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V Chip Television Violence
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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American Medical Association Violence On Television
1,317 wordsTelevision is a pervasive and complex part of childrens lives, there are many factors that affect how much and what they view. Television is more and more becoming a curriculum. Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) pools evidence from over 2, 500 studies within the last decade on over 100, 000 subjects from several nations to show that the compiled evidence of television's influence on behavior is so "overwhelming" that there is a consensus in the research community that "violence on television doe...
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O J Simpson Kennedy Administration
1,115 wordsThroughout the history of the United States of America, the Constitution has always been put to the test. The first amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and the press, comes from William Blackstone of England who wrote, "The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state, but this consists in laying no previous restraint upon publications, and not from censure... when published" (q. in Bain, par. 22). The founders of this great country originally created the firs...
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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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Special Interest Groups John Mccain
1,089 words... nother $ 100, 000 every fourth year, and $ 25, 000 in the years between. Benefits of this club include attending national and regional meetings with Republican leaders and an invitation to the party's annual ball (Manhood 82). Basically, those who contribute large sums of money to the political parties are given a chance to lobby for their own interests. Unfortunately, those interests rarely serve to benefit the average taxpayer... With another campaign season on the horizon, the issue of sp...
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Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Consumer Electronics
1,025 words... n all digital HDTV standard. The problem was that Zenith, AT&T, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and A. T. R. C. all had quality aspects to offer and resulted in 4 serious contenders vying for 1 standard. The FCC then made a recommendation to form a Grand Alliance which evolved to include AT&T, General Instrument Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Zenith Electronics Corporation, Philips Consumer Electronics, the David Sarnoff Research Center and Thompson Consumer Electr...
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Apple Ii Mac Os
1,463 wordsLet's take a trip back in time and review the evolution of a computer company. It's not IBM or Microsoft. This company is Apple Computers, Incorporated. In the year 1976, before most people even thought about buying a computer for their homes. Back then the computer community added up to a few brainy hobbyist. So when Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold a van and two programmable calculators for thirteen hundred dollars and started Apple Computers, Inc. , in Jobs garage, the reach for success seem...
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Government People Money
550 wordsI was pleased to find out that I was a centrist. Its true that I favor government intervention in some cases, but in other cases, people should be able to govern themselves. Here in the land of freedom, I think it would be impossible for the government to control everyone and every activity. For example the FCC coming up with a plan to crack down on pornography distributed through cable or the Howard Stern show which will soon be going to satellite radio. People are paying for theses services. I...
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Shifting Technology From Pagers To Cellular Phones
1,159 words... difference between analog and digital cellular? Commercials about a 100 % digital network scream from the TV. Print advertisements' black ink blare the magic of "digital" wireless services. More and more wireless services are touting the benefits of an all digital network. So what exactly is the big deal with digital and how does it compare to analog cellular technology? Here's a look at where digital and its predecessor cellular technology came from and where's it going so you can decide if...
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The Constitutional Abuse Of Free Speech
887 wordsFree speech and the abuses that surround it are like wild horses that need to be broken and tamed. The laws that were created to protect free speech were made long ago and in a much different spirit. The days of the American Revolution were filled with political oppression, enforced by British rule. Speaking out against such obvious tyranny meant being crushed under the boot of colonial governors. Free speech was designed to combat these infractions against proper civil liberties. The first amen...
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Century Broadcast Networks Advanced Television Systems Hdtv
1,403 wordsTable of Contents Introduction 1 About CBN 1 HDTV Integration 2 Area Researched 3 Technology Involved 5 System Architecture 5 Implementation 6 Future Trends 8 Future Products 8 Companies Involved 10 Regulatory Issues 11 "Dual Carriage" and Multicast Requirement 11 "Must Carry" Requirement 11 Global Implications 11 Technology 12 Data Size and Bandwidth 12 Cost and Fees 12 The HDTV Advantage 13 References 14 Introduction About CBN Century Broadcast Networks, CBN, is a premiere home entertainment t...
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Number Of Women Presidential Election
1,118 words... or interest to the public or can be made salient in order to win public support. ' (London) Many times the media often bring up the worst in a public official or candidate as seen by that of Gary Condit. They cover low salient issues that are irrelevant to everyday life and also overplay or cover the issue too much. Another example is with the Texas Governor, George W. Bush. The main issue on the media's mind was the rumor of his past cocaine use. They should have been covering his views on ...
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Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Von Neumann
1,368 wordsThe information age is upon us. The raw materials are ones and zeros. The technology used to transport the ones and zeros provides numerous opportunities for entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers. Telecommunications is dynamically changing the way we work, learn, communicate, and view society. At no other time in history have so many people been given the ability to exchange ideas, sell their products, or learn through research and study. E-commerce, business-to-business information exchange,...
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Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Library Of Congress
1,172 wordsNumerous business and hi-technology analysts view the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as the first major review of the telecommunication laws and procedures in almost 62 years since the Communications Act of 1934 was enforced. The goal of this new regulation is to provide an unhampered access of the new players to the telecommunication business and guarantee them fair rules of competition in any market and against any competitor while at the same time making the communicational services to be nat...
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Supreme Court Cases U S Supreme Court
2,039 wordsThe first amendment of the US Constitution states that? congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press? ? . Ever since the beginning of the Supreme Court, cases have come up time and time again that challenge this amendment, or require the justices to interpret this amendment. Looking back at all the cases heard, it is obvious that the US Supreme Court have changed their interpretat...
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Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Black And White
2,150 wordsHDTV INTRODUCTION: High Definition Television (HDTV) is quite an example of an international topic that has far reaching effects on the world wide electronics marketplace. HDTV is not simply a new standard for color televisions; it is in fact a doorway to becoming the world leader in setting the standards for; computer screens, laptop flat panel displays, medical imaging displays, automobile interactive displays and of course high definition wide screens. HDTV is as much about sound quality impr...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,079 wordsThe PMRC was founded in May of 1985. (Tipper) In November of 1985 the PMRC met with the Recording Industry Association of America. The two organizations made an agreement that a label saying Explicit Lyrics-Parental Advisory should be placed on albums containing obscenities, or sexual lyrics. The main parent leading the PMRC is Al Gores wife, Tipper Gore. Tipper Gore seems to be ruining her husbands chances at ever becoming president. The problem is that the entertainment industry, which would m...
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Hewlett Packard Compact Disc
1,828 wordsThe future of home television is at a crossroads with new technologies available in every direction. Will recordable DVD replace the home VCR? Will HDTV succeed with consumers? What is affecting the mass rollout of these new technologies? The DVD story is a classic computer technology tale. All the key elements are there: vaporware, standards wars, compatibility problems, extremely high initial prices, and confusion at every turn. Even the technology's name stirs minor debate. Some claim it stan...
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Sex In Advertising Rest Of Society
879 wordsSex In Advertising An important controversial issue that America faces today is the debate of sex in advertising. Edward A. McCabe and John Carroll are two authors that present opposing arguments about this issue. McCabe persuades the reader into thinking that sex in advertising is no big deal, while Carroll explains why this is a major problem in America. Sex ads are defined as any type of advertising that shows pictures of partial nudity with wording that relates to the body in a sexual way, u...
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Source Of Information Political Issues
909 wordsPolitics and the Media Politics and the media have always been involved with each other, with media strongly setting the standard for what politics are important. Our perspective of the real world is based on the issues the media makes aware to us. It is not known which influences more, but there are definitely two sides to the story. Many studies have been done to decide but each comes out with different answers. I think that the media has more of an impact on politics than does politics on the...
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