2000s American television series

Today, people are allowed to burn the American flag, cut out the state motto from their license plates, and advocate illegal activities without being convicted. The individuals who partook in those activities would be seen as convicted criminals, but the rights encrypted in the First Amendment protected them. However, numerous Americans believe that the First Amendment goes too far in the protections it promises. According to a survey by American Journalism Review, “49 percent said it gives…

Alex Marshall Media Literacy Andrew Smith 10/28/2016 Piracy Research Paper: How Piracy Has/Will Influenced Advertising When it comes to piracy, most people assume its effect-both positive and negative-is limited to the stealing music, films, and television shows. Although, this is correct and countless of research proves this, it goes much deeper. Piracy also influences the advertising field. The people’s whose jobs are to sell a certain product to the public often can find their ads not only…

How are African Americans Portrayed in Media? Today, in America, there is still a sense of distinct separation between the blacks and whites. Although America is one of the most diverse nations in the world, there seems to be a biased casting in the media. Media is one of the most important factors in american society, and ***Although there are both negative and positive connotations associated with african americans in media during events like the civil rights movement, murder cases, the…

The show is a series that has four seasons in it so far, and the fifth season is in the making. Each season has a different plot, and it involves different characters, so you never know what to expect when it comes out each year. The show is a horror series, so there is always some sort of unrealistic twist to it (“Jessica Lange” Wikipedia). She played Constance Langdon, the intrusive…

office of President. One of his main running points was the idea of removing American soldiers from Vietnam. This policy would become known as ‘Vietnamization.’ Richard Nixon took office in 1969, introducing the idea of Vietnamization. This strategy focused on ending the Vietnam War and returning the control of South Vietnam back to the people. Nixon officially announced his plan of Vietnamization on public television on November 3rd, 1969. This announcement was part of his ‘Nixon Doctrine,’…

utilized the strategy of infotainment. This concept of infotainment, is that news is presented in a form to be both entertaining and informative. For example, in recent news this can be referenced through the news of the women who claimed to be African-American and was the head spokesperson of the NAACP and now they have found out that this women was naturally white. In fact, this was portrayed for days in several news companies for the news just focused on the women and her ethnicity but it…

Growing up with American culture is “different” from how my family members grew up with Filipino culture. I see myself as differently from my family members because of my likes and dislikes in entertainment, food, language, and styles. I feel like I lack the ethnic cultures that were passed down from my grandparent to my parents. I’m expected to have a lot of ethnic cultures from my parents. I feel different from my ethnicity because my likes and dislikes makes me seem different. I am…

excitement over the power of the Harry Potter series. He states the belief of the series “inspiring a generation of kids to read for pleasure in a world dominated by instant messaging and music downloads” is not as accurate as the populace has come to believe. While many children have gone on to read other series after completing the Harry Potter series, the majority do not. Gioia states that the series “got millions of kids to read a long and reasonably complex series of books. The trouble is…

James Roy Horner (1953 – 2015) was an Academy and Golden Globe award-winning American composer; conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was mostly known for the vocal and electronic elements in many of his film scores. Horner was also a respected composer of concert music before he started writing film scores. His first major film score was for the film "The Lady in Red," but he did not establish himself as a well known film composer until he worked on the 1982 film "Star Trek II: The…

American Dad is an animated sitcom by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman that started on Fox but was canceled July 16,2013 but was picked up by the cable TV station TBS for the 11th season. American Dad first aired on February 6,2005 right after Super Bowl XXXIX which was also the first time Fox called their animated programming Animation Domination. In 2005, in addition to American Dad, Animation Domination also included programs like The Simpsons, Family Guy, and King of the Hill.…