...in price almost as precipitously (Marshall). This directly affects the rise and success of the internet. The eventual takeover of internet access is quickly coming to reality. When you look around, all you see are people playing with electronic devices all of which are accessing the internet. This essay will argue that through the rise of the internet, people have changed their old ways of thinking, shopping, and communicating, which has changed the future of books, television, and computers. Kenneth Jost stated, “The book-publishing industry is all abuzz over electronic books”. The new way students and people who love to read are learning is through electronic books. Some people like the old way of reading books, but now everything has changed. This has changed the future of books, which are now on the downfall. With the rise of the internet, new devises are created almost daily, leading to a new way to enjoy reading and other leisure activities such as looking at maps or pictures. This occurred due to the “cool factor” of possessing a computerized device and the quickness of accessibility. Furthermore, once someone gets a new device, their surrounding family and friends must also have one. They are portable and allow people to access useful computerized information or any book they would like to read at any time. People nowadays are using the internet so much, they don’t have the time to read conventional books anymore. The new technological advancements that have been made...
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...such as movies and television has played a part in the changes in American culture and by being the avenue by which the values, social issues, and cultural changes of the time could be expressed and either promoted or discouraged. The “Brady Bunch”, first airing in 1969, showed the life of a combined family dealing with everyday situations such as sibling rivalry, lying, and following rules. It was a show that showed what family life was all about and showed healthy lessons to its viewers in an attempt to showcase a model family. Another show that helped American children see the way family life was supposed to be was the 1982 television sit-com, “family Ties”. This show also demonstrated typical family issues and showed lessons to the viewer through the characters. Lessons learned were often life experience issues like honesty, trustworthiness, and being a good person. Both of these shows helped expand the belief of what a typical family should look and act like making both shapers of American culture and values. As a child I watched both of these shows and they reminded me of my life at home and I could relate with many of the lessons discussed in them. Although the long term view of television shows like these, and many others, displays how visual media relates to American culture and values, I do not believe the changes in our culture, and society in general, were brought on or caused by the television shows. Instead, I feel that visual media, television and movies, is simply...
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...that address major issues. The show can be looked at and broken up into three sections: Race, class, and family dynamic. I will look at and analyze these three sections using Stuart Hall’s Model of Encoding and Decoding and go through the steps involved in this model, and connect them with some episodes and some aspects of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Race Using Stuart Hall’s Encoding and Decoding Model of Communication, we will use a few examples from the show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air which deal with race. For each of these examples all four stages of the encoding and decoding model of communication will be applied. In one episode, Will and Carlton were driving to Palm Springs to meet up with the rest of their family, and they were following all laws and ended up getting pulled over and even taken to jail. For the first stage which is production, I look at examples of other movies or television shows, and look at what The Fresh Prince of Bel Air does. In a lot of movies and television shows, when there is a scene that involves a traffic stop, in order to build suspense, the cameras will only show the police officers feet walking up to the car, or a flashlight on the car. But in this scene, the cameras show the police officer’s whole body, in order to show that the officer was white and that it was a racially charged situation. This show was circulated on network television and they were targeting a very wide audience. If it was on cable it would cut down a large portion of...
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...Home Entertainment: Cable TV vs. Internet Streaming Service Miguel A. Resendiz Campbell University Home Entertainment: Cable TV vs. Internet Streaming In my household we are a family of four which includes my wife, my teenage brother, my daughter and me. When it comes to entertainment, we are very dependent on television. We have some shows that we enjoy as a family and because of the age difference and different interest we also have shows that we enjoy watching independently. The necessity of having a home entertainment that is low priced and adaptable to the needs of the family leads to analyze the decision whether to continue with cable television or switch to internet streaming. Home entertainment in America is constantly evolving side by side with technology. The Cable television industry has been dominating home entertainment market for many years but a new industry is now in the challenge, the new competitor is Internet Streaming Service and is also rising with technology. In his book, On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies, Dr. Tyron explains, “Digital delivery not only affects the economic models of the movie industry but also promotes an on-demand culture, in which the practices of movie-going and the perceptions of media culture are transformed. Movie viewers are now re-imagined as individualized and mobile, able to watch practically anywhere or anytime they wish, while having access to aspects of film culture—such as film festivals...
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...WHICH LEADS LIVES: TV The Initiative Media (1997) stated that in Turkey, “The average television viewing time is 300 min per day, compared to 180 min average television viewing in Europe (cited in Uray&Burnaz, 2003). As it is inferred from the statistics, television is one of the leading mediums of media; thereby it has a formidable force on society. It can easily leave an impression on society and shape audience’s ideas about any issue such as gender roles and the social mores. As TV’s effect on gender roles are comprehensively examined, it is observed that it does more harm than good for society; since TV restrains women from having careers by showing them as inappropriate and insufficiently qualified for some quantitative occupations, changes family dynamics, and blocks women’s success in politics despite being a non-quantitative field. On the other hand, it has a good effect on gender roles that it removes strict boundaries between genders. The first of harmful effects of TV on society is that TV has a power to shape audience’s ideas about women’s and men’s abilities, and impose on society that women are less skillful than men in the workplace, especially in quantitative fields. If the ideas that females are less successful than males, and their male counterparts better-qualified in quantitative fields are transmitted through TV advertisements and series, the public’s ideas will change in a linear way with the TV says. For example, when almost no female is depicted as engineer...
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...Effects of Television on the Youth COM/172 Effects of Television on the Youth Children and their television usage has become an extreme epidemic that has led to many other worldwide problems concerning our children like obesity, sleep patterns, behavior, and academic downfalls. Parents find themselves asking too often, how much television is too much. Being a parent myself I have been able to witness the affects television can have on young children and how serious it is. More now in the 21st century than ever before, parents seem to be gone longer hours and unattached when they are finally home; this might be part of the problem leading to the television epidemic. Television is affecting our children and the family structure as a whole. Parents and guardians need to start taking steps to making a change. Brain Development As television becomes an uncontrollable issue as time passes, some researchers argue that it can effect brain development long term. Television viewing starts earlier than other forms of media often before the age of two (Burke, 2005). There is even a television channel just for babies. Television takes up time that could be used for physical and social interaction which is critical to a baby’s development. Studies have found that television watching before the age of three slightly hurt several measures of cognitive development later in life...
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...puzzle or a car. In the puzzle, each piece fits into another creating the picture. In a car, each part has a function. The engine makes the car run, the steering wheel enables the car to turn, the brakes make the car stop, seat belts and airbags provide safety, and radios provide entertainment. Translate this to the functionalist’s view of the individual, society, social order and social change. All of these separate pieces work cooperatively, functionally creating stability of the whole and, predictability of social change, on a broad scale. Enter the conflict theory. Whether one’s beliefs are rooted in the theory of evolution or creationism, conflict has been around since the beginning of time. Conflict theorists recognize the continuous struggle. The premise of this theory is people are influenced by power and authority, the maintenance of social order is achieved through power and coercion and social change is constant. Although conflict is a derogatory term by its definition, conflict is not always a bad thing. But whether positive or negative, conflict is a catalyst for change. Conflict brought about the end to slavery in the United States. It also brings about unrest as is evident currently in the Ukraine. Both the functionalist and conflict theories take a broad view, examining and...
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...with new Ideas and corporate philosophy. With introduction of successful IPod Player in to 2001 Apple has again proved itself as a Market leader in consumer electronics. Latest era of extraordinary success of the company is in iOS based Apple products like I Phone, IPod slim, I Pad and now I Pad 2. Now a day’s Apple is a biggest technology corporation in the planet with the profits of more than $65 billion. It has about 49,400 employs all over the world. Fortune Magazine most Admired Company in United State in 2008 and in the world in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Apple Vision and Mission Statement Apple, Inc’s vision statement is “Man is the creator of change in this world. As such he should be above systems and structures, and not subordinate to them.” Explanation of Vision Statement: Apple lives this vision through the technologies it develops for consumers and corporations. It strives to make its customers masters of the products they have bought. Apple doesn’t simply make a statement. It lives it by ensuring that its employees understand the vision and strive to reach it. It has put systems in place to enable smooth customer interaction. It has put objectives in place to continuously move forward; implemented strategies to...
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...a time period full of freedom, equal opportunity, change, and war. In the 70’s, family roles were adjusting and divorce rates were rising (Walker). With the divorce rates rising, the traditional family values were seen as less important, values such as spending time as a family or everyone eating dinner all together. However, most shows during this era still portrayed the idea of a traditional family, which is having the mother stay home to cook, clean, and take care of the children, while the father is off at work supporting the family (Frum). T.V’s popularity in the 70’s was expanding, symbolizing a movement towards equality between races and genders (Frum). With the turn of the century, shows such as “Maude,” “The Jefferson’s,” “All In The Family,” and more began airing on national television (Frum). The social movements of the time period such as equal rights for women and the civil rights movement were becoming apparent in shows like these (Dow). Other than popular shows in the 1970’s, commercial television also had a profound and wide-ranging impact on American society and culture, therefore sparking a new consumer culture. Advertisements have been mentioned as major factors contributing to increased American materialism. With more and more people watching TV, this form of entertainment seemed at an all time high. But, since some shows like “All In The Family” started airing episodes that broke down the traditional family, people at home were starting to wonder for the first...
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...Economic Culture Cory Lyons ANT 101 Cora Moore January 17, 2016 Economic Culture Culture is a way of life, for a group of people. The behaviors and beliefs of the group become accepted and passed down through generations. Culture defines and differentiates humans from each other. Understanding different cultures from an unbiased view is cultural relativism. That is taking an emic viewpoint into people’s beliefs or practices. Over the course of this paper, I will examine one aspect of my own culture from an etic perspective, and I will examine an aspect of another culture from an insider’s perspective in order to better understand it more. Specifically, I will be examining the American economic culture, contrasted with the introduction of television to rural Fijian villages to show how the economy has almost consumed the culture in America, and that it may not be heathy to be engulfed in a culture that focuses on consumption and driven by the economy. Part I In this section, I will be discussing the state of the economy in America from an etic perspective. Meaning I will take “an outsider's or observer's allegedly ‘objective’ account” (Crapo, 2013, p. 1.1). This will allow me to examine the American economy objectively; even though I will able to pull from my own experiences and knowledge. In the article Body Ritual among the Nacerima by Horace Miner the Nacerima culture is examined from an outsider’s perspective. Miner observes the significance the Nacerima put...
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...American children, television is the center of daily activities. When parents do not monitor the time spent in front of the set, kids get home from school and race through the door to flop immediately on the couch to flip on the usual shows, when parental supervision is present, kids know that chores or homework has to get done before anything else, regardless of what it may be. Sixty years ago, in our grandparents’ age, television was watched through windows of the downtown appliance store, or on a very special occasion like landing on the moon. Now households have an average of two and a half televisions. (Yang, 2011) Our youth are not learning about the world like they should, and they are not as smart as they could be, all because of this evil box we all take for granted. Also, there is an epidemic of childhood obesity and health problems occurring due to the side effects of watching the television. Television is adversely affecting the future that depends upon the outcome of our children. Television discourages social behavior, delays brain development in the very young, promotes unhealthy living, and tears down our core family values. Television can be blamed for many of student academic failures. The infant brain is not developed like a mature adults, and it acts as a “single receptacle of sensory experience” (Vorisek, 2007), which absorbs everything around it. Specific right and left brain divisions do not develop until around age 12. Television threatens brain...
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...Effects of Visual Media Your Name HUM/176 June 2, 2013 Instructor’s Name Effects of Visual Media As film technology has advanced through the years of development to the media outlet it is today, films have shaped culture and attitudes through stories and other content. As more movies are produced, views and values of society continue to alter based on the images portrayed. These changes in society occur because moviegoers absorb the styles and attitudes of idolized characters from films. For example, in the late 1960s, several movies were released depicting rebellion and violence. Movies such as “The Wild Bunch” and “Bonnie and Clyde” let to more liberal attitudes toward social order as well as an acceptance of violence and sex on-screen (Lule, 2012). More films were produced to specifically shape the viewpoints of the audience once filmmakers took notice. The movie “Super-Size Me” is one example of a movie produced specifically to alter perceptions of society. Television provided a source of at home visual entertainment beginning in the 1950s. Initially, television was a family oriented activity with programming such as “Leave it to Beaver” featuring white families living in suburban communities with a focus on issues of family life but not on issues of society. These types of shows depicted the ideals of the time. As society events began to create stress in everyday lives during the 1960s, shows like “Bewitched” provided a world of fantasy and escape, but still...
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...“All in the Family” Archie Bunker, America’s favorite old school racist is standing in his kitchen star struck by the presence of Sammy Davis Jr. The musician agrees to pose for a picture with Archie and as soon as the countdown to snap it ended, Davis puckered up his lips and laid a kiss on Archie’s cheek (All in the Family S02E21)! The look Archie Bunker had on his face said it all, it was the kiss heard around the world and one of televisions funniest and most profound moments. The television sitcom “All in the Family” aired on prime time CBS from 1971 to 1979. The 1970s were a time of social unrest; a social war between the old school and the new schools of thought. This was a time where racism, homophobia, and gender were fiercely debated in every household across the country while they were ignored on television. Archie Bunker was played by Caroll O’Connor and he was the main character. “All in the Family” used the forever hot topics of racism, homosexuality, and gender inequality in America as an overarching theme, which taught to people just how ridiculous and baseless those beliefs were while keeping viewers of all backgrounds entertained. As the story goes, Archie Bunker is a working class family man with a very strong set of conservative and often unfair views of the world. Bunker clashes with just about every person he comes into contact with on the show including his wife, strangers, random people and most of all his son in law, Mike Stivic or “Meathead” as...
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...Presidential debate on television was between John Kennedy and former Vice-President Richard Nixon. When just merely listening to the debate a majority of people concluded that Nixon was the winner, however when the debate is watched Kennedy has been renowned as winning the debate, as well as the presidency shortly after. This is just one of many of the components on why Kennedy even with a short term is a remembered and successful president. Through new ideals Kennedy, through a new look socially for a president, creative and controversial handling foreign issues, and more traditional domestic view of things, leaves Kennedy as one of the most popular and the sometimes forgotten thriving president. Socially Kennedy brought many new aspects to the presidency that range from his naturally good looks to his at the time controversial Catholicism. John Kennedy brought real change to how the President was perceived, and not just from scandals about him being intimate with Marilyn Monroe. When Kennedy was elected he was just Forty-Three, and the youngest President to ever be...
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...Later, film and television attempted to create well-rounded homosexual characters but focused in depicting gay stereotypes and how they shaped the public's impression of the gay community. These stereotypes created a non-threatening sissy gay and a warrior lesbian. Throughout history, heterosexual men are seen to be strong and proud of their masculinity and homosexuals have been perceived as lacking masculinity and feminine. Gay characters started to emerge in the 1990’s in both television and movies. Ellen DeGeneres and her character Ellen Morgan coming out under much scrutiny on the TV show ‘Ellen,’ which eventually led to her own talk show. The movie The Birdcage, with Robin Williams was about a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion. Gays and lesbians have been around for a long time, especially in Hollywood, but more people started to come out in the 90’s. With the popularity of shows like Will and Grace, which feature leading gay characters, as well as the show Friends, Ross Gellar’s lesbian ex-wife Carol, marries her partner and happily co-parents her son with Ross. Over a period of time we are slowly seeing gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual characters slowly entering into the mainstream media (Campbell, 1). The progression towards the acceptance of homosexuality in the media can be seen in many of the popular shows today. An example is Will & Grace, as well as other television shows such as Grey’ s Anatomy, Greek, Ugly Betty, and Modern Family. Will & Grace...
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