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they address the ways in which television commercials promoted the appeal of cigarette smoking to different groups as well as how cigarette companies responded to the rising fears about smoking-related cancer. To start, following World War II television captured the public’s attention as the next greatest technological advancement. Around the country, not only the average American was investing in the newest fad, but so were cigarette companies who saw the television as their next marketing…

In the 1930s electronic television came onto the scene. Electronic television did not take long to grow in popularity. Electronic television became the main source of information and entertainment, replacing the radio. The 1950s was when television really started to get popular. Television was made up of four networks; CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont. NBC and CBS were the most popular television networks. The 1950s is sometimes regarded as the golden age of television due to the high popularity…

show had many fans hoping that there would be a reunion for years. Fortunately for them, there was, however, a little different from a traditional one. In 2014, there were talks about creating a spin-off. There were reports that Warner Brothers Television was considering a series reboot. John Stamos also known as “Uncle Jesse” had an ownership stake in the show and was heading up the attempt…

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, however, many do not realize that the benefits of media come with various obstacles. Though most view television for entertainment purposes, they do not realize the…

appearing in households with items like the television and the AtariⓇ it was fine to watch the television with the family or to have the kids play video-games. Nowadays it is common to see parents giving their children a phone or tablet to keep them occupied during a meal, or sending teens off to play videogames in their rooms. Even parents letting their children sit in front of the television for hours on end is the norm. More recently social networks like Twitter,…

mathematician and inventor, began designing the first ideas for television at the age of fourteen. Farnsworth began dreaming of his idea of using a lens to direct light into a glass tube where it could be deflected and transmitted into a picture. It was a very complicated process. He started with sketches that he shared with his science teacher and once his idea took shape, he moved onto building and experimenting from there. The invention of television opened the doors for the advancement in…

laugh and call it entertainment. That is exactly what many people did when the film Network was released in 1976. The film uses satire to expose the corrupt greed that arises from the conglomeration…

Racial Diversity in Television The lack of diversity in modern day television is almost criminal. With television stations pretending to have racial diversity they run into the wall of using racial stereotypes for comedy to entertain the masses. The lack thereof racial diversity in modern television has led to many awful things such as; stations claiming to be racially diverse but just end up making fun of cultures with outdated stereotypes, also many holly wood block busters have little to none…

Groening picked the characters of the Simpsons by using people he grew up with. The parents in the Simpsons are named Homer and Marge, the same name that Groening's parents have. He named Lisa and Maggie after his two younger sisters. Groening thought it would be too obvious if he named the oldest son after himself, so Groening decided to name the last child Bart which is an anagram of brat. Homer's father also received the same name as Groening's grandfather, Abraham. Groening returned to…

When it comes to Media whether it 's television or music kids are constantly exposed to violence. People nowadays argue that it 's not the media 's fault it 's the parents fault for letting them see it, but what would happen to tv if the show if no one watched? Things such as video games, movies, and television, are not the only primary causes for a violence acts committed by kids surprisingly enough. They are only singled out due to the violent images which leads parents to believe that since…