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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…

Across the years there have been many types of art styles. Back in the 1960s there were stranger ways, at least to present day. These arts were dancing, music, and fashion. Here are way that the 2000s and 1960s were different and the same. The first one on the list is dancing. Dancing back in the 60s was more about imitation. They would copy anything from surfing to mashing potatoes,but now it's more about doing something random like sneezing. But on contrast they are kind of similar, in the…

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…

The critically acclaimed series, based on Alfred Hitchock’s 1960s classic movie titled “Psycho” was brought back to life with a modern twist through A&E’s “Bates Motel.” The last viewers saw of “Bates Motel” was when Norman (played by Freddie Highmore) still couldn’t believe the fact that his mother is already long gone from this world. His obsession led him to dig up Norma’s grave. Norma Bates (played by Vera Farmiga) is really dead. As Norman lost consciousness during the “Bates Motel”…

unpleasant or disturbing information, and our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late.” Murrow believes television and radio has been corrupted by having sponsors only broadcast information that Americans want to hear and not what they…

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…

Cavender, talks about one of the top-rated television programs in the United States. He observes the cultural meaning of CSI. The article demonstrates how crime, deviance, and social control are represented in the media culture we experience everyday. Media is such a huge influence in our lives today. The research Cavender provides, gives examples of how individuals’ everyday interactions, with media, consumes and shape their attitudes about crime. The media has an important role of cultural…