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Sex And Violence Violence In The Media
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1,885 wordsThe 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 for what is to be a very eventful day in the world of soap opera heaven. As he gets comfortable little does Jeff know the effect his television watching will have on him. Since the 1920 s the television has been an integral part of...
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1,324 wordsBy Mary Ann Banta Board Member, National Coalition on Television Violence 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 of the viewer. To many this was a strange position for an industry that was also selling commercial time with the specific intent to influ...
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Violent Scenes V Chip
1,392 words... rogram ming. He also pointed out that a network loses anywhere from $ 250, 000 to $ 1 million every time it airs a movie with a viewer discretion advisory. He was also quoted "It is not the role of network television to program for the children of America... Televisions obligation is not (to be) the nation's baby-sitter. " Barry Diller who was quoted by Frank Rich of the New York Times does not support this view that television has no public service responsibility. Diller thinks the V-Chip i...
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Seven Dirty Words Power To Regulate
1,211 words... f the dominant culture's inevitable efforts to force those groups who do not share its mores to conform to it's way of thinking, acting, and speaking. " (Gunther, 1991) Therefore, the Supreme Court looked upon Carlin's monologue as indecent but not obscene. The FCC was given the power to regulate the airwaves and prohibit broadcasters from promoting "indecent" material over the radio. After the Pacifica case the FCC has also extended the ban of indecent as well as obscene materials to 24 hou...
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Digital Tv Top Ten
653 wordsWhat is HDTV? HDTV, the first completely new TV standard since the introduction of the medium in the 40 's, allows a picture with much finer visual detail and better color than the NTSC standards used with today's analog TV sets. Pictures can have 3 to 5 times the sharpness of today's broadcasts and no noise or snow. A good analogy is that you can see picture improvement like CD's improved over vinyl records! And speaking of sound, HDTV broadcasts also include CD quality surround sound based on ...
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Todays Society Advertising Agencies
371 wordsIn Ella Taylors TV Families the alliance refers to the broadcasters and the advertising sponsors. Advertising agencies would fund broadcasting companies to promote their products during commercials and / or during the programming. TV shows relate to many different classes to boost the ratings of the shows and of their broadcasting company as well as boost the profits of the advertisers that are funding the TV. Though many programmings are not reality it does play a role in the fundamental intere...
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Easy To Understand Parts Of The World
879 wordsThis book is about the global broadcasting systems. The Preface says that things are changing so fast that the book will probably be outdated by the time we read it. On the other hand, it does provide a clear picture of television and other media around the world, at the moment in time when the authors did their research. The writers got help from their colleagues, as well as questions and comments by students, in order to put the book together in its final form. It has seven chapters, a Glossar...
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Period Of Time Digital Technology
1,377 wordsTechnology development has made a great change, digitization of TV signals leads to a huge increase of more channels available, specially on terrestrial, satellite, interactive TV and other convergence of various media such as broadcasting, publishing and computers. They are all forms of multimedia development of high-definition wide-screen TV. Such kind of great developments are leading to powerful economic interests and are providing opportunities for huge sums of profits in these wide expandi...
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Rising Tide Cultural Imperialism
2,403 wordsCommunications Essay The biggest challenge for the broadcasting policy makers over the next five years will be making sure that national broadcasting companies are able to preserve the cultural heritage of a particular country by efficiently competing with foreign broadcasters. It is going to be a great challenge because it would be really hard to do so without depriving those foreign companies of their right for fare competition on the international market. There are a lot of complicated issues...
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Federal Communications Commission American Medical Association
2,317 wordsViolence in the Media? Monkey see, monkey do? has become a well-known saying in today? s modern, media warped society, but is it correct? What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these, our homes, is a major source of violence. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the peopl...
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Rising Tide Counter Productive
2,422 wordsIntroduction In the words of Prime Minister R. W. Bennett Canadian Broadcasting could be a great agency for the communication of matters of national concern and the diffusion of national thought and ideas. Does the CBC fulfil the mandate originally set forward by the Aird Commission? Does the Cbc's current mandate reflect its original purpose? How has the CBC coped with the changes brought about by technology? Theses are questions that must be answered if the CBC is to preserve Canadas unique cu...
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Digital Tv Digital Television
838 wordsDigital Television On November 1, 1998 computer companies, television makers, broadcasters, and program suppliers have made a transition from analog to digital television. When the FCC passed a law forcing the networks to change from an analog broadcast to a digital broadcast, all the above mentioned industries have been scrambling to get a jump on their competition. The picture and sound qualities of digital TV broadcasts are the best on Earth. However, at this moment cost remains a big problem...
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Federal Communications Commission Time Warner
2,018 wordsA little over one week ago, on May 1, 2000, millions of Time Warner Cable customers? 3. 5 million to be exact? woke up without the American Broadcast Company (ABC) on their TV dial. While these 3. 5 million, which pondering the coming of the Apocalypse without Regis, Kathy Lee or Susan Lucci for a day, news spread across the country about the reality of the situation. After the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a transmission deal, after five months of negotiating, ABC service was cu...
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826 wordsDo You Think That Television Is ADo You Think That Television Is A Force For Good, A Harmful Influence, Or Both Do you think that television is a force for good, a harmful influence, or both? What would you do to reduce its potential to harm? young people in particular. Television is a source for top entertainment adored by all ages but the programs are influencing the eyes of the viewers both in a good and bad way. Violence, sex and bad language is currently shown at earlier and earlier times, ...
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Seven Dirty Words First Amendment Rights
2,444 wordsGOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING Essay, Research GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners that the program would include " sensitive language which might be regarded as offensive t...
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Technological Developments Definition Television
1,459 wordsDigital describes electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two states: positive and non-positive. Positive is expressed or represented by the number 1 and non-positive by the number 0 (Lasica). Data that is transmitted or stored with digital technology is expressed as a string of 0 s and 1 s. Each of these digits is referred too as a bit (and a string of bits that a computer can address individually as a group is a byte). Prior to digital technology, electroni...
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686 wordsHDTV It all started when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. This opened up the idea of receiving and playing professionally produced entertainment at home. As the years went by, there have been many advances in technology and ways to transmit signals through the air waves into peoples homes. After all, this is what its mostly used for, to get programs into peoples homes. Whether it be movies, commercials, instructional videos, music, PSAs, news, sports. Whoever creates these programs have th...
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Hours Per Week Original Work Published
2,706 wordsMedia Violence in Childrens Lives During the past decade, America has witnessed an alarming increase in the incidence of violence in the lives of children. On a daily basis, children in America are victims of violence, as witnesses to violent acts in their homes or communities, or as victims of abuse, neglect, or personal assault. The causes of violent behavior in society are complex and interrelated. Among the significant contributors are poverty, racism, unemployment, illegal drugs, inadequate...
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Itchy And Scratchy Television Violence
1,686 wordsIn this century, television was one of the great inventions. It gives people entertainment and provide them the updated news. Since television is so important and popular, every household at least has a television set. Watching television has become an important part of Americans daily life. People, especially children, enjoy watching television. Unluckily, many of todays television programs are violent. Since children spend an enormous amount of time watching television, this creates negative e...
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