Campus radio

I would say I watch TV on average about fifty hours a week. I believe television has affected my thinking on government and politic. I watch Fox News for coverage of politics and governmental issues. I occasionally watch some liberal news outlets. However, I find that Fox News typically contain and share information that shows little filtration. The O'Reilly Factor is one source of Fox News that has no filtering of the news that I enjoy watching. Television has helped shape my view of social…

difficult to pinpoint any time where you were not serenaded by the radio while you were out running errands. All of this is thanks to the invention of broadcast radio. Broadcast radio was by far one of the most important and revolutionary inventions, paving the way for countless other endeavors. It all started with a man named Heinrich Hertz. Hertz was a German physicist who, in the late 1880s, was credited with proving the existence of radio waves on the electromagnetic spectrum. This is where…

Living in a world powered by technology one is able to live a well informed life without necessarily having an education. In the world of today one can access the news through the internet, television, radio, mobile phone apps and social media. While each hold different credibility, the answer to any question can be found if googled correctly. It may feel as though humans are the ones in control with all of this wealth of information, but are we really? Any one who has the right amount of power…

For the past weeks I have been monitoring and recording three different days of my own media consumption. Media to me personally is computer use, cell phone use for entertainment other than phone calls and reading the paper. Basically, being involved or cut off from what is happening around me at the time. I started my journey by doing my no media day first. I did not use the internet on this day nor did I check the school website in 24 hours. I work unusual hours at work between 11pm and 7:30am…

Television in American constitutes most of our contemporary consumerist lifestyle. The long-formed, systematic enterprise of television overlays it’s foundation for financial gain upon advertising, marketing, audiences and ratings. These topics and strategies play an important role in the making of the successful, lucrative business of television. Chapter two of Jason Mittell’s Television and American Culture extensively maps the process and history of how impactful and successful the media and…

Today people take television for granted because it is so heavily ingrained into our lives. Most households contain multiple televisions and are often the focal point of the house, it is a place where everyone gathers and focuses their attention on. Ever since the introduction of the television to the public it has consistently been one of the most influential mediums of media and the place where the public gain knowledge and information. However, with that being said the content portrayed on…

I. Have you ever spent too much time watching your favorite TV and lost sleep over it? A. You know you’re supposed to do your homework, but the TV programs have your favorite celebrities so you cannot stop watching them. B. According to the author Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, most recently accessed on December 3, a normal American’s average time of watching television is 4 hours per day. This may not seem like a long time, but it really adds up. C. Too much media may also affect in a…

1Cheyanne BoydJ. HesterSamuel F.B. Morse19 September 2017Samuel F.B. MorseToday communication is simpler than it was many years ago. We can call and text anyone in the world with just a tap or our finger. Over a hundred years ago people had to handwrite letters and send them in the mail. This changed thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse. He simplified the telegraph machine and invented the Morse Code.(pbs.org). Samuel Morse was an influential person who helped the world communicate easier and become more…

They play a major role in this deadly mix. Parents have the duty to warn their kids how bad alcohol can be for them. They have the responsibility to punish their teens when the teen is caught with alcohol. Unfortunately too many parents don't do either of those. Sometimes it is because the parent are alcoholics so the teen is raised in it and gets use to the alcohol so they follow in their parents footsteps. This creates a deadly bloodline that ruins generations and kills many in its wake. Then…

Every moment, everything in the universe change. Whether it is something miniscule such as an atom rearranging itself or on a larger scale such as the birth of a new life. One might say that change is the only constant thing in life. In their lifetime, one experiences ups and downs. These highs and lows are imperative in the growth and formation of a person. Unplanned events are normative components of the human experience. One can compare life to a heartbeat. On an electrocardiogram test a…