Diana Orr May 21‚ 2010 COM126 Ron McCullough Uses and Gratifications Theory Applied to Religious Programming The reaction I had to the article “Why do people watch religious TV” was that I was surprised that so many people are now watching religious programming. The reason for this reaction is because you never hear anyone talking about this type of programming. Most of the time people are talking about shows they watch such as reality shows‚ crime shows‚ or movies. It is shocking
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“controlled by inflicting pleasure”. Postman’s assertion that Huxley’s vision of the future is more relevant today than Orwell’s is correct as revealed by society’s rising need for instant gratification for technology‚ as well as the need for distractions from important concepts. Society’s need for instant gratification is revealed through new technology being introduced. For instance‚ in today’s society when the newest piece of technology is available‚ everyone jumps to a conclusion that since the product
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Uses and Gratifications Theory Student’s Name Course/Number Institution Date Instructor Name Uses and Gratifications Theory Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) according to West and Turner (2007) is a mechanism of getting to know the reason and how individuals keenly look for specific media to meet their particular needs. As opposed to other media theory that seeks to understand what the media do to individuals‚ UGT seeks to understand what individuals do with media. UGT as argued
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Use of Newspapers by Nigerian University Students Introduction Newspapers provide up-to-date information on local‚ state/ provincial‚ national‚ and world issues. They are among the most widely-read periodicals that are available and accessible to the vast majority of people of all ages and walks of life in any community. Every category of reader can find some important‚ current‚ and interesting information in newspapers. Today ’s newspapers use design elements that make information easily accessible
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Instant Gratification Mentalities in Popular Culture and Their Roots in Evolutionary and Cognitive Psychology Man and culture have an interesting history. Before the existence of religion‚ hunter-gatherers optimized their behavior for survival‚ and traits in favor of living in the moment were evolutionarily successful. If our early human counterpart found food‚ he needed to eat as much as he possibly could because he did not know when he would find his next meal. With the advent of religion‚ man
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CULTURAL IMPERIALISM Explanation of Theory: Cultural Imperialism Theory states that Western nations dominate the media around the world which in return has a powerful effect on Third World Cultures by Individual Interpretations: Western Civilization produces the majority of the media (film‚ news‚ comics‚ etc.) because they have the money to do so. The rest of the world purchases those productions because it is cheaper for them to do so rather than produce their own. Therefore‚ Third World countries
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Review of ‘Media Gratification Research’ From 1974-1985‚ there were some rapid changes in the field of media gratification research but the base were neither new nor revolutionary. It had made some abrupt change with the help of technologies. When the uses of mass communication in 1974 suggested that “Ask not what media do to the people but also what people do with the media”. Than‚ the role of people in the society as one of the significant stakeholder of the society. In term of “Shift of Paradigm”
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not matter that they do‚ and what growing up truly entails. In M. Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Traveled‚ he suggested four rules of discipline that lead to maturity and growth in a human being. These four pathways are the delay of gratification‚ acceptance of responsibility‚ dedication to truth‚ and balancing. Although he claims that most people have learned to use these four tools by the age of ten‚ I do not believe that everyone learns to grow up by the age of ten. In reality‚ I can
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Statement taken from grit assignment‚ my level of GRIT is 4.16. per Duckworth scale. The ability to stay committed to a goal by delaying immediate gratification displays the willingness to grow and learn. For instance‚ my family as scorned me for years during the time that I have been enrolled in school for not participating in holiday events. Delaying immediate gratification in this instance leads me closer to achieving the goals at hand. Although employment opportunities appearance grim now. Inconclusion
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In 1972‚ a Stanford professor named Walter Mischel conduct an experiment called "The Marshmallow Test" that tested the will power of young children. The main goal was to study whether deferred gratification can be an indicator of future success. To test his hypothesis‚ he choose to use children who’s ages ranged from four to six years old. The researcher would place a child in a room by his/ herself and give the child one marshmallow on a plate. He told the child‚ " I am going to step out of this
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