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(1948-1960) In the tracing of the social and historical connections of the genre many authors consider “Candid Camera” as the first reality show. Emerging as a Radio show , in 1948 this show gets its TV version followed by great popularity. The show illustrates situations in which ordinary people are found in unordinary situations with comic outcomes (E.g. Woman asks help for her car, when passersby learns that the car has no engine). The hidden cameras from many angles follow the actions, and…

LICA 201: WORK PLACEMENT WHAT IS THE ROLE OF LOCAL RADIO? HOW DOES A LOCAL RADIO SEGMENT THEIR AUDIENCE? INTRODUCTION Until the 1970s the BBC had a legal monopoly on radio broadcasting and Independent Local Radio in the United Kingdom did not exist in any form apart from pirate radio stations. However, that changed with the election of Edward Heath’s government followed by the introduction of commercial radio (Reynolds, 2007). I had the opportunity to work in the local commercial radio station…

In the very recent past rural, agricultural America felt like it was an altogether a different country. Even as recent as the 1980’s many areas that are distant from the cities did not have even the most basic inventions of the 20th century American culture, such as the TV networks, access to cable, satellite and internet. If you were to drive through these areas a generation ago, it would feel like a trip to different nation in a different time. People living in these areas were exposed to…

as the golden age of television due to the high popularity the shows held and some even hold still today. Some examples of those shows Toast of the Town and Gunsmoke. The 1960s brought television journalism and an evolved for of noncommercial broadcasting. Cable television also started to grow in the 1960s.…

Columbia Broadcasting System – CBS Corporation is one of the largest American media holdings and conducts its activity in the branch of mass media and the entertaining industry. The business of a direction of the Company is cable television, creation, and propagation of a television content, a film studio, publishing house, TV and radio stations, interactive media and the outdoor advertising including a network of television announcement CBS Television Network. It was founded in 1971. Leslie…

maintain Canadian ownership rules for broadcasting in Canada? Historically, the government has considered broadcasting an all-important part of Canadian national security and even "military defense strategy" (Armstrong, 2010, p. 207). For example, during wartime, foreign ownership of Canadian broadcasting could be used for propaganda purposes. In the present day, Canadian ownership rules are seen as important for protecting Canada's cultural sovereignty. By the Broadcasting Act of 1991, the…

Many people listen to the radio that is at least half of the population listens to the entertainment, to get music, to hear to news and get information concerning travels. This company generates lots of millions of cash to the government in the form of revenues starting from the year 2004 up to date. This industry is seen to have contributed lots of employment to the residents and hence providing lots of money through the direct and indirect means. Since the amounts of revenues have reduced the…

Almost two decades ago, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Intended to better the life of Americans economically and socially, the act unexpectedly did just the opposite. Cable and broadcast television as well as radio were the two media outlets most affected by this new bill. This is an example of what can happen when the public is not informed about policy decisions and when big corporations spend their money on political contributions while making promises they cannot keep.…

Prior to the invention of Television, studios depended on big stars, studio owned theaters and an contracted assembly line of movie production. Dark rooms with big screens drew crowds in the millions at the height of Hollywood. With Television’s inception, millions of viewers began tuning into these 12x12 inch boxes for an average five hours daily. Box office sales were hit hard by less movie attendees. Within a decade of the introduction of Television, box office sales are fractionalized.…

During the Cold War era, as the free will system in American resonated around the world; simultaneously, there rose one of the most socially-dictating capable inventions known to man: the television (Anderson and Bushman, 2001). During this Golden Age of television, almost every American household had a television set in their homes. This new devotion to viewing the television led to many societal changes on how we looked, behaved or interacted with people. In the essay “The Man Who Counts the…