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When you watch the news, do you ever question what they are telling you, or do you not even think about it because that is the single source for the information being told? Interestingly enough, the government has actually been controlling the media and the way the media conveys the news since 1917 when JP Morgan hired high ranking news managers. They were asked to determine the most influential newspapers and media outlets in America, and buy them out. They did this so they can control the…

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a law that would let anyone enter the communications business and to let any communications business compete in other markets against each other. Prior to the act in 1996, the U.S. telecommunications industry was a monopoly and the act opened the doors to anybody who wanted to be a part of the communications industry. Although it opened the doors to anybody it also led to concentration of media ownership. Concentration of media ownership is essentially when…

Video Assignment: “The Merchants of Cool” Assignment What do these quotes mean? The comments from the video “The Merchants of Cool” summarize many of the important ideas expressed in the video. In your answers, include AT LEAST 2 sentences: one sentence that explains the quote and another sentence that expresses your opinion about the concept. 1) "The paradox of ‘cool hunting’ is that it kills what it finds." -Douglas Rushkoff • According to Douglas in the video the…

The first Blockbuster that was established was in Dallas Texas and opened October 19, 1985, and the original owner was David cook. David Cook owned a business before blockbuster that provided computer software services to an oil company. David later sold that business and ceased the opportunity in the video retail industry, the first store opened was said to have over 8,000 VCR tapes on shelves and a computer checkout system. David's business plans had succeeded and the following year he opened…

“Last year U.S. consumers spent $16.6 billion on video games, according to the Entertainment Software Association” (Dockterman). Video game culture has become mainstream and very influential in modern lifestyles. Video game characters are featured on merchandise and apparel. Games have also been adapted into films and books, such as Resident Evil and Halo. Of the visitors to a fandom convention, almost half are women (Wiseman). But, only around 15% of characters in video games are women…

want to show to MTV producers. Comparatively I envision every night what the show would entail, and how the introduction and commercial would appear as. Within this month, I plan on getting my idea copyrighted from the government. I emailed various Viacom staff members, including the Senior Director of Communications and Vice President of Communications among other workers. However, I did not receive a response. In my last semester of senior year at Ramapo College of New Jersey I read a book…

I was contemplating whether I should write to you or not. Literally I wrote to everyone I could think of before I wrote to you, because my parents informed me how it is not proper etiquette because we live in Park Ridge Estates as well. However, after I saw a book you wrote I knew you were the perfect person to write to. The title of your book is, “Now or Never: Getting Down To The Business of Saving Our American Dream”. For years I have disregarded my own American dream, covered by my own…

It has long been suspected that the media, as a whole is a deceptive organization. Conspiracies have run rampant for decades, and simple common sense of the people has infiltrated the masses enough now alerting us not to believe everything we read. Deceptive reporting was first brought to public attention when Operation Mockingbird, designed and implemented by the US Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1950s was uncovered. It was exposed as the clandestine activity of those who wanted…

The Walt Disney Company has built a diverse business organization since its conception in the 1920s, developing a huge range of profitable products in a number of marketplaces. The Walt Disney Company is the largest mass media conglomerate in the world and is best known for film and TV production as well as their theme parks. Its television arm controls the ABC Television network with 10 broadcasting stations, as well as a number of cable networks, including ABC Family, Disney Channel and ESPN.…

Research Paper. Female Discrimination in Film Industry. Creative means creation. Creation means people. Creative Industries, therefore, are highly dependent on human capital; film industry in particular, even more and harder than any other existing industry. Due to the creative and often times collaborative nature of this specific business, human resources management becomes an inseparable and integral part of it (Dessler and Chhinzer; “The Strategic Role” 2). Unfortunately, ever since the…