Just like how Lessig argues the internet’s cyberspace is regulated by its code. This same argument can be also be said about a certain pre-1980’s system of communication, the radio. The internet and the radio share many similarities to each other. One is that they were both created to benefit the military, both were used by nearly most of the American population, and lastly, both gave the U.S. government a new way to create a new set of “code” to control and regulate American society. During…
other wars like the Korean war or the Vietnam war many citizens were tuning in on the latest update on the wars that occurred. Also, the radio broadcasted began broadcasting presidential elections. In 1920, KDKA broadcast the results of the Jarding-Cox Presidential election. By 1922 local stations across the United States were broadcasting sermons, political speeches, and much other information that people wanted to share ("The Golden Age"). Also, the radio can be informative with general things…
providing most of the same features. Supply chain management This can go along with how they use retailers and online systems to provide customer service and sales. Sirius XM continues to rely heavily on their supply chain management roles to be successful. From the design of satellite radio, the variety of channels and shows offered, and the accessibility, they are using the whole system to the max. Customer relationship…
Commercials are created as a means of advertising products through a thirty second video that is intended to evoke a certain emotion in the viewer. This emotion is used as a persuasion mechanism that persuades individuals to buy the product being advertised. Commercials and advertisements are often created to cater to a specific audience whether it be individuals of a certain race, weight, sex, or age, advertisers carefully choose specific colors, words, tones, and music to evoke an emotion and…
Everyday people see hundreds of advertisements from the moment they wake up, go into town and come home. Advertisements are in our magazines, on our televisions, and in the streets and the purpose that they bring is to persuade us to purchase a product and to believe a certain idea. What the advertiser wants to tell to us depends on whom the targeted audience is and the product or lifestyle choice they want to persuade us about. Another purpose of advertising, is for the messages in these ads to…
“Extra! Extra! Read all about it”. Read? Nobody reads the newspaper anymore. Today, the world gets their news from television news programs and social media. News channels are also delivering news information very differently now. For many critics, television news is as much about entertainment as it is about communicating information. According to Robert Stam’s article “Television News and Its Spectator,” and Jeffrey Jones’s article “Fox and Friends: Political Talk”, television news offers many…
The 1920s was a decade of new inventions. Advances in technology shaped the US into a new world and led to the age of electricity in many homes of Americans. The cities were powered by electricity. Devices such as cars, refrigerators, washing machines, radios, and vacuum cleaners were new interventions in America. These technologies gave Americans more leisure time especially for women. New inventions reduced the difficulties of houseworks and gave American more time to do other things other…
about the quality of programming he is watching because Jack is watching kids’ shows on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). As Jack grows up, he will be able to watch more PBS shows suited for his adult life. PBS brings quality shows to Americans for all ages. Public broadcasting mediums such as PBS are vital to society because they provide education, information, and culture. First, public broadcasting mediums bring education to society. PBS has many shows aimed to educate people of all…
We experience a daily reality such that campaign efforts can influence a whole country to leave dead speechless and think. From the yearly expected John Lewis Christmas advert to the body-popping developers who are "so cash grocery store", television adverts resound with every one of us. From multiple points of view, the nature of the advert itself goes far in deciding the achievement the organization has with that item or administration. Be that as it may, one thing appears to be inescapable…
infuence on the internet content due to the fact of the Telecommunications act of 1996. This act states that,"Previously, the Communications Act of 1934 was the statutory framework for U.S. communications policy, covering telecommunications and broadcasting. The 1934 Act created the FCC, the agency formed to implement and administer the economic regulation of the interstate activities of the telephone monopolies and the licensing of spectrum used for broadcast and other purposes. The Act left…