Next Eleven

This article was interesting to me because it taught me that even minor aspects could have a huge impact on a show and whether it will succeed or tank. I thought it was interesting that the time slot of a show can have a heavy impact on viewers and ratings. Thursday night is a popular night for TV already, ABC has some of their most popular hits such as Grey’s Anatomy which has , NBC has the NFL games, like the article pointed out and Fox now has this family drama to get thrown into the mix.…

Celebrities live in an entirely different world and they summon people’s yearnings to love, admire, copy, and gossip. The public sense a feeling of friendship by the familiar faces we see. The more a person sees certain faces, the more a person’s brain enjoys it. Furthermore, it does not matter if the face is attractive or not, it is known as “the exposure effect.” Individuals have a fixation with status. There are definite human traits that are universally recognized as beautiful such as…

My outlook in 20 years will be a reflection of my past years so that I may use my knowledge to help people of the next generation and make it a better place using the community.”Your generation has the biggest challenges and the most potential”-Harry Kim. This quote is lecturing to the upcoming generation, so that every generation will help in a way to help make a better world. My future will consist three reasons of what I can do to help this world a better place. One reason would be that I…

America’s Next Top Model has been one of the most popular reality television shows since 2003. The show is currently shown on TV all around the world (in more than 160 countries and regions), some other countries including Australia, China, Canada and United Kingdom even have their own version of the Top Model. It is almost impossible to ignore the popularity of the show. Not only people from the fashion industry but also the general public are loyal fans of the show. Regardless of the fact…

Stark Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise that was created in 1966. Episode 9 of season 2 was called a The Measure of a Man, which aired on February 11th, 1989. In the episode Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by a skilled scientist. A formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or a sentient being. The main point to take away from this episode is do we consider a machine, like Data, a…

Have you ever wondered about DRAKES biography if you did then im going to tell you !! Born Aubrey Drake Granham on October 24,1986, in Toronto Canada, Drake grew up with music in his blood … Drake’s parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mot her in forest hill, an affluent and predominantly Jewis neighborhood in Toronto. Drake’s parents had divoreced so he had to live with his mother in forest when he was y oung his mom would always play music for him so he grew…

Despite being developed more than 400 years apart, Scott Disick from "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and Mercutio from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are both epitomes of the reality TV archetype the "Reckless, Wild Child." The purpose of this archetype is to entertain the audience using comical and dramatic elements while bringing out the good qualities of other characters. A reality TV audience does not want to deeply analyze what it watches - it wants a comfortably predictable,…

The world of television was once a way of entertainment for families to sit down and watch together as well as a way to be informed. Since then the definition of television has brought a change, especially in todays culture where entertainment now means watching reality shows peoples’ lives. The culture of television is focusing on reality television making it a huge part becoming the center of socialization. It is becoming clear that over time television is becoming a part of a social reality.…

It’s 9:00 p.m. and everyone gathers around the television for a night of “Reality Programming.” As we gaze upon the screen and begin loading data into our brains, I question, “Is reality television shaping our minds and the minds of our children, and if so, into what?” In the last decade or so there has been a new craze that has swept our nation, and that is reality television. Why are these shows so popular? According to the Reality T.V. World’s website, there are around 1,000 reality…

be noticed and liked by others, and it can ruin friendships. The first way that celebrity culture is harmful is that it distracts everyone from major world problems. Everyone focus’ too much on what is happening in their show or what will happen next. This distracts people from actually paying attention to everything happening around them. For…