Hollywood big screen vision’s correlations to Violence and Crime For years, movies had been the source of entertainment to us all. Whether it is comedy, romantic, or suspense, it brought a new way to pass our free times. But did it ever occur to anyone, why a director decides to make a certain movie and where did the idea to make a certain movie came from? The answer is usually, we don’t tend to think too deeply into these questions, after all, a movie is just for entertainment, right? Well a lot of directors tend to look around in society to see what may be interesting to watch and what a person can somewhat relate to at the time.
Introduction What do you think about main roll of television today? With hilarious and fantastic shows, people might think that television is just an enjoyable entertainment. However, television was more important than just entertainment in past, and there is a movie called ‘Good night and Good Luck’ that is based on Edward R. Murrow, and this movie has a strong message about this topic. “this instrument can teach. It can illuminate and it can even inspire.
The use of political campaign through television has been around for quite a while. Broadcasting politics on television allows the elections to be more accessible to a larger amount of viewers. Although politics through media was meant to be positive, the true purpose of it was quickly overcome by a concern about image rather than the issues at hand. Television has allowed presidential candidates to not only win votes through ideas and addressing issues, but also through creating an image for themselves that would appeal to the public. Initially, the use of media to relay news was a good idea: Television has “restored” the nations “feeling of direct contact”, “the people have once more become the nation” (Source A).
Television allows people to know what’s going on in the world, it gives people endless hours of entertainment, and it even has a certain value in advancing people’s knowledge on certain topics. Whether or not people take advantage of the perks of television is the choice of the lifestyle they have chosen to lead, but the option is still available to them at any given moment. Many people could say that television is ruining American society, but that is hard to believe, seeing as it is probably the strongest, most widely available tool anyone has to get the word out about whatever they wish to say. With this being said, it is obvious that
Americans are influenced by seeing thing like this and the life style that comes with it. The last characteristic that makes pop stars appealing is that they are extraordinary talented. Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, the Beatles and
There are many reasons to worry about it. This social media is hurting our society in such way that it causing harm to one’s privacy, it disseminates misinformation, and effect on student’s grade. It is clear that social media is hurting our society by putting one’s privacy and security at risk. In the article “Teens Privacy Is Threatened by Social Networking” author Peter Bazalgette said, “Can you truly delete entries from social networking sites with the confidence they no longer exist on a server somewhere? You cannot” (Bazalgette p.1).
In modern society, myth is often regarded as historical or obsolete. Many scholars in the field of cultural studies are now beginning to research the idea that myth has worked itself into modern discourses. Modern formats of communication allow for wide spread communication across the globe, thus enabling mythological discourse and exchange among greater audiences than ever before. Various elements of myth can now be found in television, cinema and video games. Although myth was traditionally transmitted through the oral tradition on a small scale, the technology of the film industry has enabled filmmakers to transmit myths to large audiences via film dissemination (Singer, “Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film”, 3-6).
The Truth About the Media There are many behaviors and habits that have become “normal” in society and have existed almost as long as human beings themselves. Early in History many of these behaviors were controlled by monarchs and the aristocratic oligarch governments that dominated early civilizations. Eventually through inventions and advancements in human thinking, individuality, and forms of art additional factors began to dictate and profoundly influence these behaviors. Today one of the most influential bodies in society is the media. Especially in our behaviors and what we deem as acceptable or for that matter the converse and unacceptable.
Because reality TV is so popular, lots of people either want to take part in them or copy or imitate what they see on television. Some of the things these cast members do on these shows can either have a positive or negative impact towards their viewers and themselves. These shows entertain us while we watch the cast members live out their lives out in the open for the whole world to see and people either love or them. And some, just “love to hate” the people in these shows. But regardless, whether viewers like the cast members or not, they are still being viewed and are driving television ratings through the roof.
The Internet eg has resulted in many chat rooms, online social networking, and even girl-boy relationships. There is some negative effects however. Instead of face to face personal relationships and communications, Internet communications are faceless, remote, impersonal. The TV and Internet's power as an electronic medium altered our perception of reality, our relationship with each other and the world. The TV’s many documentaries, fiction films, influences the way we think about the real and historical world, our perceptions of relationships.