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Natural gas drilling is becoming a major profit maker for a multitude of companies. In response to being offered one hundred thousand dollars to sell his land for hydraulic fracturing, Josh Fox, a native Pennsylvania documentary filmmaker, begins to do his own research into the drilling industry. With the help of people from across the county, Fox is able to obtain first hand repercussions of the natural gas drilling on water supplies, overall health, animals, life after fracking, and the lack…

Mass communication can be defined as “…allowing communicators to reach a larger and geographically dispersed audience” (Chaffee & Metzger, 2001). However, developments in technology have challenged this definition and the existence of mass communication. This essay will investigate the hypothesis that mass communication era has ended, however the mass communication concept is constantly evolving as technology is developing. Mass communication will be explored using the three key concepts of…

Providing Sex Education in public schools will help reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In todays over sex society, where sex is used to sell products to teenagers from magazines to TV dramas on the CW. Teens not only see sex used to sell products they also talk about sex with their friends and fellow class mates on a daily basis. So then why are teenagers getting a limited education on sex? Teens are going to talk about sex, they are children growing up.…

PNAS, Vol. 110, no. 15, 04/09/2013). V. In conclusion, these three studies indicate that seniors that prefer to live alone will suffer greater physical and mental impairment and may die earlier as a cause of stress brought by loneliness. In 2009, HBO launched Memory Loss Tapes, by the Alzheimer’s project, further explaining the dangers of an older person living alone with Alzheimer’s disease. The clips show one patient in Birchwood rejecting medicine and feels that the disease is not a big…

Pirates: the take-all-leave-nothing swashbuckling badasses of the seven seas. Commonly recognized for their conquests of unsuspecting merchant ships, expensive ransoms, and their never ending pursuit of treasure, what pirates are most known for is flipping the bird to any and every rule that might impede their progress. While some may consider pirates a long gone band of drunken thieves, the end of the pirating age is nowhere in sight-- in fact, it is as alive as it has ever been. Consequently,…

VICE Special Report: Fixing the System is a documentary about mass incarceration in U.S. It follows president Barrack Obama on his historic visit to federal penitentiary. He is first us precedent to ever visit one. The report starts off by telling us about the prison population book that accrued in 1980s. Than it goes and introduces many prisoners that are currently doing time in the system. Majority of them are in there because of drug convictions. Most of them are nonviolent offenders…

Comedy is seen and enjoyed by many all around the world, claiming its place as a staple of human culture. Comedy has but one rule: it must be funny. Other than this, humorists can take any and all liberties to fundamentally change the affect of their art; resulting in a wide array of comedic styles. The “comedy” umbrella somehow shelters the slapstick fun of Laurel and Hardy, the deadpan observations of Steven Wright and the surrealism of Monty Python. These comedians, along with all of their…

Vance recalls an HBO documentary about hill people, the patriarch sets strict boundaries between acceptable work for men and women. Vance, comically points out that the patriarch clearly defines women’s work, but never defines work suitable for himself. The documentary…

Chapter 20 - Playing Chess and Speed Thinking Chess is a game of creating opportunities and seizing those moments to your advantage. Each move you make or do not make can change the outcome of the game at the drop of a hat. Speed chess requires you to think fast on your feet while playing. This can put considerable amounts of pressure on your brain to succeed at a fast pace. Chess is very beneficial to your brain because of eyesight training. When you are moving your eyes back and forth rapidly…

--- layout: post title: As Seen on TV, Predicting Box Office Outcomes for Film Adaptations of TV Shows --- Back in 2011, a very popular TV show called [Friday Night Lights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series) "Friday Night Lights") was wrapping up it's final season. As with all shows that rally cult followings, fans cried out for a followup movie; but this one was different. What this meant is that in it's lifetime as a story "Friday Night Lights" was a real life…