Public Broadcasting Service

While the two radio stations have different genres and target audiences, there are similarities between them. For the hour of audio analysed from each radio station, the same time, midday to 1pm was sampled. Format wise both stations were similar, starting the hour off with a song, contrary to the norm, which is newsbreaks and/or weather report. The similarities in the formats continue, as after the song at the beginning hour, there is a voice breaks from the announcer, followed by a block of…

This new service, known as CAB (Co-operative Analysis of Broadcasting began in 1930 calling their listeners four different times of the day with the expectation of their respondents to recall their last three to six hours of radio listening. Although this achieved an audience estimate for…

As the well-educated and informed citizens of this great nation, we would know that the separation of powers and the checks and balances between the three branches of the government‒the legislative, the executive, and the judicial‒uphold the democracy that the United States of America loves to boast about. However, there is one more pillar that upholds this democracy. Acting like a watchdog, the media acts as the fourth, overall check on the powers and actions of the government as they closely…

My dad names these “three S’s” as the most common factors of distraction for mankind, and says that they tend to make people forget about the more significant things in life. Most specifically, today’s pop culture has made screen or television broadcasting so popular that most people cannot imagine living in a world where such things do not exist. As a matter of fact, media has not only become an accessible tool, but a habit and ritual in most peoples’ lives. In the midst of screen influence,…

to be different, sick, black/white in the world. Social problems aren’t the only thing, which very good showed in films. Nature, and science are also often the topics of the movies. Wildlife, physics and chemistry experiments are well presented to public, so it is easy to understand how the world of the human race lives works like. Science films are full of important and wise information, which can be used in school by teachers and even students. Films have this amazing power to educate by…

Who knew that radios would have this big of an impact on the twenties? Probably not its inventor, Guglielmo Marconi (McLaughlin). At least it was a good surprise, not just to him but also to anyone who could afford one in the twenties. They mostly used it as a source of entertainment, particularly at night. This was obviously a good business opportunity, which caused there to be six hundred radio stations in America by nineteen twenty-two (Eckstein et. al.). How did the radio make the twenties…

The 1950s was a revolutionary era that definitely affected the course of American History in many ways. During this decade we saw the arrival of the television, suburbanization, and last but not least, the Civil Rights Movement. The affects of the television are one of the more obvious contributers to American society. Although, mainly the wealthy owned a television in the 1950s it was beginning to become more common and now it is a common household item. In fact, over 90% of households in…

Tuning Into the Radio The radio is an electronic device that has entertained millions of people since the first official broadcast in the 1920’s. The radio has affected many people in positive ways since then. It has had nine decades to advance into what we know as the radio today. People have enjoyed listening to artist, musicians, comedians, and sports entertainment for decades. The use of the radio has evolved from the 1920’s to modern day through communication, design and Technology.…

People started using television in the 1940’s. Television makes people feel like they are viewing live events. Television took years of innovation. In the beginning the importance of was ignored as people didn’t really need television in their day to day lives. In 1872, Joseph May, was examining materials for use in for the first transatlantic cable placed a strand of selenium wire on a table near a window and noticed that sunlight caused the electrical conductivity of the wire to change .He…

It is no secret that entertainment is one of the biggest and most profitable markets on earth. It seems like we all have to be entertained, in some way, or we don’t know what to do with ourselves. Television is a major form of entertainment that many people can access. TV has the power to influence the viewers and give people a voice that will be heard. With this great power, comes even greater responsibility. Those who dictate what is aired on TV has the ability to decide whose voices will and…