who can speak their mind on controversial subjects such as the murder that occurs every day, which is abortion and the faults in ...
- 323: Fahrenheit 451
- ... stop Montag from thinking books might have some good in them. Having the firemen burn books was not the only way used to stop people from reading books. Montag was brainwashed, by a form of television, to keep him away from books. This form of television was called "the family." It wasn t only Montag who was being brainwashed from the family. Every home had a family installed in it, and all showed the same exact programs. A good example of ... is led by a man named Granger. Right away these men take in Montag because they have the same beliefs as him. That books are important. When Montag meets Granger, Granger shows him a small television set. Shown on the television set is the firemen chasing Montag. They show a man from far away and tell the people that it is Montag. The firemen kill the man, but never show ...
- 324: The Lexus And The Olive Trees
- ... phone or having special effects in a movie. These examples of technology have made it possible for hundreds of millions of people around the world to get connected and exchange information, news, knowledge, music and television. The democratization of finance began in the 1960 s with the outburst of the commercial paper market. The creation of the corporate bond market introduced some pluralism into the world of finance and took away ... mutual funds, hold the sovereign debts of many countries. The third change that made globalization possible the change in how we look at the world, is the democratization of information. Satellite dishes, the Internet and television, make it possible for us to see through, hear through and look through almost every conceivable wall. This breakthrough began with television. Throughout much of the Cold War era, television and radio broadcasting was a restricted business, because the spectrums and technologies available for delivery were limited. At first, only big cable systems could afford to ...
- 325: 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. ...
- 326: Critical Essay On The Pedestri
- ... centre for research on regressive tendencies . Leonard Mead is not a normal person in the way that his neighbours are, because all they do is sit all night with their lazy eyes glued to the television. Leonard is a writer in a non-reading society. People never read books, all they do is watch television and that is probably the reason why he has not met anybody on the streets in the last ten years. Leonard seems to have a critical attitude to all his neighbours being so unsociable . He ... changed to sneakers when strolling, because the dogs in intermittent squad . These words suggest that he shouldn t be on the streets and there is some danger involved. He pretends to ask what is on television in a joking kind of manner, which indicates that he dislikes everyone being cooped up whith their eyes on the screen. The author makes the place seem like it deserted; but now these highways ...
- 327: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... it sounds like I am just making up excuses for the entertainment business but how can they be blamed for murders that they did not commit, they are only doing there job by putting on television what people want to see. According to the American Medical Association in 1992 "they concluded that half of all homicides in the United States would not have occurred if not for the influence of television," but how can they report something like that when they more than likely didnt talk to the one who committed the crime, and I know for a fact they didnt talk to the ... contribute to the violence, but how can Walsh say the media is the most damaging when they just report on the violence, they are not the ones who make it appear first on the television, true they are the first to report about it but who else is going to report it. Us finding out on our own, will just make it worse because we only see whats ...
- 328: The Future of the Internet
- The Future of the Internet It's on television, in magazines, newspapers, and in our schools. Everywhere you go you hear about the Internet. Dubbed "The Information Superhighway," one might think that this network of millions of computers around the globe is as fast and as captivating as television, but with more and more users logging on everyday and staying on longer and longer, this "Information Superhighway" could be perhaps more correctly referred to as a clogged Los-Angeles expressway at lunch hour. Users ... your computer, you can see the other person while you talk. To make matters worse, you no longe have to own a computer to access the Internet. Now, devices such as Web TV allow your television to browse the Web and use Electronic Mail. Cellular phones are now also dialing up the Internet to provide E-mail and answering machine services. Needless to say, the telephone network was not designed ...
- 329: American Dream
- ... social consciousness. Alter it to the point that we feel that the American dream is no longer a luxury, it has become a necessity. Today there is almost no way to escape advertisements. The radio, television, and magazine ads make sure of that. The more we view these advertisements, the more we are persuaded toward the American dream. With a television in almost every household and magazines an arm=s length away, advertisers basically have us on our knees. We must digest advertisers= views so frequently that you would think it was necessary to sustain life ... a very early age. They lay the groundwork of ideals early on because it is easy to persuade a child. Now, with the two income family, children are left to interpret not only advertisements but television programming as well without supervision. Children are forced to make their own evaluations and most of the time they go along with the views of what they see. How many times do children want ...
- 330: Cheers A Semiotic Analysis By
- Cheers : A Semiotic Analysis by Berger In Arthur Asa Berger s essay, he conducts a semiotic analysis of the comedy television show Cheers. In his analysis of the show he points out many characteristics that refer to semiotics. Even though one could not agree with all of his findings, many of them are reasonable. One discrepancy ... meanings apply to the plot of the show. This is what Berger is trying to explain in his semiotic analysis. Another example Berger uses is the example about the names of the cast of the television show, Cheers . Berger states that there is a definite meaning behind every character s name in the show. For example, the character named Coach is an absent-minded character that can t even remember his ... used by Berger because any name could be made to have different meanings. One of the final examples Berger uses is the example about opposition. In this example, Berger explains how the writer of the television show used the personalities of the different characters to make them opposite. If looked into carefully the characters in the show have opposite personalities. Berger compares the identities of Diane and Carla, two of ...
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