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- 541: Dead End: Teenage Suicide
- ... to, maybe my teens years would have been different. Many experts have tried to pinpoint the reasons for teen suicide. This list of these culprits is long: Too much divorce, too little religion, too much television and too little communication between parents. Absent parents, too much sexual freedom, and widespread use of drugs and alcohol, to many guns, not enough love and finally a hostile world. Each of these reasons has ... years about depression and suicide. Early suicidal prevention can prepare and help a troubled youth later in his high school years. The government should also become involved by getting a spokesperson and getting them on television with some kind of slogan helping our depressed teenager get help. They should also make 800-telephone number available to teens that way they can talk to somebody and take some of the pressure of ...
- 542: Beatlemania In The 1960s
- ... Sullivan. The first show was scheduled for Sunday, February 9, the second was telecast from Miami a week later, and the third pre-taped for an airing in March. These concerts were the most watched television programs ever (70 million viewers) until recently. The Beatles' arrival in the United States was presaged by a deluge of advance publicity. Newsweek, Time, and Life have chronicled Beatlemania, UPI, and the AP(Associated Press ... soon found themselves signing a contract with Britain's giant Electric & Musical Industries, Ltd., the largest recording organization in the world and major stockholder in Capitol Records, Inc.; headlining concerts throughout Britain; and appearing on television. Their first recording, "Love Me Do," was issued by EMI's Parlophone label in October, 1962. It sold a respectable 100,000 copies, and it was the last time a Beatle single sold less than ...
- 543: Banned And Censored Music
- ... want to listen to in this country. Censorship is the control of what people may say or hear, write or read, or see or do. Censorship can affect books, newspapers, magazines, motion pictures, radio and television programs, and speeches.” (World Book 345) Most of the early problems with the censorship of music came about in the early 1950's. This was the first real era of rock and roll in America ... the words it is obvious that sexual content is no where to be found. In 1967, the Rolling Stones were forced to change the lyrics of a song in order to perform it on national television because, of course, it had sexual content. The song was called "Let's Spend The Night Together" and they were forced to say "Let's Spend Some Time Together." Later that decade John Lennon and ...
- 544: “That Time of the Month”
- “That Time of the Month” It’s about four o’clock in the afternoon and Jon is waiting for his girlfriend to pick him up. Naturally, to kill some time, Jon turns on the television set. Immediately, he is pelted with the most informative fact that “Always” has wings and it fits just right. This is typical, right? These ladies need to know what to purchase on their “special time ... pain to account for as many as two years of going through women times. Put these commercials on one channel and help us innocent men out when our last resort to the “Period” is the television.
- 545: Christmas Satire
- ... no longer a celebration of Christ and happiness, but is a celebration of a now fake, commercialized, overweight Santa Claus. The idea of eating yet another turkey dinner while watching a forgettable Disney movie on television brings tears of pain, not joy, to one's eyes. The main virtues of the holidays have gone from an idealistic white wonderland, to a migraine-causing festival of greed. The Christmas of the past ... but hear them scream and shout if they don't have it at all. After the chaos that ensues, mother and father will separate into different rooms and brother and sister will crowd around the television. No, they are not going to watch "It's a Wonderful Life", but either a blow 'em up violent version of it, or another bland Christmas special on another boring sitcom. This is what Christmas ...
- 546: Vietnam War
- ... problem for President Johnson when their organizers joined in an unofficial group, the Inter-University Committee for a Public Hearing on Vietnam. This new committee began planning a nationwide teach-in to be conducted on television and radio, of which would be a debate between protesters and administrators of the government. The antiwar movement, through the national teach-in, contributed to the resignations of many government officials, including the resignation of ... peaceful series of speeches and musical presentations. Then many of the participants tried to march the various government grounds, most importantly taking place at the Lincoln Memorial. For most Americans, the events were symbolized by television images of dirty-mouthed hippies taunting the brave, clean-cut American soldiers who confronted the unruly demonstrators (VN H. and P.). Americans were soon shocked to learn about the communists' massive Tet Offensive on January ...
- 547: Drinking Hemlock and Other Nutritional Matters
- ... of the Theory of Knowledge. Morowitz begins his short piece with a tale of a commercial he witnesses. He starts off cynically by stating; “…after rising early I thought it appropriate to turn on the television and communicate, unidirectionally to be sure, with the outside world” (2). Here he hints at the fact that a television only spits out information. Whether the information is correct or not remains to be seen. He goes on to describe an old Hollywood idol denouncing sugar on this commercial. She condemns it as an “unnatural ...
- 548: Defending Against the Indefensible: Understanding Communication
- ... true, and false, will happen to words such as semantic, and pedagogical. Vocabulary tests should be left as they are. If a student wishes to study words of everyday use, read a book, or watch television. The next principle was thought provoking as well. The use of a metaphor as a tool in education is rarely used, as Postman notes. “Unless our students are aware of how metaphors shape arguments, organize ... a bridge, but does not tell us with which tools he intends to build it with. This particular concept is valid alone for the above reason. Whether you are talking to a teacher or watching television, metaphors need to understand. The fifth concept is that of reification. This means confusing words with things. We falsely associate simple words with things they don’t even resemble. This occurs many times when we ...
- 549: Handmaids Tale Vs. Fire Dwelle
- ... was suspended. It was said that it would only be temporary, but that was not the truth. People had no idea what to do; and looked anywhere for some kind of guidance. Eventually newspapers and television became very censored, for what was said to be security reasons. Then came the roadblocks, and Identipasses which were greatly approved by society, The road blocks began to appear, and Identipasses. Everyone approved of that ... be too careful (p.163). No one tried to fight the changes because they did not understand what was occurring, There wasn t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction (p.163). There were rumors that new elections were to take place, for the new Constitution. However, this would take a very long process to prepare for. Streets were cleaned up ...
- 550: Will Canada Become The 51st St
- ... have a President or a Prime Minister? Indeed, our assimilation would be difficult. However, youth would have little trouble fitting in, since we wear the same clothes, listen to the same music, watch the same television shows, and play the same games. But how would the assimilation begin? The answer is simple. If Quebec were to win a referendum and leave Canada, we would lose much of our industry. After Quebec ... United States. The House of Commons would become a meaningless symbol, along with many of our historical buildings and monuments. In a way, Canadians have been submerged in American culture. For example, even on Canadian television stations, you will find American shows, for example, Goosebumps, and American show, is shown on YTV of the Rogers Cable Company of Canada. In addition, American music is played on Canadian radio. American movies are ...
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