Essays Tagged: "Television"

There isn't Much Time

ng. In fact, it's twelve o'clock and I am free for the afternoon. As usual, I sit in front of the . television after I clean myself up, staring endlessly at the screen with my finger clicking on the r ...

(3 pages) 111 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Pressure to be Perfect

we live, society puts this pressure upon us. We are typically faced with this pressure by models on television and in magazines. Companies seem to have targeted women more so than men. They usually us ... se to be that you would at least burn some calories by having to get up and turn the channel on the television, but thanks to technology it is now a push of a button. Just think, things have the possi ...

(3 pages) 254 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Fahrenheit 451

ve started to take books for granted, insteadof reading books they watch a movie or a program on thetelevision. People do not realize that books, scrolls,manuscripts are a big part of our past.Since t ... avebeen our past anymore, it would have been a made up one. In thetime of Shakespeare there were no televisions, not even close tothat technology yet. Who would we study and learn about, if noone had ...

(3 pages) 144 1 2.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

If you want kitchen cabinets you need new shingles on the roof

ook so easy. Most people fail to realize why good ole' Bob is able to make things appear so easy on television. You see, Bob has a fifty man crew made up of world class carpenters hidden out of site b ... involved than what you may have bargained for.Around September in 1995, my wife was watching Bob on television. He was installing a new set of kitchen cabinets in an old house. Well, she decided that ...

(5 pages) 37 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

National TV Turn-off Week

ons of people are starving each year and thousands are killed in war zones, worrying about how much television we watch sounds like a stupid idea. Right? Well, that's what people all across North Am ... class now has something to worry about.        For years people have been watching television and no complaints have been made. No complaints about the endless information that comes ...

(3 pages) 98 3 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Abortion Do We Need It?

Abortion is a hot topic these days. We hear about it on television and on the radio. Should we, even take a stance on this issue when we have no idea what i ...

(3 pages) 164 2 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

MTV and THE MADONNA PHENOMENON

es for engagingspectators in diverse ways- that in part accounts for hersuccess. She is the supreme television heroine." (E. AnnKaplan 271)"What are the main theories which we have studied sofar and h ... 271)"What are the main theories which we have studied sofar and how have they affected how you view television?"-This is the question which this paper is supposed to answer.Obviously there is not enou ...

(8 pages) 243 0 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Anne Frank

The Media The media has been causing problems and clashes in opinionsprobably ever since the television was invented. The media probably startedout OK, but after a while, they started twisting ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Censorship

July 20, 1992. Statements such as that has started an on going debate about censorship in thetelevision and music industry. What exactly is censorship? Some feel censorship is aviolation of the ... music and entertainment industry about censorship. Since its invention earlier this century, television has become the most popularformat for entertainment. We can be entertained, informed, and ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Violence on the Tube

One Saturday morning many years ago, I was watching an episode of the 'Roadrunner' on television. As Wile E. Coyote was pushed off of a cliff by the Roadrunner for the fourth or fifth ti ... iolence on the tube is one of the main factors that leads to real-life violence, but in my opinion, television is just a minor factor that leads to real-life violence and that it is the parents respon ... to observing parents and peers, classroom learning, reading books, and learning from media such as television and films. Nearly all of us have been exposed to television, videotapes, and films in the ...

(6 pages) 208 0 4.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Abortion is a difficult decision.

Abortion is a hot topic these days. We hear about it on television and on the radio. Should we, even take a position on this issue when we have no idea what ...

(2 pages) 88 1 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Lure of Professional Leagues

ld jump at that chance. College athletes constantly see the professionalstars doing endorsements on television and being driven around in limousines. College athletesaren't allowed to do endorsements ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Postage Stamps As A Classic

are well know, have made one's life change, and also have theirdownsides. One can conclude that the television, airplane, and computers were great inventions.These three all changed the way of life fo ... mputers were great inventions.These three all changed the way of life for people in this world. The television for entertainmentand news, airplanes for transportation also was a great advancement, or ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Progression of music in america since the 1940's

ments, and a singer or two. This was the time period when music started to be broadcasted live over television and record albums were entering the home. (Hays) The 50's marked a beginning for a ...

(4 pages) 123 0 4.3 Dec/1995

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Television and Commercialism

Excellent essay on commercialism in our society -Television is populated with images which are superficial and lack depth. Programs look more like ad ... ansed of depth and specificity altogether.' (1). We live in a world populated by images. Children's television has concocted small, preset groups of images such as rainbows for happiness, red hearts f ... he hearts of many innocent little girls who become subjected to her unrealistic image.Most often in television there is no depth beyond the surface, what you see is what you get. This is very prominen ...

(6 pages) 195 0 4.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

TV Violence

A major topic of conversation nowadays is whether or not voilence on television causes children to bahave more violently. Shortly after I began to research this topic, I ... n a violent manner. This stands is examined in the Maclean's article intitled,'Power to the people. Television's teen Rangers Kick up a storm. The author of this article, Particia Chrisholm, explains ... icle, the Child Savers believe that 'Programs which contain gratitous violence will not be shown on television.'(McCormack 1993.P20) They basically want to force the CRTC to wake up and take action. T ...

(7 pages) 192 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

The Cultural Construction of Gender and Representation of Identity in Soaps and Music Videos

play with gender and identity. No other single artist has produced as many mixed images as she has.Television soaps tend not to interrogate the construction of gender and the representation of identi ... play with gender and identity. No other single artist has produced as many mixed images as she has.Television soaps tend not to interrogate the construction of gender and the representation of identi ...

(8 pages) 285 1 3.8 May/1995

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Children, TV, and Violence

umbness to violence that has made America so violent.When I think back to my childhood and remember television I remember watching such programs as 'Sesame Street', 'Mr. Rogers', and 'Scooby - Doo'. I ... going inside (except when his mother called for dinner), but as he got older and more interested in television I noticed that he was becoming much more aggressive especially as he playedoutside with h ...

(10 pages) 360 0 4.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

"On My September 11th..."

I remember thinking to myself that this would be a day that I would never forget, as I watched the television and saw a high-jacked airplane crash into the World trade Center and explode. It was abo ... much to be consumed by my mind and I felt like my brain was racing. It was on every channel on the television, it was all over the radio. It felt like I was trapped in a movie scene.My life has n ...

(2 pages) 199 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Tv Violence and its effect on children

acted by everything around them, including parents, teachers, friends, even enemies, but especially television. More specifically, violence on tv negatively affects children's behaviour. It demonstrat ... ling but also the only way. This type of image being portrayed from such a great role model such as television makes children prone to acts of violence during child hood, subsequently after and later ...

(3 pages) 153 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media