It was 12:00am Sunday morning, or Saturday night, which ever one prefers, and I was wide-awake. As I set down, sipping my third cup of Pepsi from a mug that my roommate bought at a second season taping of Fox\'s American Idol, I brainstormed as to what I would write my research paper about. I found ...

BACKGROUND Almost from its inception, television has attracted critics concerned with violence portrayed in prime-time and Saturday morning children\'s programs. Spokesmen for the broadcast industry took the position that television and the violence portrayed on television had no affect on behavior ...

Interactive TV The Web and the Internet are the latest technologies to be harnessed by companies trying to develop interactive television. This paper reviews the efforts of technology companies and broadcasters to combine television and the Web in their products and activities, and how u...

As sensitive as this issue is, I believe it can be addressed. My report shows that some progress has already begun in several areas. Attention needs to be focused on how and why some programming has begun to move in the right direction and why the rest has not. "What this issue needs, more than a...

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...

"We do accept license fee-funded BBC needs to be popular. But it does not need to be populist. It has the money to give us something different." –Gerry Murphy, CEO Carlton Communications, speaking to Royal Television Society Since its in...

CIs societies violence the media's fault? This is the question that has been asked since before television was in every American's house. Of course there are the different types of media today ranging from newspapers, to on-line reports and stories. There have been arguments upon argument...

'The V-Chip' America's Answer to Desensitizing On February 8, 1996, President Clinton1 signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 19962, which will dramatically alter the telecommunications industry over the next several years. One of the most controversial sections of the bill was Section 551, t...

Broadcast journalism has been used throughout recent history to shape popular opinion about how governments deal with international issues. If we look at major historical events related to American foreign policy such as the Vietnam war, the Persian Gulf War, the war in the former Yugoslavia, or th...

Within a social structure, there are many factors that influence how individuals view others and themselves. As an example, an individual\'s social class, cultural beliefs, and commitment to religion will influence how that person functions within a social structure. While all of these factors and m...

Abstract This essay intends to discuss the following statement; Digital Broadcasting will have a fundamental effect on viewing patterns, popular culture and audience identity. This will be done firstly by looking at the history of the BBC and the original intention of Public Service Broadc...

Television's role in the 1950sThe 1950s were a period of American pride and honor. Times were great following World War II, the postwar economy was booming and never have so many people had so much time on their hands. People were in the spending mood and the busin...

In New York, a sixteen-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked why he was wearing gloves, he replied that he had learned from watching television, if you wear gloves you won't leave any fingerprints. In Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his...

The Negative Effects of Media on ChildrenDid you know according to the university of Miami, 40% of the average thirty minute news program was devoted to crime? That crime on your television set may be the reason your child may thinks it's alright to bring a gun to school. Did you also know that "...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE WATCHING BIG BROTHER! In the first block we saw how Western science is one particular way of viewing the world. And, as Heisenberg has argued, the way in which we view reality, frames the way we do science, which influences the answers, or represe...

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...

Discuss the view that the media influences aggressionThe question of whether the media influences aggression has recently become an area of great interest. More specifically, the area of whether aggression and violence is having a detrimental effect on children, and therefore is one of the causes in...