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- 351: The TV Generation
- ... this person "the world today" or "life" or "reality" he will assume that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years in the past. My generation is greatly influenced by the media, specifically television. Television becomes my reality by bringing into my life the happenings of the outside world. Our generation is often called the MTV generation. We are often stereotyped with the idea that all we do is sit around and watch TV. Sure, we probably do watch more television than our parents did as teenagers but we have to remember, TV was generally new to their generation. They only had a couple of channels to choose from while we sit in front of ...
- 352: Elvis Presley
- ... enjoyed the times with his daughter, Lisa Marie, at Graceland has well. He loved driving his pink Cadillac’s and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycles. After years away from the stage, he final appears on television singing on December 3, 1968 on NBC - TV. This special would be known as the "Comeback Special". It was the biggest television hits of the year. Elvis took his crown back as "The King of Rock and Roll". You have to remember Elvis comeback during the time of Vietnam War and hippie movement, and Elvis had all ... largest showroom in the city. The engagement did break all existing Las Vegas attendance records and gets rave review from the public. Elvis opens up what is called his "Vegas" period. January 1973, Elvis makes television and entertainment industry history with his " Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Via Satellite Special ". It was the concert by a performer to be broadcast around the world by satellite. Elvis performed for free to help ...
- 353: Uses And Abuses Of Information
- ... uneducated masses that made up 85% of the population. The life of a party member involves being constantly subjected to government propaganda by the medium of the telescreen. This is a device similar to a television placed in the home and workplace of Party members, unlike a television it cannot be turned off and it transmits as well as receives. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, one of four government ministries. The Ministry of Love is concerned with law and order, The ... to the Vietnam and Gulf wars. He describes a study that was done at the University of Massachusetts on attitudes towards the Gulf war. This study was designed to gauge the beliefs and attitudes of television watchers. One of the questions asked in that study was, How (sic) many Vietnamese casualties would you estimate that there were during the Vietnam war? The average response on the part of Americans today ...
- 354: Role Of Mass Media In Politics
- ... are some things that separate these two movies in regard to the role of the media in politics. They differ in the angles at which they approach their respective story. For instance in The Candidate, television is the main means of communication to the public for the fresh upstart and the incumbent running for the office of senator. Television can give almost exactly what the two candidates want. Short spots in which they convey their beliefs, ideas and towards the end, slander for one another. Television provides to us up to the minute, flashy, visual, auditory messages and it has proven to be a good way in which to get a certain point across in a specified amount of time, ...
- 355: The Roswell Incident
- The Roswell Incident Almost everyday there are programs on television which involve or relate to UFO's (Unidentified Flying Object's) or aliens from other planets. Programs including X-Files, Unsolved mysteries, and Sightings, often deal with aliens and UFO's. Many people believe in ... on in July, 1947, but either way, this one single incident has changed the way a countless number of people think about the government and the world today. These truths are found in books, on television, and in the public's words. The man credited with first finding the UFO crash site is Mac Brazel, who found some "strange, metallic debris ... scattered over one of his pastures" on the morning of ... closed," it really is not. Obviously somebody lied to the American public and the public should be aware that there is a good chance that they will be lied to again. Maybe the shows on television which portray the government as being sneaky and corrupt are true and someone is trying to send a message. Whatever went on at Roswell has sparked a way of looking at things different from ...
- 356: McDonald’s Americanizing Europe
- ... by the American culture? For years now since World War II, America has had a powerful grip on the European economy through the export of its products such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. The television phenomenon, especially, has transmitted American products and images on a huge scale causing Europeans to feel as if they have been blanketed with the American culture. During my research, I found that the American fast ... developments occurred in Britain, Italy, and especially West Germany (11). As a result, Europeans began to spend their money on such “luxuries” as new furniture, electrical appliances, crystal and china, high-fidelity phonographs and records, television sets, and leisure wear—most of these made in America (Fells 196). Most Europeans felt that this kind of spending would make them more American and therefore, allow them to become modernized and live similar ... of life (Wegs, et al 353). While McDonald’s had a large impact on Europeans, it’s important to note that the American media played a large role in portraying American products as being superior. Television, movies and the media emphasized Americans as being incessantly happy with their new cars, dishes and clothes. Most Europeans felt that if they could purchase items such as the new types of pots and ...
- 357: TV Violence
- TV Violence A major topic of conversation nowadays is whether or not voilence on television causes children to bahave more violently. Shortly after I began to research this topic, I realized that it is not a clear cut issue. Evidence can be easily found to support each position. In the ... it is believed that, without a doubt, violent TV increases the likelyhood that a child will behave in a violent manner. This stands is examined in the Maclean's article intitled,"Power to the people. Television's teen Rangers Kick up a storm. The author of this article, Particia Chrisholm, explains a heated debate over the affects that the kids show "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" has on children. According to ... McCormack discusses the goals of the action group that refers to themselves as the Child Savers. According to this article, the Child Savers believe that "Programs which contain gratitous violence will not be shown on television."(McCormack 1993.P20) They basically want to force the CRTC to wake up and take action. They are also considering making an ammendment to the Criminal Code. The author of this article seems to ...
- 358: Methods Of Therapy
- ... change by means of systematic application of principles of learning". One use of this kind of therapy would be in fear reduction. For example, it is not uncommon to be afraid of flying. In the television series Cheers, one of the characters, Frasier Crane, a psychiatrist, held a class for such people. By using several techniques, people in his class became more relaxed with the idea and eventually took a plane ... what has been termed a Token Economy. Here the youth were encouraged to exhibit preferred behavior with the promise of a reward which was usually in the form of a card. Different privileges such as television or outings, could be purchased with these cards. This too is a form of behavioral therapy. The next topic mentioned in the introduction was Group Therapy. This has its advantages and disadvantages. The idea behind ... change by means of systematic application of principles of learning". One use of this kind of therapy would be in fear reduction. For example, it is not uncommon to be afraid of flying. In the television series Cheers, one of the characters, Frasier Crane, a psychiatrist, held a class for such people. By using several techniques, people in his class became more relaxed with the idea and eventually took a ...
- 359: Black Female Bodybuilders
- ... association of black women with an indefinable physical superiority is not as overt as in the cases of Grier and Jones. In an episode titled "Destiny" in the second season of the extremely popular syndicated television show Xena: Warrior Princess, the titular heroine Xena, played by actress Lucy Lawless, is injured in a battle and has flashbacks to her incipient warriordom. She is queen of a band of bawdy pirates who ... images to a black female colleague, the stereotype of the domineering black woman is immediately what came to mind for her, the personal transformed into the political. On the popular Amos 'n' Andy radio and television shows in the 1950s, through the character of Sapphire Stevens, the wife of George "Kingfish" Stevens, black women were depicted "as over-bearing, whip-cracking, butt-kicking, 'Never trust a Black man' females who had to constantly hound their men to get up out of bed and 'get a job.'"44 I saw this same, tired image again as the perpetually fussing mother in the 1998 made-for-television biography of envelope-pushing basketball player Dennis Rodman. It is a persistent image attached to the black female in a society that denigrates their strength and denies them their often justifiable rage and anger ...
- 360: Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Speech
- ... for censorship: in a classroom or library they may restrict or ban a book or other learning resource because it includes social, political, or religious views believed to be inappropriate or threatening. A movie or television program may be considered violent, or obscene because of nudity or indecent behavior. A song or speech may contain language thought to be vulgar, or ideas and values that some consider objectionable. Furthermore, a group ... not be suitable for the students. Often censors are parents, members of religious groups, or just citizens who are concerned about the presence of indecent or improper material in their schools, libraries, theaters, book stores, television, and else where in the community. These individuals are concerned with indecent or improper material in their communities. Shifting to the opposite view on this topic, there are those individuals that oppose the power to ... protect some forms of expression including libel and slander, false advertising, obscenity, and inciting a riot (Harer 13). In our age, there is an unlimited amount of information available through a diverse representation of media: television, radio, films, newspapers, telephones, computers, magazines, books, and so on. Opposed to other countries, within the world, we are advanced both politically and technically. With our ability to learn and to communicate with one ...
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