A Lasting Effect The alarm clock sounds, but this time Jeff wakes up well rested. It is the first day of summer vacation, and that means he can watch all of his favorite day time television shows with no interruptions. Grabbing a big bowl of his favorite cereal he settles on the couch f...

The Un-TV Experiment Part 1-Counting the technical events The first show I watched while counting the technical events for ten minutes was an episode of Friends. Within those ten minutes, I counted 82 technical events, which to say the least, was a shock since I was only expecting to have cou...

Representation of Blacks on Television and Media When most of us turn on the televisions to watch a sitcom or maybe even a talk show, we often see African- Americans acting as if they had little or no sense at all. Their use of bad language and vocabulary, as well as being overly dramatic in ever...

THE EFFECTS OF TV AND TV VIOLENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY The average American child watches 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. That is not surprising considering the average child is watching 27 hours of television each week, and in the inner-city...