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A decade ago, no one would have imagined that the television industry would explore making programming available on the Internet. Nowadays, we can watch tv programs on any device connected to the Internet. As we transition the delivery of content over the internet, the line between traditional tv, where you sit at home on a couch with your family, to watching tv on a mobile device, continues to blur. For the audience, it is a win-win situation, but for the creators of the shows it means that you…

version of the TV Buddha shown in the Whitney retrospective in 1982, showed that the TV was buried under an earth hill so that only screen could be visible (76). This showed the contrast between statue and the technical tool was diminished in that television had become a well-integrated basic part of nature and now looked like a huge eye or a window in a mountain…

popular reality show in the history of television known as “The Truman Show”. The 1998 film The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, anticipates the media’s manipulative influence over the public view, while embroidering the idea of living in an artificial world. Filmed from when he was only a fetus in his mother’s womb, Truman’s whole life became the legendary source of entertainment people turn to everywhere, anywhere, at any time of day as long as a television screen was in sight. It's a…

It lied in the hands of the other citizens themselves, who could turn on someone’s channel and watch them while they slept, while they showered, while they used the bathroom, etc. The feeling that their private information and they, themselves, were at the whim of someone else, someone they did not know or did not trust, contributed to the loss of privacy felt by Quiet’s participants. This feeling of one’s life being in someone else’s hands was likewise represented in Michael Foucault’s idea of…

Spending long amounts of time in front of a screen also takes away from neccesary outside play for children and creates mental concerns. Limiting screen time can easily reverse these effects on our children. Allowing your child to watch to much television can take away what is the best part of being a child,the imagination. Having an imagination plays a big role in creating dreams and goals for the childs future. Allowing a limited amount of time in front of the screen gives children time to…

and mental health is really important when they are young. According to paragraph three, light from screens confuses viewers which is called "body clocks" which distrupts their sleep. Study's shown that depression has also been found because of Television when children are not able to sleep they get frustrated, and find something else to do. TV shows alot of PG-13 stuff that children should not…

The Mindy Project premiered on September 25, 2012 on FOX, airing alongside a mixture of new programs The Mob Doctor, Touch, Ben and Kate, and recurring programs, Raising Hope, New Girl, The X Factor, Fringe, American Idol, and Glee. The workplace sitcom, created by lead actress, Mindy Kaling, still riding high on the success from The Office, was paired with FOX’s established hit, New Girl, on Tuesday nights. It was considered one of the most promising comedies of the season despite that fact…

A transitional Chilean TV Despite that the first television station in Chile was established in Valparaiso, a port city two hours distant from Santiago, the capital, broadcasting is a highly centralized industry and this feature has been consolidating since the early 1990s. “The transition initiated a period of major transformation, with the introduction of privately owned commercial broadcasting and cable television. The advent of these new outlets consolidated a U.S.-style commercial model,…

One company that I previously interned for and would be interested in pursuing a career at is WGBH, a radio and television facility located in the Brighton suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. The first thing I wanted to know is what the call letters WGBH stand for. After some research I discovered that the “W” – indicates that the station is located east of the Mississippi River (a “K” is used for stations to the west) and “GBH” - stands for Great Blue Hill (named for the blue hue of the granite…

before know they really get to figure out what it is. When a new TV is placed there are decisions made about where the TV goes and where your furniture goes. It shows how very important TV is to people all around. CELF families had ''78 percent of television in parents room and 47 percent place a tv in children's room."(Arnold 223) Very young children are able to operate the TV, and people want to study what effect it has on the 2-3 year old children. They put cameras i n house to get research…