Television also became a stage to fiercely promote national attitudes, concerns, and agendas as well (Brinkley, 2012). Although the Cold War era is noted as a time of prosperity and innocence, American citizens were constantly reminded about the threat of Communism and the possibility of a future nuclear attack on domestic
Be sure to cite the specific page number of the reading whenever an idea derived from an author is referenced. Example: Shumway (p.xx) refers to the important role of mass media in the spread of rock and roll culture, illustrated in “Jailhouse Rock” by the character Vince Edwards’ upward trajectory from the “backwoods” to a Hollywood film career. Do not use any direct quotes from the readings longer than 1 short sentence – put things into your own words
However, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which was established in 1970, used the movie satirically to aid in the reform of marijuana policy. The film, in the 1930s, was considered an “unabashed propaganda film,” but has now turned into a “cult classic” (Armstrong). From the release of the movie in 1936 to now, there have been almost a hundred movies containing frequent use of marijuana, usually in a fun or comical light to make it seem less harmful to the American public. Its popularity in the television community has dramatically increased as the casual use
Kayla Nguyen Mr. Stewart AP Language & Comp. 11 September 2014 Dreaming America Ms. Hip Hop tells us about stereotypical New York and California today. Are they really all they are cracked up to be? Many people, like Ms. Hip Hop, dream of going to these places because of their story, but don't know what the real legacy behind each of them are. 1.
The Federal Writers Project gave thousands of unemployed writers work over a thousand stories on American topics during the Great Depression. The idea that Federal Writers Project writers would work on government manuals and reports was quickly discarded. Another option would have given
All of the programming originated, live, in New York. The only way the networks had to distribute the shows to the rest of the nation was to point a film camera at a television screen and convert video to film. Many shows such as Good Morning America and Live with Regis and Kelley are taped lived in New York and broadcasted at appropriate times across the nation throughout affiliate stations. In 1952 for the first time, television news was able to broadcast the Republican and Democratic conventions live from Philadelphia to the rest of the nation (marc). This is still done today through networks such as MSNBC, FOX news and ABC.
“Early in the war the need for better communication between, pilots and tank commanders, infantry captains and forward observers, and between the infantry men and the tankers after the closing of the hatch needed to be drastically improved” (Ambrose, 45-46). The opposing forces had already been in war for quite some time so one could argue that we had an advantage due to our freshness, and resources that had not been touched yet. Despite this we would be at disadvantage when it came to experience in the war and the terrain that would be encountered. The American tactics consisted of being mobile “and racing across the battlefield” all of these tactics went up in smoke when they landed in Europe and they were faced with heavy defenses and worst of all hedgerows (Ambrose, 56). War is always evolving and the Germans had many weapons and tactics our American troops did not foresee.
This took place by many agreements between Spain and Great Britain. Despite the issues that were unresolved, the U.S. benefited most from those who signed the treaty. This gave America independence from Europe Britain and lost their colonies, but gained much power after the war, which gave them economic growth. France endured a terrible loss by means of finances, which eventually brought on the French Revolution. This is definitely the war that made America.
Pure American Culture does exist and its being exported all over the world. The typical thought of the average American is that America is a melting pot and culture is only imported into America when in reality American Culture is an Export. Our popular culture has spread to countries in every corner of the world no matter what country you are in you will see some sort of American culture whether its a movie being shown in a theater in Brazil or a coke machine in the streets of Tokyo pure American culture is all around us in every slice of the
University of Phoenix Material Effects of Mass Media Worksheet Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What were the major developments in the |There have been many major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |century. Nothing has stayed the same everything has grown and changed. We are now | |century? |bombarded with information every waking moment of our day. In earlier times, there were | | |silent films and basic radio shows.