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- 371: Dvd Vs. Vcr
- ... four inches by seven inches, containing yards of video tape inside. This video tape is little more than a plastic strip covered with particles of iron oxide. This strip is recorded on by changing the television signals used to broadcast programs into magnetic fields, which magnetize the particles of iron oxide into patterns. The tape is played back by converting the magnetic patterns on the tape back into television signals.Many VCRs today use a form of recording and playback known as helical scan. In helical scan, one or two record/playback heads are mounted on the circumference of a drum that rotates rapidly ... DVD player. Light from this laser beam is modified by the elliptical depressions, and is then converted back into the original patterns of electrical signals. These signals are then fed by cable into a standard television, where they are converted to a picture. VCRs offer many advantages to consumers looking for a reliable source of home entertainment. One of the most appealing characteristics of a VCR is the machine’s ...
- 372: Good Public Relations
- ... impact on a company, if it is used to its full advantage, it can be a very effective way of getting publicity. Newspapers are always looking for people and things to write about. Radio and television stations are always looking for people to interview and things to talk about. These stories are free of charge, and are of greater value than a commercial would be. People know that a commercial is paid for and designed under the companies own perspective of itself. People are more likely to pay attention to what a newspaper article, or a television interview gets across to them than a commercial. The reason for this is because the information is coming from a source outside of the company, and is therefore more trustworthy. This is not to say ... handle all of the details. This would include everything from arranging for a location, sending out invitations and arranging the agenda, to taking care of the refreshments and food. Setting up representatives for radio shows, television and newspaper interviews, are just a few of the other ways a P.R. firm can help to promote a company. A spokes person must be prepared to deal with the media though. If ...
- 373: Media Manipulation
- The media and advertising hinder do indeed hinder our being fully human. Mass media including radio, television and newspapers endeavors to shape public opinion on a variety of things. The media attempts to manipulate those values instilled by parents and society in general, thus taking away from our being human. Messages designed ... public to be one and the same, rather than allowing them to function as humans who follow their own beliefs. Public opinion is formed through media propaganda. The network of communication systems – radio, magazines, newspaper, television, and films – informs those exposed as to their roles in society and their culture. Advertising has but one purpose: to sell a product or service or to promote a political figure by any and all ... have been taught wrong, leaving them in a state of confusion. Parents try to teach their kids that smoking is wrong, for example, yet commercials showing the rich and glamorous smoking are seen everyday on television. Subliminal messages are sent to the viewer that those who smoke drive fancy cars and are beautiful people, thus enticing the viewer to smoke their product. One cannot be fully human without values, yet ...
- 374: Lee De Forest
- ... entirely different method. (Kraeuter, 77). (Though some time later movies actually began to use the method De Forest originally proposed.) Lee De Forest was a pioneer in the development of wireless telegraphy, sound pictures, and television. His triode made practicable transcontinental telephony, both wire and wireless, and led to the foundation of the radio industry. He is frequently called "the father of radio." (Kraeuter, 75). The first high-powered naval radio ... since the audion helped start the explosion of electronics earlier this century. American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made live radio broadcasting possible and became the key component of all radio, telephone radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. (Kraeuter, 79). Forest passed away on June 30, 1961 in Hollywood, CA. De Forest wrote an autobiography entitled Father of Radio, but did not get that recognition from the rest of the world. He is remembered as one contributor to an industry that was, truth, the work of many people. (Kraeuter, 79). Kraeuter, David W. (1992). Radio and Television Pioneers. New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries. (1999) [Online]. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/index.html
- 375: Click Vs. Brick: An Exploration Of Mp3 File Sharing And Mp3
- ... choose not to buy recorded music; it is not an essential commodity as in the case of the starving man and the loaf of bread. They could still hear the music on the radio or television. If a whole generation of people become used to not paying for music, the industry may never recover and aspiring musicians will have no motivation to create new music. The ethics become even more questionable ... labels are embracing the Internet and file sharing as a way to promote their artists. This may be because they exert less influence over the media, and may not be able to get radio or television airplay. According to the New Musical Express, many leading independent music acts will see their songs legitimately return to Napster once its paid membership service gets going - through their independent labels. It is the major ... piracy as an act that is difficult to justify by anyone’s definition of ethics. There are further arguments that claim file sharing can aid the music industry, much in the same way that commercial television and radio do. This is claim is supported by many musicians as well as consumers. The effectiveness of this strategy, unfortunately, is difficult to gauge and contradicted by recent industry sales figures. It is ...
- 376: Violent Crimes By Juveniles
- ... of the consequences behind doing something wrong. That type of discipline carries on to fear any consequence, criminal or not. Another reasons why crime among juveniles has gone up is the things children watch on Television. Although Television should be monitored, children still find a way to work their imagination by watching. All the trash that is seen on TV takes its toll on the minds of juveniles and causes them to want ... like Power Rangers can have a great effect on children. When you get into shows with guns and killing, that totally expands a child’s mind to new ways of getting rid of their problems. Television teaches children how to get rid of their problems, but not in the correct manner. Children should go back to communicating their problems to their parents and have their parents teach the resolution. Drugs ...
- 377: Saddam Hussein: The U.S Portrayal Of Evil Encarnate
- ... There is significant evidence indicating that Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran during their 8-year war, which is condemned universally by the international community. Hussein is quoted as saying in an interview with Spanish television, "America used nuclear weapons against Japan. Isreal possesses nuclear weapons- you and the whole world know about this. Iraq, therefore, has the right to possess the weapons which its enemy has... America moreover, used chemical ... chanting and dancing around him, firing weapons into the air, etc. One of the most obvious events involved Saddam Hussein’s "human shields. On August 23, 1990, 5-year old Stuart Lockwood was seen on television shying away from the uninvited attentions of Saddam Hussein. Stuart snubbed Hussein, and ruined the dictator’s attempt to turn a group of British hostages he was holding into a propaganda sideshow. Stuart and his ... her diary-made-book very clearly: "Today, my five-year old son became the tiny "British Bulldog" who apparently defied the most ruthless, murderous dictator of the 1990’s and was witnessed doing so by television viewers all over the world. Because he was literally standing on the wrong spot at the wrong time, he has had to endure the sort of media pressure and hype that can make even ...
- 378: Exaggerations and Reinforcement: A Male Version Of Women's Lib
- ... cultural norms that have existed in this country for a very long time. The "assertive" women have unleashed an assault on everything from the way women dress to the way that women are portrayed in television commercials. All this talk about how big companies use women and about how men are just a collective group of sex-hungry pigs who stare and gawk has really been exaggerated a little too much ... last half and hour at most? Now onto the "marketing" of the female body for commercial sales. First of all, look at it this way. How many people, men and women, do you see on television commercials that are rather homely or just downright ugly? Beauty is viewed as a pleasant aspect. When you're trying to sell a product, you don't bombard the consumer with things that are going ... name a few. If I do correctly recall, David Hasselhoff and the rest of the male cast of Baywatch only wear a pair of swim trunks. What does that have to say about the way television exploits women only? Overall, I believe that the whole sexism has really been blown completely out of proportion and the fact that a great majority of the women in this country still reinforce the ...
- 379: The X Files: Negative Images of Races
- The X Files: Negative Images of Races In society today, we have a problem of putting forward negative images of some races in the world. This is demonstrated with three episodes of the television show "The X-Files". In the first episode entitled "El Mundo Gira, Latino immigrants are viewed as stupid weak peasants, in the episode "Hell Money", Asian immigrant are viewed as small minded, easily persuaded people ... to be something done about it. Weather it's a TV rating or whatever, something has to be done. If we just stand by and watch this happen, society can become a cesspool of racism. Television is a huge factor in society today, and with these images coming up all the time in cartoons, sitcoms, etc. everyone in exposed to them. Weather the person takes them to hart or just merely shrugs them off, there has to be a way of regulating these images that are portrayed in our television programs today. Another thing is that these shouldn't be in our cartoons like "The Simpson's" that children watch everyday. To a child everything they see on TV is reality, unlike an adult ...
- 380: Teenage Violence: A National Plague
- ... to a generation ago. Teenagers are exposed to massive amounts of violence in the media. Violent acts are glorified in the media. Children are subjected to a relentless stream of violent acts on prime time television, news and movies. They begin to see violence as an acceptable solution to their complex problems. Exposure to violence in the media is increasing. Teenagers are watching more television instead of spending time with family and friends. For some teens television becomes their social life. Even Saturday morning cartoons are impressing messages upon our children. They seem to illustrate that if you are a reasonable person, you must use violence if you are dealing with ...
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