Since the foundation of television broadcasting, blacks in America were uncommonly displayed on television. Except for a small number of black characters on white programs, there was no programming with a predominant black family. Post the 1960's whites began to realize the obvious need for bla...

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The Benefits of Watching Television As we know that television has bad influences for our life especially for children who are not accompanied by their parents when they are watching it. Besides having bad influences, television also has good influences for our life. In reality, television, which...

Censorship on Television Television, radio, and now even computers are growing as quickly as anyone can imagine. As these media sources expand there is a continued need for censorship. In this day and age television, being the least censored of the masses, should have certain simple and specific reg...

All forms of media, from literature to television and news magazines stem from and in turn create a particular sense of culture. Culture is projected and absorbed from advertisements that convince consumers to buy products to newscasters who pitch their own opinions to convince audiences that their...

Sex and the City Television is an immense force that can push a society in certain directions. Billions of people watch it daily for its news, information, and entertainment values. As America has changed over the years, the television industry has changed with it. One can not say weather tele...

TV in the 1950's Reflected/Created Culture How many hours per week do you spend watching television? The average American child or adolescent spends 22-28 hours per week watching TV, which is more than any other activity other than sleeping. Did you know that there are more television sets in...

Television is not a bad thing, but in fact is a resource that can be used to educate and entertain people of all ages. There are many programs on television, which do not educate, because everyone needs to be entertained. I feel that television is a resource that is not used to the full extent tha...

It is true that there are an abundant number of entertainment choices offered to us as college students. But which one do a majority of college students enjoy most often? The commonly preferred choice is watching television. Yes they go out and have a wonderful time doing things there not supposed t...

"Gender Stereotypes on Television" Television is one industry that is most guilty of perpetrating gender stereotypes. During prime time hours, men make up the vast majority of characters shown. Women characters found on television at the same time are mainly in comedies, while ...

In today's society, it is normal for an American child to watch an average of three to four hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior in children and teens. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is loa...

For the past several decades the media has impacted and naturally changed our life immeasurably. Television and movies in particular have had a destructive and irreversible influence towards children. In everyday life, a typical American child will spend up to 4 hours engulfed in an imaginary world ...

Both Mike Males, the writer of \"Stop Blaming Kids and TV,\" and Susan R. Lamson, writer of \"TV Violence: Does It Cause Real-Life Mayhem?\" have different views on the controversial issue of television causing violence. Males believe that television should not be blamed for the violence in society ...

Product Placement: Avoiding The Million-Dollar Minute As the price of advertising on television has increased, companies and their advertising agencies have been looking for more cost productive ways of marketing. A major way of tackling this issue is through the use of product placement in movie...

Product Placement: Avoiding The Million-Dollar Minute As the price of advertising on television has increased, companies and their advertising agencies have been looking for more cost productive ways of marketing. A major way of tackling this issue is through the use of product placement in movie...

Product Placement: Avoiding The Million-Dollar Minute As the price of advertising on television has increased, companies and their advertising agencies have been looking for more cost productive ways of marketing. A major way of tackling this issue is through the use of product placement in movie...

MY REALITY TELEVISION SHOW "THE REAL WORLD" I became very interested in the reality television show "The Real World," around October of last year. I watched one episode and I got hooked on it like it was a drug. Ever since then I have not missed a show. I heard about this r...

Since the dawn of mass media, many countries have attempted to regulate, control, or even block certain messages or content from being exhibited to their citizens at large. Most states are primarily interested in "classifying" opposed to "censoring" media, especially movies into appropriate categor...

"Defining the Cultural Forum"Defining the cultural forum, Newcomb and Hirsch explain that television serves as a medium whereby "contemporary cultures examine themselves through their arts." Examining current television programming, an argument can be made that the medium has and continues to benefi...

Gender, Class, and Race Stereotypes in American TelevisionA Content AnalysisGender, class, and race stereotypes abound in contemporary society, much like they have done throughout human history. With the advent of television, however, stereotypical assumptions have become so pervasive, and so diffus...

There is literally and epidemic which has spread around the world over the past thirty years or so. This is a health problem, both physical and mental, that isn't caused by an elusive bacteria or a yet unnamed virus. This health problem is caused by greed. The corporate greed of big business...

Top School SitesTop 25 Top 50 Top 100 OPPapers Main Total Papers: 2426Word Count: 572The world today has a variety of problems. Violence is around the top of the list. Everywhere you go that is all you here. It is seen on the front page of the newspaper and as the headlines in the news. Unfortu...

Television is commonly criticized as being bad for American society. Just as Marie Winn in her essay "The Plug-In Drug," television I believe that television has various negative effects on our society also, but I do not feel that watching television is all negative. Television today has a lot of p...

Who's Watching the Television?Television has become a leading form of entertainment in today's society. After dinner, after school or any free time is the perfect time to relax and watch some television. There are all kinds of TV programs nowadays and it seems there's something for everyone. Ever...

Television influences the general media everyday. Shows and commercials range in influencing what people should eat for breakfast in the morning, to what they wear at night. Their goal is to show something in some attractive way so that it takes public interest. They do this by flashing pictures ...