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- 461: Austria
- ... provides both freight and passenger service on the river. Many international carriers serve Austrian airports, with most traffic to Schwechat, near Vienna. Austrian Airlines, the national airline, serves many European and domestic routes. Communications Radio, television, telephone, and telegraph systems were all state monopolies, until the broadcasting system was converted into a joint-stock company in December 1957. The Austrian Broadcasting Company provides three radio and two television services. In the late 1980s, 4.7 million radios and 2.7 million television receivers were in use. Telephone and telegraph communications are directed by the Austrian postal service. More than 3.9 million telephones are in service. Over 150 daily newspapers and other periodicals are published. Daily ...
- 462: Propaganda In Film
- ... of America's cherished rights. Those who think that America's media is one of the freest might be somewhat surprised to find out that almost all the means of communication, from satellites, to the television networks, to the TV stations, to the newspaper chains and the major book publishing houses are owned by the elite. The important thing to realize is not just that the elite own virtually all the ... the European Wire service. He owns 5 magazines in Britain, approximately 20 magazines in the U.S., and more than 100 newspapers in Australia. His has an American Metromedia TV station network, and a satellite television network called Sky Television in Britain. Some of his other holdings include the 20th Century Fox Film Studio (Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford have been its past directors), the Harper and Row Publishing House, the Star, New York ...
- 463: Australia
- ... compared to the United States but due to economic levels of income and the infrastructure of the country this market is highly accessible and affective. Australian citizens long to be "Americanized" which in terms of television advertising and technological advancement, is a viable means that puts this form of market at our fingertips. The adaptation of pay television also allows for the consumer to shop at their convenience. Direct Marketing (promotions) Trade centers and shows are important, along with mass media ideas ranging from newspapers to television advertisements. Our foremost research enables us to believe that the Olympics in the year 2000 is the ultimate marketing entry gain. By utilizing this direct market approach there are several promotional and advertising methods, ...
- 464: Sexual Pressures
- ... it. We as society say "so what?" when the accusations surfaced at first(Kavanagh 13). In the same fashion, the media plays a huge part of sexual pressures exerted on a teen. One way being television. Television at the present time is full of vulgarness and sex. As far as prime time television is concerned is safer to watch old re runs of the Lucy Show" and the "Cosby Show". "they ere from an era where sex was not such a prime time staple"(Riley 186). This ...
- 465: Essay on Greek family
- ... brother, sister, or even grandma, it is still happening somewhere in this world. The main cause of this lack of morals is (in my opinion) directly related to the amount of sex and violence on television. Many years ago Elvis couldn't even shake his waist on TV, but now Sharon Stone can open her legs on a big screen for everyone to see. Violence has increased on television because sitcoms and movies will not sell in today's society without sex and violence. In the future, life in general will eventually become a game involving survival of the fittest and killing your next door neighbor before he kills you. Movies and television should be screened so only kids mature enough to know the difference between Hollywood and real life can watch movies with hardcore violence and sex in them.
- 466: Learning to Really Learn: Through Oral communication
- ... then if she would like to be taught to articulate her emotions more effectively. Her very quick and eager reply was "yes, I would feel more self-confident with my self" Is the radio and television good for a child? "Yes and no since it depends on what they are watching. Kids today spend all their time watching episodes with no educational value." I then said, "What if I said it is a proven fact that television enhances listening and speaking comprehension." However she was stuck on the general idea that TV is bad for a kid because he does not enjoy wholesome activity. Contrary to her belief, it has been proven ... parent child, and environment- child interaction with good reason. Children today possess a larger vocabulary and employ complex sentence structure that those of generations ago. This is because of the advent of the radio and television, and the rise of nurseries provide more language stimulation outside the home for the under privileged kids. Less contact with bilingual help who talk in broken English help the richer ones! Parents, more importantly, ...
- 467: Gullivers Travels Movie Versus
- ... the society that he supposedly desires to rejoin. This is a challenging depiction, since much of Gulliver/Swift's cutting satire about English society is lost (perhaps purposely) in the transformation into a movie. The television audience (assuming they haven't read the book) is then left to wonder why, if Gulliver knows how to get home, he does not. They are not given the opportunity to experience the satire that ... therefore, not able to realize the authentic character of Gulliver. To contrast one medium to another is quite challenging. What works well for authors and readers in print will probably need to be modified in television. The television movie of Gulliver's Travels is no exception. It is useful however, to compare the two versions and identify and analyze the differences between them because the changes are simply one person's interpretation ...
- 468: France And England In A Tale O
- ... nineteenth century the novel served to affirm the stability of Britain, in this century it has been greatly influential in the formation of the popular image of the French Revolution, mainly thanks to film and television adaptations. The purpose of this paper is to look at the popular reception of the novel from the time of its first publication in 1859 to the nineteen-nineties. Contemporary Reception of A Tale of ... than Carlyle's history, which is responsible for the popular image of the French Revolution in England in our century, not least due to the popularity of A Tale of Two Cities on film and television. The most famous adaptation of the novel is the 1935 MGM production, directed by Jack Conway. The film capitalised particularly on scenes depicting the revolutionary mob: the film critic Derek Winnert describes it as "a ... street scenes" (1009). The novel was again filmed in 1958 by the British director Ralph Thomas. This production again used a "lavish staging" (Winnert 1009). The novel has proved to be a popular source for television adaptations as well: it was adapted in 1980 and 1989, the first being an ATV production directed by Jim Goddard and the latter an Anglo-French production directed by Philippe Monnier. A Tale of ...
- 469: Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi
- ... of mankind, Bradbury uses Fahrenheit 451 to state his distrust for it in the novel, which explains why the devices are depicted as chilling, impersonal gadgets of mechanized anti-culture, (Mogen 141). Also, as the television was becoming the main form of communication in the 50 s, Bradbury believed that it was reducing society to very mediocre tastes (Touponce 125). As a defense against the degradation of literature (as well as ... The time that Bradbury is trying to illustrate is never simply stated, but rather implied and described through the lives of the characters and the technology available to them. The existence of a four-walled television (Bradbury 20) and high-speed jet-propelled beetle cars (Bradbury 9) inform us that this story takes place sometime in the distant future, keeping in mind this novel was written in the 1950 s. The ... through life mindlessly (Colmer 111). This society continues on without thought, without any emotions, without any real reason. It just functions however the government wants it to by feeding its people nonsense information through the television and seashell thimble, a small radio earpiece. They continue through life, all believing the same thing, becoming brainwashed by the government, conforming to any ideas set by it. The Mechanical Hound operates in the ...
- 470: The Function of Profanity in Modern English
- ... it, and the less it bothers us, meaning that the writers are given even more freedom so they use even more profanity, and so on. The same can be said of nearly all media, including television, theater and radio. Many television situation comedies and dramas in particular gain from this because they are able to make the situations more believable by using realistic language. Call-in radio talk shows and television programs are screening their callers less and less as it becomes easier to get away with the occasional on-air expletive. Words that used to get books banned are now commonplace in corporate boardrooms ...
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