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airwaves, which set a number of precedents upon which modern media, principally, television and the internet, receive funding create their programming. As expressed by Michele Hilmes in her work Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States and radio programs of the day, one major precedent set by radio was the goals and quality standards of advertising which resulted in indirect advertisements that maintained radio’s entertainment value. However, aspects of this…

method of forgetting about the real world similar to alcohol. Acceptance of entertainment addiction and alcoholism is a socially constructed idea which shaped the American Identity. The typical stereotype of American families sitting around the television and enjoying a drink was not recently established. The truth is the acceptance of alcohol and entertainment dependence stems from the 1920’s and has grown widespread…

My Culture Is Not Your Culture What is contemporary culture? Contemporary culture refers to the common themes of art, music, architecture, fashion, and literature that are popular at the present time. Many people do not admit this, but families have a major influence on who we become as individuals. A person’s true identity is built according to their culture, family history, and an environment. In other words, an individual 's family history, culture, and environment will shape their identity…

In today’s teen’s or tween’s generation, the age division, is expanding the amount of advertisement and bad spending habits. For example, marketers are aiming the teens and tweens through strange places, such as a school. Marketers are now advertising in schools, which can affect the education of students. An example is Pizza Hut give students promotions if they read a certain amount of books. Many marketers try to make the company sound educational to schools, but the companies are just lying.…

Stick at a Time Often times people find themselves going home after a long day of school or work and relaxing on the couch, turning on the television to our favorite show. In the United States, Americans watch an average of five hours of television a day. In the average hour of television there are around fifteen and a half minutes of commercials and advertisements, which mean an American watches about an hour and a half of commercials everyday (Flint). The Wrigley’s Extra commercial of “The…

What is Netflix? Online Subscription business that allows consumers to rent movies and television shows and allows customers to stream movies and television shows through their computer, tablets, smart phones, smart Tv's, as well as receive DVDs and Blu-Ray discs delivered to their homes (Research and Markets, 2012). In July 2011 Netflix raised monthly subscription fees. Hundreds of thousands of irate customers posted angry comments to Netflix’s social media website’s, and their…

In America, the media plays a huge role in the way we think. Things such as movies, music, TV shows, even newspapers and magazines can influence our opinions and thoughts on certain subjects. Thoughts and equality towards social classes are no different. In most modern TV shows and movies, the social class that is usually represented is the upper class, but even then, the way the upper class is shown in representation is generally wrong. This has been this way for quite a long time, even since…

communicate through only one form of media. The four media groups, photography, cinema, television, and digital media, individually cover the six aspects of media, which are connectedness/accessibility, mobility/portability, public privateness, private publicness, personalization, and last but not least, interactivity. In this essay, we will be focusing on interactivity within photography, cinema, television, and digital media. When the camera was first invented, it was not owned by many…

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries television and movies have been controlled by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) everything we view is regulated in some way by the government. We had acts enforced, rules established and other types of regulations. The FCC is like the police for broadcasting it can fine broadcasters for violating anything that airs on television. The FCC has done this many times before for example an article from CNN.com posted in June, 2012 by Bill Mears…

believed modern technology from telegraph to television, makes discourse broken, disconnected, and sensationalized. Neil Postman wrote the book in 1980s, the golden age of television, he didn’t foresee the rising new communication technology—the Internet, will create a whole new discourse. Internet amplifying the weakness…