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Television plays a very important role in the way that perceive things. From the news, reality shows, and just regular drama tv shows they all have an impact on socialization. One of the most popular television shows on right now is the medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” which is mostly about a group of surgeons and their lives. This show portrays women in a very significant way compared to other tv shows. In the very popular series of “Grey’s Anatomy” the characters have changed over the twelve…

you in a certain direction, but then passion for another will pull you back the opposite way. Where does it end? Chad will tell you that going to do something you love to do for work is a fantastic option. If you are looking to follow a love of television into the career field, take a read of Chad Koel’s ascendance into life. Sometimes, you have a passion that you cannot follow because of physical or mental…

cultural influence. Television 's leading ladies and their complex personalities are slowly but surely dominating their individual universes. Overtime, television and film have shown that modern culture focuses on positive stereotypes that represents women to have limitations which can be seen through portrayals of professionalism, single women, and…

Information Box or Idiot Box How television was used, and its purpose for the world? Having probably surpassed the hopes and dreams of its creators, the television has made a huge impact on the lives of billions of people. The “boob tube” or “idiot box” was initially used to help advertisers sell their products; however, it has become a means of rapidly informing the world of current events and other forms of entertainment. Widespread panic that took place in 2009 as the June 12th switch from…

TV Makes You Smarter”, as the thesis. Immediately Johnson asserts that TV has rapidly evolved into a more substance based programs instead of programs meant to produce mindless drones drooling on the couch. During this evolution in the world of television, shows have become way more complex and now force you to process more information than ever before. Johnson demonstrates the progress of TV over the years by comparing modern shows such as 24, and The…

Modern Day Television: The Death of Cinema? In his essay "Story or Spectacle? Why Television Is Better Than the Movies," David Charpentier argues as the title states "Television is Better Than the Movies." Charpentier does this by comparing the two mediums with plot and character development. He argues television develops these better than movies with their one key advantage: time. This is simply irrefutable and film has yet to produce anything similar to modern television dramas such as Game…

actually unscrupulous for us. We tell our kids to watch television when they are bored. Yet, by this we are doing wrong. In TV kids see inappropriate activities and can disrespect their parents. Article from, ‘‘Kids Criticize TV’’ proofs this, ‘‘Older children said television encourages them to experiment with sex too soon and to disrespect their parents.’’ Furthermore, it also lowers the relationships with parents. Kids who watch television usually sleeps late, which may lead them to…

As I was binge-watching Seinfeld on Netflix over the weekend, I came across a lot of different sociological issues and situations. It then occurred to me that you could take almost any TV show or movie and find examples of different sociological patterns, or norms, for example, as I was talking about with Seinfeld, thinking its just a classic 90’s sitcom that is suppose to be funny, but has no substance, but in actuality it shows plenty of social norms in behavior, and interactions with others…

Since the 1950’s the television set has been a staple in every American family’s living room. They gathered around to watch the moon landing, nightly newscasts, Saturday Night Live, the Superbowl, presidential debates, and to find out the winner of American Idol. TV has a long history of impacting our culture and society, but what it once was is slowly dissolving and transforming into something new. We now live in the age of Netflix, binge watching, and being able to carry a TV with us at all…

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…