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words or phrases that Brian Williams speaks during different episodes of the NBC Nightly News and recombines them in the order of the lyric of The Sugar Hill Gang's classic "Rapper's Delight". The video also uses the original image of Brian Williams to create the consistency of the “puppet’s” identity. Nonetheless, there is a clear sense of editing in this video because the frequent change of the studio’s background, the news clip on the window as well as the different combination of the…

1) “A decision to develop a series for prime time simultaneously a choice about a commercial commodity, an aesthetic endeavor, and a social institution. As a result, those making programming decisions will be variously evaluated according to perceptions of their business judgment, their aesthetic tastes, and the values they impart” (Bielby and Bielby 1994:1290). “in a mass-culture industry with a high level of market concentration such as network television, brokers are more directly…

Bowen and I have been an inseparable duo for twelve years. We are not afraid to point out each other’s flaws, and we accept each other’s criticism with thoughtfulness and grace. I push him to be more tolerant of others, and he reminds me to think before I speak. At the end of the day, we embrace each other for who we are, weird idiosyncrasies and all. Together, we would make strong tutorial partners. In high school, I’ve struggled with a slight speech problem, but Bowen convinced me to join my…

The Ellen DeGeneres Show season 15 kicks off in little over a week. The announcement has been made: the first show is September 5. Do you hear all the yelling? It’s TV viewers rejoicing that new episodes are coming! How did viewers find out? Well, watching the website and checking out social media had many fans watching but, there was a more traditional way too. There were other signs that Ellen DeGeneres was returning on September 5. Yes, actual signs with big letters and lots of lights.…

critical acclaim from media groups such as the Washington Post, TIME, and The Hollywood Reporter. The show during its fourth season had an average viewer base of over 18 million (HitFix), estimated piracy puts that number over 20 million per episode (BBC News). These numbers include an undocumented but undeniably large number of Christians. The show also includes an undeniably large number of nudity and sex scenes. For the Christian, warning flares should be shooting in all directions. “Is it…

Dates and Types of Services: This provider began seeing Mr. Justinian Winfrey (Justin) in November 2016 for therapy to address anxiety, anger and to develop his social and independent living skills for overall wellness. These specific issues were identified as a focus of therapy by his prior provider, and over the past several months of therapy, it is clear that these specific challenges continue to problematic, and something Justin desires relief from. Justin’s participation, in November…

For the assignment, going retro, I chose to watch several episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. This was an American sitcom that ran from 1962- 1971 on the CBS network. The show was created and written by Paul Henning and produced by Filmways Television. Both Al Simon and Martin Ransohoff were executive producers for this series which began in black and white but was switched to color in 1965. The shows had several main characters that came in and out of each episode, some of the most prominent…

When I was very little, walking up the trail with a pack on my back and the dog at my side, I would reach out and pull leaves from the bushes and trees. I would tear off corners, smooth the edges, and they would be turned into spaceships, flying across a lush alien world. Sometimes the trail, worn down into the ground over time by paws and hooves, would climb its way up onto the crests of ridges and meander across the moist, mossy fringes of muskegs. The rough, black and gnarled spruce branches…

made local and national news. When reported by NBC nightly news hosted by Lester Halt, the story seem to make headlines because of the popular application and it’s filter “Snap chat”, and when it was reported by Tampa Bay Times it seemed to make headlines because of the multiple fatalities that happened amongst a community. Television and newspaper have emerged as two types of popular mass media. How can the same story tell two different stories? Watching the NBC Nightly News, immediately when…

Hemingway characterized the Code Hero as "a man who lives effectively, taking after the goals of honor, boldness and continuance in a world that is at times confused, frequently upsetting, and constantly agonizing."The Code Hero measures himself by how well he handles the troublesome circumstances that life tosses at him. He confronts these encounters of existence with effortlessness. At last the Code Hero will lose on the grounds that we are all mortal, yet the genuine measure is the manner by…