Television films

Implementing changes to the MPAA, Motion Picture Association of America, rating system eliminates foul behavior, protects children’s environments, and models appropriate language expected from them. The current rating system hurts places such as school, streets, and the home environment. For example, if a teenager watches a NC-17 movie he will act older. Since the content is restricted from the teenager, it will instigate the teen to act more mature and want to act as the actors (Gustafson 1).…

In the beginning of the 20th century advertisements were made by local businesses to get the sidewalk traffic into their stores. However, because of the increasing number of big corporations, today’s advertising has evolved dramatically. With the evolution of mass advertising by large businesses, local businesses have been having difficulty obtaining costumers and keeping their doors open. When a company is created they have to be able to differentiate themselves in the consumer market this is…

In the American new industry, the journalism field competes to cover the newest and most interesting story. One of the focal points of media coverage revolves around who can gather the information and publish it first. Additionally, the media feels a necessity to maintain the viewers’ interests in order to receive better institutional rankings. Furthermore, news stations will often display graphic images of unfortunate events in an attempt to introduce emotions to its views. Nevertheless, these…

The Public Broadcasting Service PBS, has existed since 1970, is not considered part of the big networks like CBS, CNN and FOX News. PBS operates with a much different distribution model compared to the major networks. Most uniquely, its station determine their own network rather than a traditional mode; of a network owning some of its stations and affiliating with additional stations owned by other broadcasters. PBS offers programming that expands the minds of children, and documentaries that…

The intellectual elements during The Twenties mainly revolved around the invention of the radio. The radio was able to create a “national mass culture” (Keene, 634). It was able to spread news and stories, as well as, promote the sale of certain products. People who were able to obtain these radios, which was about 60 percent of the American population, gathered around them to hear the latest in sports and elections (Keene, 634). The radio provided a quick and easy way to spread information.…

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…

interpretation. One of my favorite examples of a well written play is “The Farnsworth Invention” by Aaron Sorkin. This play is a fiction interpretation of the battle of inventing television. You have boy genius Philo Farnsworth competing against business mogul David Sarnoff. The story is a race to determine who really invented television. By straying away from historical accuracy, and by utilizing the story telling methods of a play, Sorkin tells a story with two extreme sides…

After Watching the video “Turned Out”, the video seems like it was trying to prove that not everyone is meant to be in prison because certain things happens. The things that do happen to majority of the people in prison can change their lives in prison and even when they get out of prison. This video gave the audience some insight to what inmates really deal with in prison view of perspective vs the outside view of perspective. However the video explains to the audience how prison rape is so…

According to the video by Dimitri Christakis, he talked about how TV affects the brains of young children. Christakis started off by talking about the brains of a new born and a 2-year-old brain. This is a tremendous growth; by the time the baby is 3 the brain is fully developed. Christakis also proved the audience with a chat to help us better understand the growth of a human brain. Dimitri also told us that we are born with synapses which are early experiences. Dimitri used an example that, if…

they lead flawless lives and aspire to be like them. In Aaron Franz and Adam Roscoe’s podcast episode, “The Cult of Celebrity Worship, Themes and Memes Ep18,” they discuss how fans are drawn to celebrities because of the way they are portrayed on television, in the movies, and on social media. They automatically relate that celebrity’s characteristics to the fictional character that the celebrity plays and believes that they actually act like that in real life. These “superhuman” qualities of…