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Entertainment is a broad word that encompasses many activities, including sports, movies and video games. Many individuals argue that entertainment sources may weaken society and its founding principles. But really leisure activities can aid in making the world more open minded and aware of different topics that would have otherwise proven difficult. Though many people disagree, entertainment will not be the downfall of all morality, the poison to domestic happiness and not lead to the end of…

matters is the impact they leave in the music industry. Trussell expresses his thought on this as well, "In academic halls from Berkeley to Bowling Green, young scholars and their instructors spend as much time tackling the history of shopping, television and comic books – in other words, popular culture – as they do analyzing Homer, Shakespeare and Milton" (Trussell 1). Trussell is saying that scholars should study popular culture the same way they study high culture. Even if it seems minor or…

The Earthquake That Shook My Paradigm of Life As a young child, I always felt like I had the world under my control. Anything a kid my age would ever dream of attaining was always given to me whenever I wanted. I always saw life as a bright adventure and never thought that anything could go wrong. Since I was a kid, I have known that my parents love me and I have always felt safe around them, I was as happy as any kid could ever be. As the oldest of two brothers and a sister growing up in Lima,…

The Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated events each year, but not only for the game, some watch just for the commercials. With millions of viewers these commercials get seen everywhere and are sure to leave an affect on viewers whether they realize it or not. It is important to analyze these commercials and study the stereotypes that are being portrayed. There have been many studies focusing on the Super Bowl and how the advertisements are portrayed, since there is such a large audience…

In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, the story takes place in 2053 in a unknow city somewhere in the US. The book was written in the past in 1953 it foreshadows the future and tells what is possibly going to happen. The book's mood is sad,depressing and boring, because all the people are always watching tv and also killing themselves because all the do is sit and do nothing in their terrible world. The ones who read on the other hand don’t sit and do nothing/killing themselves…

Should Celebrities Be Role Models Why or Why Not? Teenagers are well known for having an opinion on what they like and dislike in the world today. Celebrities have a huge influence on the youth of our generation. They are not just known for their movies, albums, and good looks, but they are also known for their infamous criminal records. Many believe that celebrities have a positive influence on teens because of their charity events for the causes they support, but these same naive people tend…

person on this Earth has flaws, and although I may look up to someone, they surely have made mistakes and thus, it shouldn’t surprise me to know what mistakes they did indeed make. Although I would not watch it with my grandparents, I believe this show set of characters, the humor, and smart writers, makes for the top smart comedy show on…

Video games, this is a type of media that has become very popular in society today. Just like any other media source, video games have gotten a lot of hate from parents, media, and many other places for showing violent images and graphic material that is not suitable for kids and even some adults. However, video games alone cannot be the only thing that people should blame for causing harm to kids. So many other factors play a role for causing potential harm with the media today and some parents…

According to many, we are living in the height of the ‘Fake News’ Era. We turn on the TV for 5 minutes, flip through five or six news stations, and get drastically different coverage, information and ‘facts’. Is each of these news stations blatantly reporting false information? Maybe they don’t know what the truth is? Or, maybe they think what they report is the only truth out there. Whatever the case may be, one thing is clear- news stations, journalists and politicians alike never come to an…

Hitchcock utilised the theme of voyeurism in many of his works e.g. Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo, and North by Northwest, in his endless pursuit to engage the audience. The use of the gaze invites the viewer into the character’s world and become a part of the scene via relatability. Whilst watching a Hitchcock movie, we almost feel responsible when we see an act of violence being imposed on a character in an act of passion boiling over, as if the blade were in our own hand. There is an element…