... Freeman, M. (2001). Reality shows have high-income appeal. Electronic Media, 20(32), 2-2,27. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/203818622?accountid=32521 This article states that how some people may think that reality television shows are only watched by low income viewers, that’s wrong because there are lots of high income viewers that reality TV appeals to also. They looked at different shows brought to the network NBC where they found out that their viewers were of a higher income. Ivery, C. L. (2004, Jun). Television and youth violence. Michigan Chronicle. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/390125869?accountid=32521 This article states how children become more violent as they continue to view violent like television shows, and video games. Some children spend more time in front of a television than they do doing anything else. The more violent the TV shows get the worst our youth will become because they see this as right. Miller, A., & Narro, A. (2008). Cultural Values in Reality Television. Conference Papers -- National Communication Association, 1. This article studies how reality television is looked as a genre of television and how it stands apart from regular television. It also shows how different reality television shows indicate different cultural perspectives, and cultural values. The study selected nine different reality TV shows, to critically analyze in hopes to show...
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...Introduction The average American household has about three television sets per household and the average American watches about five hours of television each day. Television has a very powerful influence in developing our value systems and shaping the behavior of both children and adults. The University of Twente states: “Cultivation theory in its most basic form, suggests that television is responsible for shaping, or ‘cultivating’ viewers’ conceptions of social reality. The combined effect of massive television exposure by viewers over time subtly shapes the perception of social reality for individuals and, ultimately, for our culture as a whole.” It would be safe to assume, that to some degree, television shapes concepts about the way we...
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...Introduction: This is a report to assess whether the sports entertainment company WWE is meeting its aims and objectives. It will show what WWE are currently doing to meet the Initiatives they have set. Evidence for this report is from the company’s current business issues site http://corporate.wwe.com/ this includes company statistics and slideshows for people to view. I have also viewed a conference which is called WWE business partner summit. Ownership for this company is publicly traded company and has Shareholders. They are an international business as they do their programming in 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes around the world. Aims and Objectives Recently the company had rebranded themselves from World Wrestling Entertainment to just the WWE knocking out the words wrestling will help in order to open more things and enter into all audiences homes on their TV other than just wrestling such as making offices out of USA to make relationships with all types of viewers, this is an example of their aims. In addition they aim to also make a profit and to improve financial results every year. They wanted to expand from the wrestling product by making new products. Also wanted to be more international and building relationships in those countries this can go under having more viewers. After revising their first quarter results WWE have fallen in many areas such as Live Events/Venue Merchandise and Pay‐per‐view “Free Cash Flow declined...
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...different Media vehicles, the most effective one is Television; such as Reality television shows which has many benefits and contributions especially when it comes to creating a successful brand. There are two reality television shows that has been analysed from the first part of this assignment and they are: Keeping up with the Kardashians and My Kitchen Rules, which I will then discuss how it relates to branding. Brand equity is important to create and maintain as it is an intangible asset of added value as well as goodwill that will then result from the favourable image, impressions of differentiation and the strength of consumer attachment to brand name, company name or trademark. The stronger the equity the better it positions the company as well as its brand which is only often reinforced through advertising or even sponsoring. For example, Breville appliances command good quality kitchen appliances and represents higher price than the other brands as it is being used by the contestants of My Kitchen Rules. In other words, it is the value that attaches to a brand (Belch & Belch, 2004). Reality television shows is probably the most popular genre of television programme nowadays as this genre documents unscripted situations without writers, features ordinary people instead of professional actors and shows real-life occurrences. In addition, people are starting to like more what is ‘real’ compare to the traditional scripted...
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...1940s–1960s Precedents for television that portrayed people in unscripted situations began in the 1940s. The 1946 television game show Cash and Carry sometimes featured contestants performing stunts. Debuting in 1948, Allen Funt's hidden camera Candid Camera show (based on his previous 1947 radio show, Candid Microphone) broadcast unsuspecting ordinary people reacting to pranks."[7] In 1948, talent search shows Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour and Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts featured amateur competitors and audience voting. The Miss America Pageant, first broadcast in 1954, was a competition where the winner achieved status as a national celebrity.[8] In the 1950s, game shows Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences involved contestants in wacky competitions, stunts, and practical jokes. The Groucho Marx-hosted game show, You Bet Your Life, was primarily composed of Marx' prescripted comebacks to what was most often candid interviews of the contestants, although some contestants were well-known actors (usually playing for charity). Confession was a crime/police reality show which aired from June 1958 to January 1959, with interviewer Jack Wyatt questioning criminals from assorted backgrounds.[9] The radio series Nightwatch (1951–1955), which tape-recorded the daily activities of Culver City, California police officers, also helped pave the way for reality television. The series You Asked For It (1950–1959), in which viewer requests dictated content, was an antecedent of...
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...In the media, reality TV stars like Snooki and Kim Kardashian are on the rise. Most channels on television have at least one reality show, from following housewives to remodeling homes of real life families. However, there are some reality programs that display bad examples, especially for young audiences that are keeping up with each episode. On MTV people see girls being drunk in public, addicts doing drugs, and young girls raising babies at young ages; these are situations seen on reality TV shows. Jeremy W. Peters’ “When Reality TV Gets Too Real” and James Poniewozik’s “Why Reality TV is Good for us” inform readers about what the general public can view on television and how it affects the minds of children. Reality TV shows such as Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant, Intervention, and The Real World all are bad for kids because they show inappropriate and explicit behavior, they send a bad message, and they humiliate people. For these reasons, parents should make sure their kids do not get the wrong message of how life should be. Reality TV shows are inappropriate and explicit. In Jersey Shore, Italians are portrayed as partyers and classified as Guidos and Guidettes. Actual Italians are disgusted since they think it is an insult to their Italian culture. Furthermore on MTV, young girls can be seen struggling with teen pregnancy. The show 16 and Pregnant follows expectant teens and their partners at a young age with a baby on the way struggling to maintain basic needs for themselves...
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...the United States there are already programs meant to be social safety nets like food stamp, unemployment, and even disability. The premise of these programs is that they have the ability to get people back on their feet. Especially unemployment, it is not designed to simply let citizens live off of it forever, it transitions people back into jobs so they can be productive members of society. The misconception about disabled people is that they are all totally dependent on others for everything, and simply take resources from society that could be put to better use. However, Fries, Mairs, and McBryde-Johnson are all productive members of society with the support of friends and family. If the government reworks the disability programs to give disabled people the tools they need to integrate themselves more easily into society, like handicap accessible vans so they can leave their home, they will be able to be active members of the community, which will help people see they are not a separate group using up government resources, but normal members of society. People are more likely to not accept or judge things that are unfamiliar or uncommon to them which is the case with disability. According to a recent study, “shows that scripted characters with disabilities will represent less than 1 percent of all scripted series regular characters” (------ 1). In this day and age people are very affected by what they watch on television and see in social media. If television and social...
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...The Impact Reality Television Has On Our Youth Television serves nearly 30 hours of entertainment to children 8 to 18, weekly. Reality television is a phenomenon that is sweeping the globe. These programs are widely viewed by kids, tweens, and teens. Many of these kids idolize reality stars and mimic their every move and their vocabulary. This alleged reality is negatively affecting the well-being of children world-wide. Kids tend to imitate what they observe on television and these programs typically support the worst attributes of behavior. (Ludwig 2003). While reality television can be positive, parents should monitor the programs watched by their children due to the negative affects these shows contribute to children’s overall health. It is a known fact that television influences our lives and the lives of our children. Today, kids are watching more reality television and revering those they see. They are basing their lives, their wants, their desires on what they perceive as real on these programs. This influence is shown in lower self-esteem, poor level of respect displayed, and the ideals of happiness our youths possess. Research presented by Dr. Helen Street revealed that children who suffer from depression will believe beauty, wealth, and popularity leads to fulfillment. (Genesis Health, 2003). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also shares concern that this exposure to reality media carries health risks to children. These risks include violent...
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...equivalent of this channel, see History (Canadian TV channel). For the European equivalent of this channel, see History (European TV channel). History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a US-based international satellite and cable TV channel, owned by A&E Television Networks. It originally broadcast documentary programs with fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future. Now it broadcasts a variety of scripted reality television and other non-history related content. Programming covers a wide range of periods and topics, while similar topics are often organized into themed weeks or daily marathons. It is seen in more than eighty million households. Subjects include mythical creatures, monsters, UFOs, aliens, truck drivers, alligator hunters, pawn stores, antiques and collectible "pickers", religions, disaster scenarios, and apocalyptic "after man" scenarios; a number of these documentaries were narrated by Edward Herrmann when the channel ran them. Some of the aired programs compare contemporary culture and technology with the past, while other programs focus on subjects such as conspiracy theories, religious interpretation, UFO speculation, and reality television. In particular, History has aired a number of films on Nostradamus,[3] as well as a special series on doomsday that promulgates various popular 2012 theories, including films such as Decoding the Past (2005–2007), 2012, End of Days (2006), Last Days on Earth (2006)...
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...dystopian future described by Huxley in “Brave New World,” and not the world described in Orwell’s “1984.” He does an excellent job proving facts and disturbing anecdotes, but he lacks showing the audience an opposing viewpoint. Despite this he is able to clearly show is agreement, by proving emotion supported by fact. Postman is able to connect with his audience through his credentials. The student feels that Postman shows a dangerous path that American Culture may be on, and is able to provide a warning to those who listen to his speech. Analysis of Neal Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” “What is dangerous about television is not it’s junk. Every culture can absorb a fair amount of junk, and, in any case, we do not judge a culture by its junk but by how it conducts its serious public business. What is happening in America is that television is transforming all serious public business into junk.” (Postman, 1984, p. 2) In his speech, "Amusing Ourselves to Death," Neil Postman, Columbia University graduate, and one time chair of the Department of Culture and Communication, made the point that American culture is headed for a culture like that described in Adlus Huxley's "Brave New World," and not the culture described in George Orwell's, "1984." He described the world imagined in 1984 as a place where there were no books, and where the people are prisoners to the government that controls them. In contrast, Mr. Postman describes the culture in "Brave New World," by...
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...Evolution of Educational Television According to Merriam-Webster.com, educational television is, “Television that provides instruction especially for students.” While this definition seems plain and clear, there was a time in our nation’s history that it was a very confusing and concerning matter. Today, cable television offers thousands of channels that are geared toward every demographic one could imagine. Whether you are an outdoors enthusiast, a diehard sports fan, or a game show lover, there are multiple channels and programs you can tune into to get your fix. However, before the world of satellite dishes and DVR’s, cable television was limited to just a few channels. As a result, networks had to allot their airtime wisely to make sure they were making as much money as possible. During the late 1960’s television was growing vastly in popularity. Men, women, and children of all ages were tuning in every day to watch their favorite programs. Initially, children’s television was regularly aired on the major networks because it was cheap to do so and everyone was happy…except the television networks, who realized that there was more money to be made in adult television programs. In addition, of those television shows geared towards children, most of them were cartoons with a lot of commercials which parents later protested were unfairly targeting their youth. According to a study done by Doolittle, John and Robert Pepper about children’s television ads in the 70’s, “Product...
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...minute to reflect on the tradition in which you are taking part. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts, so they celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be candy fueled costume ball that we know today. Summarize this paragraph in one sentence. Be specific and clearly explain the main idea.| An appropriate title: _____________________________________________________________ 3. When one hears the term “reality” applied to a television show, one might expect that the events portrayed occurred naturally or, at the least, were not scripted, but this is not always the...
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...Friends and the Realities of an Adult Social Life On television, the young adult, just beginning to make their own life is portrayed to have a family based on friends; while their contact with their biological family has diminished, their emotional closeness with their friends as a source for comfort and security has sky rocketed. However, in the Warner Brother’s hit sitcom, “Friends,” the life of Ross Geller takes the idea too far—those familiar with the show will remember the endless scenes of all six friends lounging around, often either talking in the coffee house, or in Monica’s apartment. However, the viewer will also struggle to remember where each character does for a living, and remembering any scenes that depict them at their jobs because, with the possible exception of Rachel during her waitressing years, the characters are rarely shown to work. Ross is the most unrealistically portrayed of them all: as a palaeontologist who also is a professor at New York University, and being a father sharing custody with an ex-wife it is difficult to understand how he has the time to socialize as much as the show depicts him too. “Friends” provides an unrealistic portrayal of how active Ross Geller’s social life is in comparison to his work and family commitments during the late 20th and early 21st century. Friends shows that most adults will frequently be able to engage in sexual intercourse regularly and with many different partners in the span of a few years. While Ross is...
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...The Educational Value of Television Young Children grow up with an attachment to their favorite television shows and fall in love with the characters they see. These relationships can blossom into life lessons on friendships, manners, early learning education, and much more. The results from the adults in their lives not fostering these relationships correctly and limiting the viewing to age-appropriate shows are not evident until later when it has affected the child. The early years of a child’s psychological and cognitive development are the most important. When parents allow younger children to watch shows targeted for older children (and adults), their cognitive development bypasses the fundamental lessons teaching them about issues and problems they are not yet equipped to handle. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study noticed there were unique reciprocal effects between positive parenting and child's cognitive abilities found at nine and twenty-four months. (Park, 2012) Adults must understand the necessity of age-appropriate, learning-leveled television shows for children to prohibit the detrimental effects that watching inappropriate television shows has on them. The relationship between a child and the television shows they watch can have a huge impact on their lives. There are cartoon shows that teach math skills, problem solving, natural science, engineering, music, collaboration, and second languages along with intrapersonal, emotional, and social skills. These...
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...In “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas,” Jennifer Pozner analyzes race and gender stereotypes present in the reality television series America’s Next Top Model (ANTM). Race is a symbol of what a person looks like physically. While on the other hand, ethnicity entails nationality, regional culture and language. ANTM, a show by Tyra Banks, is one of the many streams of pop culture that creates a mold of what stereotypes certain people fit into and justify these stereotypes for audiences to see them as real. One group that seems to always be plagued by media and pop culture is, African-Americans, specifically, women. Women are generalized to be, “Angry Black Women,” and it is broadcasted heavily. The “Angry Black Women” stereotype...
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