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Television Coverage: Scott O’Brien It is estimated that there are 109.6 million televisions that a child spends an average 4 hours a day watching television (Huston &Wright, University of Kansas). This accounts for children spending more time watching television than any other activities (including sleep). The children in this study were 7 to 17 years of age, which is an impressionable age. Since they are spending so much time watching television, one may infer that they are learning about sex…

8.15 Today's we went over accountability, the boredom chart and television rules. I had Susan tell me what she believes it means to be held accountable. She simply stated that it means to be responsible for things that go right and the things that go wrong. I told her that's good, but I also wanted her to understand that being held accountable as understanding when things need to change. So, I asked her if she want her children to learn how to be accountable for their actions and behavior. She…

between exposure to mass media (most often television) and beliefs about the world (attitudes, and sometimes behaviors). It is one of the most frequently encountered and often discussed theories within the field of media effects”. (Gerbner & Gross, 1976) “Cultivation is a sociocultural theory regarding the role of television in shaping viewers’ perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and values”. Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television. "The primary…

Intelligence Community, its agents, and it’s employees by prime time television shows is eroding the public’s confidence and trust in the IC. This topic must begin with a basic discussion of how prime time programming portrays the Intelligence Community, its agenda and its employees. Following this discussion, existing literature within the scope of this paper’s thesis can be divided into two main categories: general information on the television viewing habits of people, and more technical…

drama, thriller, television series Braking Bad has been awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and several more awards in 2014. I recently begin watching Braking Bad and I am obsessed with this Television series. The director Vince Gilligan and editing team of the television series have me bowing down like if they were goddesses. The Television series Braking…

has been extensive research on the relationship between televised violence and violent behavior among youth over the past 30 years. Television violence and the presence of TV’s in American homes have increased tremendously over the years. In 1950, only 10% of American homes had a television, today that number has skyrocketed to 99%. In fact more families have televisions than telephones. Over half of all children have a TV set in there room. This gives a greater opportunity for children to view…

many youths have television in their rooms which could give children a greater opportunity to view programs without parental supervision. Researchers show that young children could copy aggressive and dangerous acts on TV in their play with peers. Before the age of 4, children are unable to know the difference between fact and fantasy and may view violence as normal. Media Violence does affect youth violence; if…

In Al Katrina’s, “We’re Watching What We Eat,” he talks about how food portrayed on television tells us a lot about the shifting cultural attitudes. Katrina attacks the extreme levels television portrays healthy and unhealthy eating habits by mentioning shows like The Biggest Loser and Bulging Brides treating hunger as an almost sick shameful necessity. The author also talks about one’s opinion on Western culture or primetime programming may infer that hunger is matched only by one’s…

greatest exposures being to music, television, and internet (2.6 [SD [= 2.2], 2.3 [SD = 1.51], and 2.3 hr [SD = 2.1] each day, respectively). They were exposed to an average of 1.2 hr (SD – 1.5) of non-electronic media each day, including 0.6 hr (SD = 1.1) of exposure to books and 0.6 hr (SD – 0.7) to that of magazines/newspapers” (726). The participants who were examined in the test experience more media hours each day which consist of listening to music, watching television , and surfing…