Leslie Moonves

the narrator of many racial conflicts. CBS executive producer Allison Grodner stated “I think a lot of the fun of our show is bringing different genders together — different opinions, different backgrounds, different people.” (Wieselman). However when it comes to taking responsibility for creating an environment that is sure to bring about conflict CBS denies any act on it. CBS after airing the episode in Season 15 that contained cast member saying many offensive remarks released a statement in which they stated that they did not condone that behavior (Harnick). But one still has to argue that the behavior is broadcasted purposefully in order to get high rating and get the audience talking about what happened. CBS President and CEO Les Moonves in an interview stated that he found some of the behavior to be absolutely appalling but said it “is reflective of how certain people feel in America” he also called the show a “social experiment” (Dehnart). It is clear that CBS purposefully uses this race driven narrative in the programming because it is compelling to the audience. It’s also important to note that Big Brother is a very interactive reality tv show in which the audience has power to vote for their favorite cast member. This not only creates a more loyal audience but an engaged audience that will continue to come back for more drama in the narrative. What CBS does here is foster loyals that will want to see every aspect of what is going in the Big Brother house. In…

Gender Roles Mediation has been portraying negative stereotypes about gender since it was created. People may not always notice that the media of TV shows are influencing them, but they are. No one can escape being influenced by media. This has happened to me. I have watched The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother and loved it; however, I never noticed the many gender stereotypes that it has portrayed. Until I read an article explaining the stereotypical roles assigned. People believe…

FRANKENSTEIN: The True Monster Mary Shelly’s novel titled Frankenstein is the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor Frankenstein is a man obsessed with knowledge of the unknown. He played a dangerous game with the laws of nature, and creates his own form of man. Guilty of robbing dead bodies of their parts to build his creation piece by piece he has the nerve to feel disgust at what he created. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;…

Pre-Raphaelite painters. Her mother was also a nurse and had written a book about the profession. From the time she was born to 1895, Virginia spent her summers at the Stephen’s Talland House in England, which to this day is still standing. The looks of the dramatic Porthminister Bay had a view of the Godrevy Lighthouse that inspired her to write. Her mother passed away in 1895, followed by her sister two years later. These events left her in a state of shock. She called it “the greatest…

As individuals we have an utter compulsion to better ourselves, and the instinctual belief of a better tomorrow. In the short story “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, protagonist Sylvia and friends are introduced to a new way of living and naïvely forced to perceive the world in a whole new aspect, therefore stripped of what they once knew. Entering this unfamiliar world, they are exposed to what they could only dream of, delighted by their surroundings, Sylvia and her posse could not help but…

to the fact that he wanted to take her virginity himself (Goswami, et al., n.d.). This infatuation most likely caused a sense of resentment towards Tammy in Karla. Together they attempted to rape Tammy on two different occasions due to the fact that the drug wore off too quickly the first time they attempted (Laugh, 2013). Karla attempted to please Paul even further by inviting a friend of hers to have a girls night out in order to give Paul a plaything to do with what he wished for the night…

organization, focused on theoretical and scientific research, that worked in conjunction with the organization that was already in place (OSTI, 2016). Manhattan Engineer District After the decision was made to move forward to the production phase, the Army became directly involved. Specifically, the then S-1 program was placed within the Corp of Engineers to provide heightened security and production resources (AJ, 2015). In some ways there were different priorities between the military and the…

Every night after our dinner my family and I would sit down and watch The Big Bang Theory on television. Those thirty minute airings had my whole living room roaring. We loved how awkward Sheldon was and how Leonard was always chasing pretty Penny. It was not until recently that I have noticed how misogyny is portrayed throughout the show. As I watch the episodes back I still laugh: however, I cannot help but to realize how the women, in particular Penny and Amy, are characterized throughout…

school Leslie Burke. While Jess comes from a family of low income and Leslie family is of high income that does not interfere in their friendship. Together the two make up a world of their own without any problems, a world in which they can disappear to. They name it Terabithia. The difference in income never becomes a problem even when it is Christmas time and they decide to get each other gifts. The topic of money develops into a theme, and what young readers get from this text is money should…

Sheldon Cooper Sheldon Cooper, or Shelly as his friends and family sometimes refer to him as, is a character on the television series The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon Cooper is a senior theoretical physicist at CalTech where he works with his roommate, Leonard Hofstadter. Sheldon has many things that seems odd about him. Some of the things that are a little different that he does is that he must knock 3 times of his neighbor Penny’s door. He does not quite understand sarcasm when it is spoken to…