Television station Essays

  • Media General Personal Statement

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    in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Owned by Media General, WCBD-TV is an NBC affiliated television station for the Lowcountry area of South Carolina. The studio is located in the median of Highway 17 and SC 703. The station broadcasts a high definition signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in Awendaw. Media General is among the nation’s largest local media companies and manages 71 television stations in 48 markets. The corporation engages about 23% of U.S. TV households and 43% of the U

  • Fox Television Stations, Inc.: A Case Study

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    COMM 3310 – LEGAL CASE BRIEF CASE NAME: Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. CITATION/DATE: 10-1293 U.S. (2012) LEVEL OF COURT: Supreme Court FACTS: Between 2002 and 2003 Fox Television Stations aired its golden globe award show where actress Cher used the F-word and Nichole Richie used the S-word. ABC also as respondents violated FCC rule on nudity where in its show NYPD blue adult nudity was portrayed. The Federal Communications Commission had in 2004 changed

  • Essay On Photo Journalism

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    The world depends on photojournalists to shoot convincing photographs that upgrade news stories. Pictures taken by photojournalists ought to abridge what has been composed in an article. By doing so, newspaper perusing and news viewing turns out to be more powerful as one can better relate the news to genuine circumstances and see completely what it must be similar to be in that real place at that real time. But in photo journalism only capturing a good picture is not important. You should also focus

  • What Was The Role Of Television In The Early 1940's

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    In the early 1940s televisions were becoming popular in American homes. In the beginning of television there were no 'large networks' or 'must see TV' shows, mostly just presidential debates and sporting events were broadcasted. When the federal government made the studios sell their theater holdings they also blocked them from purchasing television stations as well. Television was gaining power just as the Hollywood Studio System was beginning to fall apart. This is something that would greatly

  • How Did The Australian Television Influence The Economy Of The 1950s

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    Introduction Since the period of the 50’s television has had a significant impact on Australia through the influence of America. The Australian television industry started in the year 1950’s creating a strong foundation of TV and an introductory to a prospering industries change of nature throughout time. Even though television was already based in US and Britain before World War 2 occurred this brought major influences to Australia through the ownership of TV spreading popularity at the end of

  • FCC Established Diversity Index Case Study

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    in local markets. availability of outlets of various types is measured and assigned a weight to each output (radio, press, television, etc.) based on their value relative to consumers. FCC DI scores calculated sample of ten markets, and use the results to set the Cross-Media limits. Using these sample scenarios, the FCC found that in small markets with three or fewer TV stations, all consolidation scenarios resulted in high increases to the average score DI. In large markets containing nine or more

  • Radio In The 1920's

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    Later on more experimental radio stations came about. Charles D. Herrold founded the experimental station FM in 1909. Other stations were also created such as Station 9XM, 6ADZ, 4XD, and 8MK. Radio audience began to expand, broadcasters saw that regular broadcasting was attracting a loyal audience. Once radio maker’s saw the potential of making money

  • 1996 Telecommunications Act Essay

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    Effects of the 1996 Telecommunications Act "Television is used mostly as a stroking distraction from the truth of an indifferent and silent universe and the harsh realities just out of sight and sound range of the box . . . People, like it or not, do not want to turn television off and that is why they are so deeply offended when they are turned off by it. And, of course, "Turn it off, if you're offended" is absolute heresy to those of us making television. Our mission is to enlarge the audience, not

  • John Reith's Argument Analysis

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    together, is through the invention of the broadcast television, which was first launched in 1928. The television was seen to have a primary form to (according to BBC’s John Reith) as to ‘inform, educate and entertain’ (Jeune, 2009). The ABC is one of Australia’s only public broadcasters that still experiment with convergent culture to achieve Reith’s motto by experimenting with new ways of producing and delivering content (Hutchinson, 2015). Television has been regarded as the medium, which ‘has a special

  • Evolution Of Radio Broadcasting In The 1920's

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    Evolution of Media and Production Prior to World War 1, there were numerous AM radio stations broadcasting across the United States on an experimental or part-time basis. The debate as to who started the first commercial radio broadcast can be viewed at this Wikipedia page. After the war, in the early 1920’s, there was a explosive increase in the number of commercial radio broadcasting across the United States. Television experiments continued into the early twentieth century, alternating between rotating

  • The Age Of Show Business Neil Postman Analysis

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    News Skews Whether it be fancy news stations like NBC, or local stations like Keloland and KSFY, they all exist to do one job. This job is to inform the viewer on the news and what is going on in society today. There are multiple ways to inform a viewer, which can be good and bad. Everybody likes to believe what they are being told is the truth and are being updated with the most current news. Though, news and gossip sometimes fall hand in hand, depending on who is telling the story and how

  • Television's Negative Effect On Presidential Elections

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    Angus Campbell once stated, “The advent of television in the late 1940’s gave rise to the belief that a new era was opening in public communication”. 75 years later, it looks like he was spot on. Since the invention of the television in the 1940’s, stations have decided to broadcast presidential debates on live television. The broadcasting of the debates has had some positive effects on presidential elections—such as a deeper connection between the president and the American people and a decrease

  • T. V. Limiting Your Children Screen Time Analysis

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    visual sense and hearing, which can impact a child’s time for TV. I think the appropriate ages for a youngster to begin watching T.V. is around the age of five, when a child is five and able to grasp the concepts of wants being presented on the television. In the article, “Children and T.V. Determining your child’s screen time, “according to,” The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages media use by kids younger than two and records limiting older children’s T.V. time to no more than one or two

  • Gary Edgerton's Presentation Of Television

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    The introduction of television casted a wave of change in the lives of the American public. In Gary Edgerton’s The Columbia History of American Television, he described the uprising of television, “involved the most extensive and ballyhooed series of public relations events ever staged around any mass medium in American history. “ (Edgerton, p.1) The first presentation of television played a pivotal role in how the American public adopted the new medium of technology and communication. I will explore

  • Inventions In The 1920's

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    inventions were introduced into society that sprung the nation during its time. Society faced only a over all increase in every way possible. Many inventions were introduced during the 1920’s like the lie detector test, the radio station, and the invention of television. The radio in 1920 : The invention of the radio sparked the nation worldwide during the 1920’s in many ways. The radio helped people in world war 1 to send and receive messages. “the earliest of radio inventions were crystal sets

  • The First Television And Its Effect On American Culture

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    up to five hours a day watching their television (Dunne, n.d.). The television is a technology device that is always changing and it is important to the daily lives of many Americans (Johnson, 2013). This being said, it is difficult to imagine what the first television was like when it was invented. The first television that worked was an electromechanical system and it did not use a motor-generator that is used in some televisions (AITpro, 2010). The television that is known today was created because

  • Special Broadcasting Service Case Study

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    The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) was established on 1st January 1978 under the principle of providing multilingual and multicultural radio and television services to Australians whose first language was not English. (Australia Government, 2015) It is a government owned, national broadcasting service that was founded at a time of changing Australia immigration policies. After World War II ended in 1945, the Australian government recognised the need for a bigger population and it implemented

  • Behind The Cartoon Network History

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    Behind the media document Cartoon Network launched on October 1st, 1992 and is owned by Turner Broadcasting which is a subsidiary of Time Warner. However, at the current date, AT&T is reportedly attempting to purchase Cartoon Network from Turner Broadcasting for $108.7 billion. It specializes in providing cartoon entertainment for children. It currently shows hit TV programs such as Steven Universe, Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, We Bare Bears, and Teen Titans Go. It is known as

  • Ffcc Vs Pacifica Case Study

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    I. What is the core issue? The issue at hand is how children are protected from certain things they see on television and how different regulations were set into motion for their protection. When looking at regulations regarding those of censorship and other broadcasting policies such as; advertising, marketing and violence, they are handled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As it states on the FCC website they are “an independent United States government agency overseen by the United

  • Crime And Justice And Behavioral Analysis

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    Since the 1950s, the representation of crime and justice has dominated American television. According to Dowler (2016), more than 300 police dramas have been aired since the 1950s and every year new ones are created to entertain American viewers. These television series, include NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Bones, which have been aired every week on networks, such as CBS and FOX. When it comes to these series, each episode depicts a law enforcer, such as a cop, a forensics team, or an FBI team, attempting