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on-screen was to stay home to clean, cook, and to care for their family. Women were not given leading roles in films or television shows; instead they were just given secondary roles where they did not speak. They are given roles where the main character is a male and they are presented as being defenseless. Now there are many roles that allow women to start in films and television shows with a variety of characteristics. Writers create roles that allow women to stand out from the norm and give…

For the past two decades, there has been a growing trend of television shows that don’t conform to narrative storytelling norms. Jason Mittell’s conceptualization of “narrative complexity” analyzes the mechanics behind shows such as Game of Thrones; their unconventional storytelling becoming more of the norm for contemporary television. Within narrative complexity, Mittell explores television shows’ operational aesthetics, which are seen in Game of Thrones’ unorthodox plot structure. The…

How would you feel about being put away for 18 years for something you didn’t do? Steven Avery is apparently a truly, innocent, innocent man; according to the television program: “Making a Murderer.” I believe this isn’t the truth. The Television series is extremely well made and truly makes the viewer believe he’s not guilty. I went back and watched the series a second time and looked at the details a little closer. Being the detective I am, I discovered…

Black Mirror is a British television series that examines a variety of issues that face contemporary society, usually involving the implications of new technologies. Created by Charlie Brooker, this celebrated fiction series illuminates the darker, often chaotic side of evolving media and human knowledge. Using an assortment of satirical themes and motifs, this show fascinates audiences by conveying a sense of anxiousness that is felt by the fluctuating nature of modern society and its…

the statement is a prime example of the racial stereotypes that plague society. According to Annie Murphy Paul in Psychology Today, stereotypes can, and often do, lead to bias, specifically against underrepresented minorities (Paul 1998). With television at the forefront of popular culture,…

then I would have no idea what is. Because Buffy and her friends are always in the library looking for ways of “knowing” their foe, the whole show is based around this idea of knowledge or “knowing.” Hastie suggests that there has been no other television show that has been so centered around a library (13). Hastie goes on to state that in the first three season Giles, Buffy’s watcher¸ is indeed a librarian and the library provided the prefect training ground in research and debates about the…

shaped history as much as the advance of technology. After reading through the articles, “Blame Society, Not the Screen Time”, by Danah Boyd, “Teaching Tools”, by Kevin J. Delaney, “The Upside to Technology? It’s Personal”, by Nick Bilton, and “Television: The Plug-In Drug”, by Marie Winn, technology is proven to be essential to our lives. Technology is important and beneficial because it improves education, relieves stress, and supplies a connection to the past. “Blame Society, Not the Screen…

people see through films is revolving around man’s life. The media controls what it wants people to see. Because the media doesn’t show people the life situations’ of women, doesn’t mean they don’t have one. The media for example, advertisements, television, films, and radio-influence people to show women are not reliable which in fact, they are in most…

So I continued to scroll through the menu until I saw a program playing called “Drumline”. I knew what the word drum was because I saw a picture of one on the alphabet line that my teacher had on the wall, so I went right ahead and clicked it. It turned out to be a movie and not a TV show, I found that kind of…

This week after a new episode of Counting On everyone got to see an episode of Meet the Putmans. The fans were hopeful that the Putmans show was a series, but so far you are only seeing the one-night special. TLC is one of those stations that is known for having a special and then later on turning it into a series. So what does this mean for Meet the Putmans? So far, the fans are raving about the show and hopeful for more. The Putmans are a family with four children, but when they became adults…