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Martin Cooper, inventor of the first portable cellular telephone, once said: “Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire.” Martian believed that people would always want to communicate with each other at any given moment, in response to that; he created one of the greatest inventions known to man. The enhancement of technology has resulted in the increase of gaining knowledge and the incline of communication. We can see…

U.S. Cultural Trends (50’s/ 60’s) Media Television enters households in the 50s Media wants to target more people, so they made shows and broadcasted things that were less offensive and more family friendly I love lucy was a popular tv show in the 50s, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke in the 60s Color tv was picking up in the mid to late 60s People only had landlines, no cell phones yet Music Elvis came into light, much to the dismay of parents Rock and roll was spreading like wildfire The 60s was a…

. Television networks broadcast live on a small broadcast delay to give them the ability to censor or cut out any information that is not appropriate for the broadcast. In occasional circumstances, the material is not censored in time to prevent it from being displayed to the audience. This can be from technical difficulties including someone just forgetting to place the delay switch on. The network’s purpose is to keep unappropriated material these things off of the air, but for whatever…

Jersey!” (Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact, The New York Times) “War of the Worlds” by Koch Howard. E, explains how a radio show/drama caused thousands of people to believe the world was going to end. Radio drama/show “War of the World” caused thousands of people to believe the world was being attacked by “martians”, many people freaked and panicked trying to figure out what to do. The radio show “War of the Worlds” was believed by thousands of people mostly, because the radio…

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…

difficult to pinpoint any time where you were not serenaded by the radio while you were out running errands. All of this is thanks to the invention of broadcast radio. Broadcast radio was by far one of the most important and revolutionary inventions, paving the way for countless other endeavors. It all started with a man named Heinrich Hertz. Hertz was a German physicist who, in the late 1880s, was credited with proving the existence of radio waves on the electromagnetic spectrum. This is where…

Living in a world powered by technology one is able to live a well informed life without necessarily having an education. In the world of today one can access the news through the internet, television, radio, mobile phone apps and social media. While each hold different credibility, the answer to any question can be found if googled correctly. It may feel as though humans are the ones in control with all of this wealth of information, but are we really? Any one who has the right amount of power…

For the past weeks I have been monitoring and recording three different days of my own media consumption. Media to me personally is computer use, cell phone use for entertainment other than phone calls and reading the paper. Basically, being involved or cut off from what is happening around me at the time. I started my journey by doing my no media day first. I did not use the internet on this day nor did I check the school website in 24 hours. I work unusual hours at work between 11pm and 7:30am…

Television in American constitutes most of our contemporary consumerist lifestyle. The long-formed, systematic enterprise of television overlays it’s foundation for financial gain upon advertising, marketing, audiences and ratings. These topics and strategies play an important role in the making of the successful, lucrative business of television. Chapter two of Jason Mittell’s Television and American Culture extensively maps the process and history of how impactful and successful the media and…

Today people take television for granted because it is so heavily ingrained into our lives. Most households contain multiple televisions and are often the focal point of the house, it is a place where everyone gathers and focuses their attention on. Ever since the introduction of the television to the public it has consistently been one of the most influential mediums of media and the place where the public gain knowledge and information. However, with that being said the content portrayed on…