Essays Tagged: "televisions"

Apollo and Challenger Disasters

d in front of abank of television monitors, listening to the crew radio channel and watching varioustelevisions for important activity.Inside the Apollo 4 there was a metal door with a sharp edge. Eac ...

(4 pages) 145 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Fahrenheit 451

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

The Impact of Television

The Impact Of TelevisionSince the beginning, there have been mixed reactions to television and it was E.B. White w ... sting in educating children after they have begun school.Every day millions of people turn to their televisions as a form of escape from the pressures and stress of day to day life. The television, to ... h grossed 390 million dollars, bring millions of people to movie theater, which are basically large televisions, for the soul purpose of entertainment. Movies are not restricted only to theaters since ...

(4 pages) 295 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Personal Code of Ethics. "I believe" Personal essay

are who we want to be...I believe in choice...I believe in love...I believe that Bert and Ernie are televisions first gay couple...I believe that the 1979 Orioles were robbed...I believe that people w ...

(8 pages) 866 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Development of Computers and Technology

Computers in some form are in almost everything these days. From Toasters to Televisions, just about all electronic things has some form of processor in them. This is a very lar ...

(14 pages) 360 0 3.5 Apr/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Computer Graphics

Computers in some form are in almost everything these days. From Toasters to Televisions, just about all-electronic things have some form of processor in them. This is a very la ...

(7 pages) 257 1 2.9 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Advertising - What's The Point?

d decide that they want the product. Advertisements are everywhere. In or on magazines, newspapers, televisions, billboards, radios, and even on the sides of busses and cars, advertisements can be fou ...

(7 pages) 188 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Partial-Birth Abortion & Its Affect on the American People

'Partial-Birth Abortionand its Affect on the American People'We sat and watched our televisions and rejoiced as Jeffrey Dahmer was sentencedto life in prison for the brutal killing of ...

(5 pages) 105 2 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Does Television Influence Children To Be Violent?

of youngsters from all over these parts of the world have observed professional wrestling on their televisions at home, and have then tried it in their own backyards with friends and family members. ... 're bound to end up imitating it.As I have said before children like to copy what they see on their televisions at home, even more so if they are watching super hero programs such as "Power Rangers", ...

(3 pages) 70 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Review of Gil Bailie's Book: "Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads"

can no longer be termed "unspeakable" acts of violence and terror assault us daily. Newspapers and televisions capture the carnage and chaos that increasingly suggest the near-death of civility and t ...

(6 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

How the media, including TV, music and video games influences children in a negavtive way

They were considered a luxurythat only the rich could afford. Now, many households have two or more televisions andchildren watch them incessantly. Many television programs are extremely violent andch ...

(1 pages) 164 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

"Introduction of the Microwave"

ted? How did anyone get the first ideas to experiment? After all, complex things such as computers, televisions, and microwaves had to have had a great impact on society. And so did simpler things, su ...

(3 pages) 67 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Theory of Knowledge.

o produce weapons of mass destruction and improve our ability to cure diseases. We have seen on our televisions the effects of the wars that were 'needed' to contain communism, and many witnessed the ...

(5 pages) 138 0 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Mass Media.

The main paragraphs are actually answers to quite detailed questions.Mass MediaThe main purpose of televisions today is to advertise and inform people what is going on in the world around them - the ... colour television is much more complex, harder to produce and manage production, the cost of colour televisions became extremely high, and few people could afford it. Fortunately, with the increased d ...

(8 pages) 132 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Does television violence cause violence in children and how can it be reduced?

ncreased to 64% by 1955, 93% by the mid-60's, and 98% today" (Hughes and Hasbrouck 3). With so many televisions in homes today and working parents; "TV has become the closest and most constant compani ... o problems, they have this attitude when they play resulting in more aggression. Back in 1940, when televisions were scarce, "the seven top problems in public schools were identified by teachers as ta ...

(8 pages) 485 2 4.2 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The history of television with MLA format and works cited!

Many people contributed to this invention. Paul Nipkow and John Logie Baird helped create the first televisions. They invented a spinning disk that transmitted still pictures, which looked like blurre ... odern fathers of television and are mostly responsible for the invention (Calabrano, 3-4).The first televisions were only black and white pictures. The picture consists of pixels. The pixels can tell ...

(3 pages) 153 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Plasma Telivision

e unit that has its own television tuner, such as a VCR.For the past 75 years, the vast majority of televisions have been built around the same technology: the cathode ray tube. The cathode ray tubes ... om.Recently, a new alternative has popped up on store shelves: the plasma flat panel display. These televisions have wide screens, but they are only about 6 inches thick.The xenon and neon gas in a pl ...

(4 pages) 71 1 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Fame and Addiction: Celebrity Narcissism, Culture, and Worship. *Two page essay for Grade 11 English Media Class*

Media plays a big role in our everyday lives. There are televisions [as well as magazines, movies, ads, billboards, newspapers. etc.] everywhere and media r ...

(3 pages) 79 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Is There Knowledge We Should Not Seek or is there?

o produce weapons of mass destruction and improve our ability to cure diseases. We have seen on our televisions the effects of the wars that were 'needed' to contain communism, and many witnessed the ...

(5 pages) 41 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The Spread of Personal Technology and their effects

easier life. Personal technology is now available to a wider range of people, and advances such as televisions in cars, the Internet, and cell phones, have been both beneficial and damaging to the Am ... eneficial and damaging to the American people.Ever-growing trends in America today are the built in televisions and DVD players in automobiles. "Video systems in today's minivans and sport utility veh ...

(4 pages) 131 0 4.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology