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The average child today watches, or is exposed to, television for almost 5 hours a day or 32 hours of television a week. The divorce rate has also increased to almost fifty percent in America. One would think that these statistics are unpredictable and mind-boggling, but Ray Bradbury illustrated that he could in fact predict this horrible way of life. In the 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury correctly predicts government misinformation, family disintegration, television abuse, and…

It’s around 5 pm in the evening when I usually sit down on the couch and watch the news on TV with my parents. My parents speak little English so we stick with a Spanish news program called Al Rojo Vivo on Telemundo. I sometimes look at some news articles that show up on Yahoo while I go through my emails, but besides that I don’t really pay too much attention to it even though I know I should. The news program I watch has deal with how police have mistreated the people in the community and…

While listening to the gentleman, an interview a bit more subdued than his usual spiel, I felt that people who seem to throw themselves headlong into a cause, be it political or religious, seem to be evading a personal concern, and using a social one in order to mask something more individual, something more personally sensitive... Not being much of a political enthusiast, I have taken note of certain figures in history which in my opinion, had gone too far to be genuine. That is, at some point…

globally-significant televised events, like the first moon landing in 1969. (SHOW MOON LANDING CLIP) Who were some of the key people involved in 1960’s entertainment Evlis Presitly had a major influence on 1960s entertainment. World wide sensation on tv,film and radio. People attempted to emulate him not just in Austrtlaia but all over the world. (ELVIS PRESLEY…

As the star of the Texaco Star Theater, Milton Berle was the first successful entertainer in the early years of television. (Edgerton 113) Some attribute his success to his audience being isolated in one region of America. (Wertheim 69) However, it can also be attributed to his humor and personality. (Wertheim 68) Therefore, this paper discusses how Milton Berle's unique sense of humor, and personality made him the ruler early television. Specifically, it discusses how he incorporated…

sitcom industry has been dominated by the British since 1946, when their first sitcom aired. Since then the empire of sitcom writing has been dominated by the British. British sitcoms, or Britcoms, have developed through every era since then; each one bringing new hit sitcoms and catchy, illustrious moments. Some of the more famous Britcoms include: Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, The Good Life (Good Neighbors) and Are You Being Served? Because some Britcoms were…

Television,” which lasted from 1950-1970, America underwent a number of ideological and social changes, many of which can be found both on the television screen and in real life. Two sitcoms in particular exemplify these changes. Beulah, which was one of the first television shows to feature a black protagonist, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show which highlighted a career driven single women living in the city. Between the twenty year intermission between the makings of these two sitcoms, a number…

the party. With television the viewer is able to take image and base their vote of that instead of the candidate's actions. Television has made elections more accessible but has made the voter vote image over issues. Presidential elections through radio allows the voter to listen to the issues and actions that the candidate is addressing. With television the voter is…

Broadcast news remains a focal moment for many people in the evening. The broadcast stations tapped into this and created series of an evening or nightly news. The evening news is the most watched because the viewing public trusts the anchor’s credibility. Williams falls into this category due to his coherent progression in describing the event exactly how it happened. He does not rush to judgment, but rather to let facts emerge over time. Fabricating events to sell a story that may very well be…

The Golden Age of Radio lasted roughly around 1930 through 1940. That time was when the medium of commercial broadcast radio grew into the fabric of daily life in the United States. One time they provided news and entertainment to a country struggling with economic depression and war and much of the programming heard by listeners was controlled by advertising agencies which included the shows hired the talent and staff. Sometimes they draw performers directly from the old vaudeville theatre…