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When I first learned of this assignment my first thought was to interview my mom. She is the one person in my life I am closest to. Since we are only twenty three years apart, I thought it would be best to focus on her life up to the point where she decided to have kids. Though I knew most of what she told me it was still nice to just sit and talk about her life experiences. My mother was born to older parents and was the youngest of three children. Being that her brother was 13yrs. her…

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 broadcast media far…

Poverty, constant transitions, abuse, and education not only define Oprah’s childhood but also contribute to her impact on society. Vernita Lee conceived Oprah on January 29, 1954 while her Oprah’s father, Vernon Winfrey, served in the army. Oprah and her mother resided at a small farm located in Mississippi owned by Hattie May, Oprah’s grandmother (Nelson, 1896). Since Lee desired to improve her quality of life, she relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to find work, abandoning her daughter at…

or admire. Some people admire people on their TV screens or people they know in person. For many different reasons people become an inspiration to others around them without trying. The admiration people have for others sometimes start at a young age. For myself, I know my admiration started about ten years ago. Ten years ago I started to pay close attention to this woman whom seem to be on TV every day. At that age I wasn’t sure why she was on TV every day, the only thing I knew was she had…

Broadcasting System as a co-anchor on the evening news. She was the first African American co-anchor on the show. After graduating from Tennessee State University she was offered to do multiple news updates and talk shows with WJZ-TV which was in Baltimore, Maryland as well as WLS-TV , American Broadcasting Company which was located in Chicago. Winfrey moved to Chicago, Illinois in January of 1984, and became a anchor on A.M. Chicago. Oprah changed the entire show from women issues to more of a…

would not like to offend anybody. I would not like to say "No" on the grounds that I didn't need anyone furious with me." By age 19, Oprah was employed by WTVF-TV in Nashville as a columnist/stay, and later discovered her bringing in a syndicated program called "Individuals Are Talking." In January 1984, she came to Chicago to have WLS-TV's "AM Chicago," a floundering neighborhood television show. In under a year, she transformed it into the most blazing project around the local area, which was…

Winfrey: A Woman Who Could “Failure is a great teacher. If you’re open to it every mistake has a lesson to offer,” (Winfrey). Oprah Winfrey, a common household name has swept the nation whether it’s was with her network, magazine, book club, or her TV show. Oprah Winfrey’s road to fame was a hard road to travel because there was many obstacles in her way. But as Oprah Winfrey discovered her true passion in life, there was not anyone stopping her from achieving it. Oprah Winfrey’s long road to…

The Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi, made the radio and was able to send and receive radio signals in nineteen sixteen. Radios had become an important technological advances that positively affected society (Taylor. Pg.5). The radio impacted many lives in the past and today. The greatest impact radios had in life was during the Great Depression. Without radios, the United States would have been socially and economically behind because of the Great Depression in the late nineteen twenties and…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…