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- 601: Violence in Music and the Media
- ... problem with today’s music is that it seems to be common now to demean women. Kids seem to be learning that demeaning women is not only acceptable, but preferable to treating women with respect. Television also seems to play a role in demeaning women. Movies depict rape, brutality and many other violent acts that demean women. Women should be given the same treatment as men no matter what the case ... They are being taught that life revolves around drugs, money, and perverse forms of sexual activity—that can be obtained by force if necessary, and the two main teachers of all these deviant behaviors are television and music.
- 602: Fahrenheit 451: Predictions
- ... that is very wrong is the idea of intellectual and scholars being the criminals and the outcasts. Another difference that is rather large is the emphasis that Bradbury puts on the wall screen, three wall television type devices. Probably the biggest difference and the strangest is how Guy’s wife Mildred and the rest o f the country related to them as their “family.” Also how all the characters in the ... or shows. The TV could quite possibly be a way for Mildred to try to escape her unhappiness and reality, rather than dealing with her husband she would rather give her attention to her “relatives.” Television is a very big part of U.S. culture but not quite in the way that Bradbury portrayed it to be. Furthermore, a very significant prediction was the “firemen” as they were called. These firemen ...
- 603: Semiotics And Intertextuality
- ... Each media text exists in relation to others. In fact, texts owe more to other texts than to their own makers. Texts are framed by others in many ways. Most obvious are formal frames: a television programme, for instance, may be part of a series and part of a genre (soap or sitcom). Our understanding of any individual text relates to such framings. Genre theory: Within semiotics genres can be seen ... is found in a range of genres such action-adventure film, documentary, news, current affairs). Some genres are shared by several media: the genres of soap, game show and phone-in are found on both television and radio; the genre of the news report is found on TV, radio and in newspapers; the advertisement appears in all mass media forms. Texts sometimes allude directly to each other as in 'remakes' of ...
- 604: Snow Crash
- ... information. Information was very important in this society finding more and more information and learning more things. Snow Crash took away information and manipulated those addicted to the drug. People were using computers and watching television to get more information that was never used in their brains. The more a person worked their brain, the more viruses they were exposed to, and the better their immune system became (p.429). Hiro ... doubt. In many ways our world is becoming more like the Metaverse. The Internet is similar to the Metaverse in many ways. With the expanding of technology, soon companies will be offering telephone services, cable television, and the Internet all in one package. People can do countless things on the Internet. One can talk to people he or she does not know, or see, and lie to them. With all this ...
- 605: How to Start a Billiard Club Business
- ... are meet markets for all types of professionals, from lawyers to bankers to accountants to managers and administrative assistants. During the past few years, the expansion has been fueled by greater media coverage from movies, television commercials using a billiard setting; coverage of the Ladies Pro Tour on cable television; interviews and articles with professional billiards stars, and the rapid growth of the upscale billiards parlors. By replacing the old billiard hall with a new one, located in better urban and suburban areas, it will ...
- 606: Running Wild: Essay About the Novel Hiroshima
- ... what the man who invented the flying machine, but the people who could get their hands on it. IT is very odd that at the same time the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, so did the television on the Western world. Television is an evil in itself. It tries to make us forget about what is going on, in this case Hiroshima, and diverts our attention to commercials and soap operas. It is like a shield that ...
- 607: Shaft
- ... which grossed over $7 million dollers, but Riding his immediate success, he went on to star in two Shaft sequels, Shaft's Big Score! and Shaft in Africa as well as a short-lived Shaft television series. The Shaft theme song, witch was performed by Isaac Hayes reached number one on the charts and won both a Grammy and an Oscar. Unfortunately, the character of John Shaft cast a shadow over ... actors up until then, it also typecast Roundtree as a black action hero in a time when actors could not build successful careers on action films. Since then, he has landed numerous small roles in television, including parts in "Roots" and two recent "Bonanza" specials. His work in film has consisted mainly of over twenty low-budget action films. But none of his roles have matched the visibility or popularity of ...
- 608: "Beware of the Fish" by Gordan Korman: A Review
- ... headmaster is a grim man named Mr. Sturgeon(a.k.a 'The Fish'. A sturgeon is a kind of fish.) It all started when Elmer Drimsdale, school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like a television broadcaster. He didn't know it really worked!!!! When Bruno and Boots found out their school was broke and needed more money, Bruno began to think up schemes to put their school on the map.All his attempts seemed to fail, so he vented his anger on the television broadcaster, not knowing it actually worked. He accidently broadcasted many announcements, declaring 'The Fish' will seek his revenge. During these broadcasts, the video camera was focused on a poster of a salmon. The police thinks ...
- 609: Representation and the Media
- ... lots of violence, nudity, and bad language. Even though, I think, this is absolutely unsuitable, the person watching it with me may disagree. To (him or her) this could be a very normal thing on television and they may actually like this type of entertainment. Another statement I found to be very true is "Without language, meaning could not be exchanged." I have often wondered if no one could communicate with ... have other ways of communicating (body movements, facial expressions, and emotions, etc.). I also agree with what was said about classifying certain things and those things leading to stereotyping. If I see a man on television that wears funny clothes, wears thick glasses, and is very unpopular, I classify this person as a "nerd". This is not a good thing to have a habit of. You can not agree, disagree, talk ...
- 610: Cellular Radio, Isdn Networks And Satellite Communications
- ... channels transmitting up to 2mb/sec. Satellite Communications A satellite is a wireless receiver that is launched into space and placed in orbit around The Earth. Satellites are used for many purposes such as, weather, television broadcast, Internet communications and global positioning systems (GPS). There are three types of communications satellites. These are named after the orbit in which they occupy. 1. Geostationary Satellite These orbit the earth over the equator ... s surface. These satellites can see approximately 40% of The Earth’s surface. A satellite dish aimed at the spot where the satellite is orbited can access them. Examples of this would be weather and television satellite. 2. Elliptical Satellite These satellites revolve around the Earth in elliptical orbits. They move fast when they are near the earth and slower when travelling away. Examples of their uses are amateur radio and ...
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