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but rather a reality. Currently, the majority of individuals depend on news networks to further understand the happenings around the world. However, receiving news from one source feeds the viewer with biased ideas, intended to make the viewer think a certain way. The reason behind this lies on the ideologies of political parties. Although political parties are often related to the president or government, these parties are a huge component of the media. The media aims to teach the audience based on the ideas the news network believes or in other words the political party the media source favors. Furthermore, media is notorious for exaggerating some topics only to boost ratings. Higher ratings equal more money and with more money comes greater power. Media sources will only present information based on the perspective that will be most beneficial, therefore, it is crucial for the viewers to educate themselves of the bias in the media and learn how to find truth in a distorted journalism. Currently bias and bias in the media are controversial topics.…

This article, Television Beyond the Networks, offers case studies on first-run scripted syndicated programs that expresses a national audience through syndication in the United States during the 1970s. Even though certain programs, Rosen’s Story Theatre and Mary Hartman for example, despised the efforts to operate outside the networks distribution circuits, these series faced challenges that a range factors in the dominance of the network era. The body of television programming created and…

climax of World War II, the United States of America experienced an unanticipated frugality in population growth which has socially shaped and economically landscaped the entire nation. The portrayal of the American way of life during the 1950s was shown as a time of development, prosperity and protestation. These three aspects were the depicted because the nation was increasingly booming in population rates, advancing in technology and an uproar of declaration for the excluded rights of…

a Latino is a native or inhabitant of Latin American who lives in the United States. Therefore, there are roughly 54 million of Hispanics living in the United States as on July 1, 2013 (U.S Census Bureau). This makes Hispanics the largest ethnic group in the U.S. Although, they might make up a large amount of these nations populations, Hispanics are still considered a race minority. As a result of this, Latinos have suffered being misrepresented in mass media. According to Merriam-Webster a…

Most of the people in the United States are inform by too many sources. One can get inform by the television, listening to the radio, and by reading the news press. The United States public needs to be more responsive of the news because too much enlightening news can cover up other important news. Therefore, websites, popular entertainment, and the media play a role in our society. First of all, kidnapping in the United States remains one of the most common crimes in the country. About 2,300…

At the beginning of the twenty-first episode of CBS’s television series Men into Space, Colonel Edward McCauley, played by actor William Lundigan, presented a powerful but human side to space exploration: "No matter where he travels, one thing will always be the same: man himself. Human nature will not change in the strange outposts of space. There will always be love and hate, courage and fear” (Neufeld 10). Yet, in 1960 when the program first aired, the astronauts were not the ones who…

The invention of the radio has profoundly changed the American culture with its creation by allowing more and more people being exposed to new ideas, music, news, and entertainment. This idea of expression of individual tastes in music is central to American culture, which correlates to the Americans’ unique belief that each citizen has freedom to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; people have the freedom to listen , read, or watch whatever media they wish to. The first place that…

The Vietnam War is a war that lasted from November 1st, 1955 to April 30th, 1975 yet the United States of America officially taken upon themselves to join in August 7th, 1964. The major reason why the United States joined the war was to prevent Communistic control over South Vietnam, to stop the establishment of a satellite country; as part of the United States’ Containment Policy, which it’s primary objective is to eradicating the spread of Communism. Many men of the United States have been…

The American Political Culture and its Relationship with Television For citizens of the United States of America, reaching the age of 18 allows them to become a legal voter in their country. The Greeks invented the notion that citizens, the demos, could and should govern themselves. The United States’ adoption of the democratic system from the Greeks means that citizens have the ability to demonstrate their voice. The fundamentals of an efficient democracy require that the members of the system…

I would say I watch TV on average about fifty hours a week. I believe television has affected my thinking on government and politic. I watch Fox News for coverage of politics and governmental issues. I occasionally watch some liberal news outlets. However, I find that Fox News typically contain and share information that shows little filtration. The O'Reilly Factor is one source of Fox News that has no filtering of the news that I enjoy watching. Television has helped shape my view of social…