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Television Programming
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the programming options for three show slated for fall, 2002. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Television Reality Shows: Are They All That Real?
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A 6 page paper which examines the realities shows on television, illustrating that what we see is not necessarily the truth. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Television Violence and Children: Catharsis or Role Modeling?
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A 6 page discussion of the impacts of television violence on children. The author clarifies that although some contend that by allowing our children to include violent programs in their viewing choices we allow them an agent for catharsis, an agent for purging their issues of violence in a non-destructive format, in reality violence on television has proven to be a negative influence on our children. While it does provide them role models, those role models are negative, not positive. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Television Violence: Adverse Impacts of Juvenile Development
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A 5 page discussion of the growing tendency of television, and the media in general to present more and more graphic detail in regard to violent acts in the news and other programming content. This trend is given that its allure to young children, although incontestable, is one of the prominent societal concerns of the time. The author contends that such graphical violence has been demonstrated again and again to incite children to violence and to increase such adverse societal phenomenon as drug use and drinking. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Television’s Reliance on Ethnic Stereotypes and Violence
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This is a 9 page paper on television’s reliance on negative ethnic stereotypes and violence to depict its stories. “The Sopranos” is used as an example. Critics argue that much of television today seems to rely on negative ethnic stereotypes, violence or both to receive high ratings and in doing so portrays inaccurate distortions of reality and in some cases promotes violent acts, ignorance or plays on the fears of the viewers. A good example of negative violent stereotypes in television is the recent popularity of the HBO drama “The Sopranos”. The program portrays Italian Americans involved in the mob and often involved in gruesome violent acts while conducting the rest of their life similar to that of a middle class American family. Although Italians portrayed in the mob is not a new phenomenon in the entertainment industry, it is believed that is does portray inaccurate images of the Italian community and promotes the acceptance of violence in today’s society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Television, Children and Violence
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This 5 page paper considers the impact of television on the social and psychological development of children and the correlation between television and acts of violence in the youth of today. This paper outlines a number of viewpoints regarding the issue of the impact of television, and then relates the authors own view of the topic in general. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Television, Video & Hitchcock's Rear Window
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A 6 page research paper that offers two three-page essays. The first essay analyzes an article by David Antin and relates it to the influence of comic genius Ernie Kovacs. The second essay examines an article by Laura Mulvey that offers a feminist critique of cinematic form, which concentrates on the objectification of women in films such as Hitchcock's Rear Window. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Television, Women & Violence
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A 9 page research paper that examines the literature on television's portrayal of violence against women. The writer argues that many television shows provide a normalizing effect on the perception of violence, portraying such violence as the cultural norm. Violence in music videos, Jerry Springer, and soap operas is highlighted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Televisual Trends and their Break from the Preceding Decade
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5 pages. There are televisual and extra-televisual determinations that lead to the development of two divergent trends in the 1970's urban realism and fantasy. This paper will represent a synopsis of each type and illustrate the influence of the TV specific and socio-political determinations outlined. Each of these programming shifts are historicized and consideration is made as to whether or not each represents a break with convention from the preceding decade. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire": Postwar Issues
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5 pages in length. Postwar activities inherently reflect the inevitable process of catch-up and convergence; while this process takes place, scores of people work diligently as a means by which to piece their lives back together. The social, political and economic chaos that ensued in the South after World War II illustrated the difficulties returning soldiers had with urbanization, social class structure, as well as the relationships that existed between men and women. Nowhere is this more prevalent within popular culture than in Tennessee Williams' classic A Streetcar Named Desire, the story of Stanley, Stella and Blanche, all of who are inextricably related to these postwar issues without their even realizing it. No additional sources cited.
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