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Blue’s Clues, Dora the Explorer, and Sesame Street are television shows I grew up watching. My mother sat me in front of the TV when I was just a baby. Did I know what I was watching? No, but I knew that I saw colors and became intrigued. I obviously didn’t know what I was looking at but the television was a distraction if my mother was cooking or cleaning. My mother was not aware exposing me to the TV could have negative effects. Today, no one sees the TV as an immoral object. It is rare…

The decision of Netflix and Amazon to release all new episodes of their original television series at the same time is one that addresses one of the most inherent desires of customers, and this is a good thing. One of the reasons for the widespread popularity of these means of entertainment is because of the elimination of the wait time in-between television (TV) shows. Before shows created by Netflix and Amazon, fans of a particular TV show needed to wait for a period spanning 24 hours to 1…

discussing the details of the show (or the crime?) and what the results of law enforcements investigation were. It is interesting to see these connections because “Gangbusters”, started off being produced by NBC but was also aired on CBS, the same network that produces 48 hours. It is possible to say that “Gangbusters” could have influenced the structure of the…

hours each day watching television. A three-year National Television Study found that children’s shows had the most violence of all television programming. Statistics read that some cartoons average twenty acts of violence in one hour, and that by the age of 18 children will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence on television. Since the invention of the television, as each year passes, children are spending more and more time watching television and using other…

sources. One of the main outside sources people are engaging in is watching television. The average person aged fifteen and older spends approximately 2.8 hours per day watching television (“American Time Use Survey”). Today, television is not only a source of entertainment, but also is a source of information for its viewers. For many people, television shows are a leisure activity in their day; meanwhile for others the television shows they watch have…

Reality Television, Photoshopping, and Government Guidelines Guidelines and regulations regarding photoshop in advertising and the contents of reality television are both uncertain and weak. In the articles “The Collective Conscience Of Reality Television” by Serena Elavia and “In Our Photoshopping Disorder” by Erin Cunningham, both authors discuss how in today's media the lack of restrictions cause a false sense of reality. Elavia, a reporter for Fox Business Network, mentions in her article…

may recognized the name Shonda Rhimes from many popular TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder. All these shows are produced her own production company, Shondaland. She produces and/or screen writes over 70 hours of television per season. Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970 (age 47) and lives with three of her daughters, two of which were adopted. This Ted Talk was recorded in February of 2016. Shonda Rhimes starts out with saying how she decided to run an…

Introduction In his work, On Television, the French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, explores the nature of television and how this form of media actually presents a false sense of autonomy. Bourdieu uses the economic market model to explain the structural problems with television and how it leads to the subversion of autonomy and expression. He analyzes the organizational structure of television, its portrayal of reality, and the players in this structure (which he refers to as journalists) in…

audience for more than twenty years, and it has created an incentive for this audience to participate actively in discussions and cultural analysis. The Simpsons often goes further its entertaining purpose and assesses analytically the television in general, and current medial surroundings, including multiplication and the sitcom genre, in particular. It is not only concerned with what it narrates, but also with how it narrates. This involves acknowledging its own artificiality and…

Foe? From toddlers to senior citizens, television has placed ideas into their viewers’ heads that are false and fantasy-like. There are many shows on this form of entertainment that can be damaging to the human mind. It can put some very bad thoughts into the brain. It also affects behavior, health, and morality. Television in this generation can have a negative influence on viewers of all ages and can have several lasting effects on their minds. Television can put false and fantasy-like…