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- 331: Porography
- ... available period, and some could even argue this point against the types of women used in pornography: " A far greater variety of females types are shown as desirable in pornography than mainstream films and networks television have ever recognized:fat women,flat women,hairy women,aggressive women,older women,you name it"(Carol 25).If we could all decide on just exactly what pornography is and what is acceptable,there wouldn ... way, these youngsters cannot expect other adults to act any differently.Therefore they accept this type of behavior as normal. Diana Russell claims that tactics like these are being used more often in advertising and television, which has led the media watchdogs and anti-porn activists to believe that this sort of masked imitation of pornography tricks mainstream television viewers into having an "everybody's doing it" attitude about pornography.She also feels that this attitude subconsciously leads them into seeking pornography out (39).We need to show the younger generation that everyone ...
- 332: Escapism and Virtual Reality
- ... slightly, one for each eye, and provide stereo vision and hence a sense of depth. They change at least fifty times per second, providing the brain with the illusion of continuous motion (just as with television). Attached to the goggles are a pair of conventional high-quality headphones, fed from a computer-generated sound source. Different delays in the same sound reaching each ear provide a sense of aural depth. There ... paperclip). A machine with a microprocessor often has a larger range of possible uses and may require an instruction manual telling the operator how to use it (e.g. a modern washing machine or a television). Both of these examples can be used without abstract thought, merely trusting that they will do what they either obviously do, or have been assured by the manual that they will do. The next level ... imagined, with a victim being forced to perceive only what the torturers choose as reality. Users who experienced VR at work as a tool may chose to use it as a recreational drug, much as television is sometimes used today, and just as foreseen in the `feelies' of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Conclusions Computers are now an accepted part of many peoples' working lives and yet still retain ...
- 333: Western Films
- ... s cleavage. And the ambitious David O. Selznick production, a "Gone With The Wind"- type western titled Duel in the Sun (1946) was a saga of sexual longing critically renamed "Lust in the Dust." When television took its toll on western screen entertainment in the late 50s, the B-pictures transferred themselves to the small screen throughout much of the 60s and 70s. The TV Western resembled the second film features in theatre palaces in the 1930s and 1940s. Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger (played by Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as sidekick Tonto), Hopalong Cassidy, and Roy Rogers had their own popular television shows. Their programs were later joined by such long-lasting series as: Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, and Wyatt Earp. Because of the popularity of the TV show, The Lone Ranger, a full-length, color feature ... Horse (1970). In the early 1980s, westerns began to disappear from cinema screens as memories of the trail-blazing past receded and because of changes in public taste. The tiring, familiar presence of westerns on television and the recognition that the way of life of native Americans was practically annihilated in our past caused a decline. However, in the mid 1980s and into the 90s, western films experienced something of ...
- 334: American Dream 2
- ... 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 ...
- 335: Georg Cantor
- ... of well-distinguished and well-defined objects considered as a single whole. A collection of matching dishes is a set, as well as a collection of numbers. Even a collection of seemingly unrelated things like, {television, aardvark, car, 6} is a set. They are well-defined and can be distinguished from one another. Sets can be large or small. They can also be finite and infinite. A finite set has a ... one set with the members of another. Sets which can be matched to each other in this sense are said to have the same cardinality. We could pair up the elements of the imaginary set {television, aardvark, car, 6} with the numbers {1,2,3,4}. It is possible to do this so that one member of each set is paired up with one member of the other, no member is left out, and no member has more than one partner. Then we can be sure that the set{1,2,3,4} has the same number of members as the set {television, aardvark, car, 6}. one-to-one correspondence: {television, aardvark, car, 6} { 1, 2, 3, 4} So, what is bigger? infinity+X? infinity+infinity ? Or infinity(infinity)? To calculate which is bigger cantor used sets ...
- 336: Talk Shows and Their Effects on the Audience
- Talk Shows and Their Effects on the Audience Their ratings are the highest of any shows on television. The “actors” are the most outrageous, entertaining, and controversial people one could imagine. And the writing....well, suffice it to say, were these shows scripted, someone would be up for a Pulitzer. Well, perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but they are in fact one of the most interesting and debatable aspects of television. They are talk shows. Of all the unique facets capable of discussion, I have chosen to focus on two specific talk shows involving two specific lawsuits--The Jenny Jones show and its involvement with the ... a secret admirers segment of The Jenny Jones talk show expecting his admirer to be a woman, not his gay neighbor. When Schmitz found Scott Amedure, a 32-year-old unemployed gay man, telling a television audience about a fantasy that involved Schmitz, some whipped cream, strawberries and champagne, he became embarrassed and, his lawyers said, enraged. Three days after the taping Schmitz received an anonymous, sexually suggestive note on ...
- 337: 1980’s Sports
- 1980’s Sports The eighties were a great time of talented athletes, it was a decade of all sports. The popularity of many sports were increased in this decade, mostly because of television. The Olympics were a big part of the 1980’s. The world records, the Olympic records, the introduction of new sports and women’s sports. Baseball, basketball, football, boxing, and some other sports also had ... today. The mid eighties golf rules were changed to all professional golfers. The main change was golfers may only carry a maximum of 14 clubs. Golfs popularity sky rocketed in the mid eighties because of television coverage, also tennis started to prosper as well because of television. The 1980’s was a full decade of sports it included a lot of changes for the good and bad. As you should know from reading this report television played an important role in ...
- 338: Gates World
- ... The Gates Patrol will be storming to your household in no time flat! Not only will you be surfing Bill’s Web on your Gates Network, but also you will be channel surfing the Gates Television. It will work in conjunction with your Gates Network providing you with the best in picture quality. Best of all, the Windows Television Programming will have something for everyone. No more unwanted television ads, you’ll find exciting offers direct from Microsoft! And with the Microsoft view channels, you can see any part of the world through live digital feed. Every image is direct from Microsoft’s ...
- 339: Dragons in America
- Dragons in America World Literature Hr. 3 Monsters or dragons in present day America are feared .Monsters in America consist of politicians, celebrities, and criminals. In America they are portrayed through media, television, and movies. Monsters in America are feared but can also be seen as a source of entertainment. Media and entertainment create most of the fear in Americans. In the news we hear of shooting, killings, and rapes everyday. The media always gives a very in depth look a each incident to satisfy the audiences every wonder. Entertainment on the other hand enhances these modern day monsters in movies and television. Movies about serial killers such as “Natural Born Killers”, “Seven” “ The Stand”, and “Silence of the Lambs” strike fear in to the hearts of millions of Americans all too often. This creates people to fear monsters in reality more than ever because Hollywood makes monsters as scary as possible. The television is another source of violence in the world. It seems that every shows on TV has to do with some kind of terrible murder. Shows like “New York Undercover” always end up with a ...
- 340: Alcohol Advertisements
- Alcohol Advertisements It has came to my attention that the television censers have been considering to put a ban on alcohol advertisements. I consider this to be a great idea. Most teenagers and young adults are being influenced by alcohol advertisements. Due to advertisements many people ... alcoholic beverages would you know that it was there if it wasn’t advertised on T.V? Think about where did you hear about your favorite restaurant ? Most likely you heard about it on your television show between your favorite shows!! Two federal reporters recommended that alcohol advertisements should be band or severely limited because of the effect that it has on people( alcohol). Another reason that T.V advertisement has ... V shows , then the viewers wouldn’t be influenced by the advertisements. The T.V advertisement also advertise for block parties concerts and sporting events ect. ( Dunn 63) These promotions also are advertised on the television. These advertisements are for the promotion of drinking and also for the promotion of underage drinking. If block parties and rock concerts sponsored by alcohol companies then teenagers and young adults would not think ...
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