“Sex‚ drugs‚ and violence on American Television” Intro: Sex‚ drugs‚ and violence on American Television send out‚ more often than not‚ negative messages. It projects to our children that it is acceptable and glorified to behave in this manner. It is not appropriate when seemingly every time you turn on the television these acts or portrayals of these acts are occurring. Our youth’s minds are saturated with it and it has been detrimental to the perceptions and misconceptions of our children
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ENGL2089 10 March 2014 Genre Analysis- TV Infomercial versus Product Website For my genre analysis I analyzed a TV infomercial against the product website of the Magic Bullet blender. These genres were very different in their design‚ construction‚ and methods of convincing customers to buy the Magic Bullet‚ but had the same message. The genres had similar tones‚ word use and a uniting feature: make the Magic Bullet look so incredible you have to purchase it. These genres goals are to convince
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Arlencia Neely March 2‚ 2014 Rereading Sex and the City Rebecca Brasfield Rebecca talks about all the ways‚ the HBO series‚ Sex and the City feeds in to the hegemonic feminist narrative. She says that this show is a perfect example of how hegemonic feminism operates. The show is centered around a group of White women who are all oppressed by patriarchy. The aim is for them to become equals to the white men in society. The narrative develops them while exploiting marginalized groups. White feminist
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Television Shows Reflect American Culture There are many movies and television shows that reflect American culture. A show or movie must address some current societal problem or trend in order to truly reflect American life; murder‚ rape‚ racism‚ and‚ on a less serious note‚ parties‚ shopping‚ and sports are topics that deserve serious consideration by the public and the media. The show Beverly Hills 90210 attempts to be an accurate portrayal of the life of a typical well-off American teenager
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A true film genre relies on shared iconography‚ formalistic themes and similar narrative structures and content. ‘What genre does is recognize that the audience any one film within a context of other films‚ both those they have personally seen and those they have heard about or seen represented in other media outlets. …In general‚ the function of genre is to make films comprehensible and more or less familiar. (turner 97)’. Action/adventure‚ the Western‚ Gangster/Crime‚ Detective/Film Noir‚ Comedy
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12. Why do television programmes have theme tunes? (That is‚ the music conventionally played over the opening credits of a television programme.) Choose a television theme tune and discuss: • its expressive qualities (e.g. happy‚ sad‚ fast-paced‚ slow) • The cultural associations that it inspires. For example‚ what other kinds of music does it refer to? Is the theme tune what you would expect in relation to the genre of the programme? Theme music in general can be anything from the recognisable
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Sex and the City The notion of modern eroticism arose from the imagery of Ancient Greece and Rome. Art was most commonly found in the homes of upper-class citizens and usually in the bedroom. This does not necessarily mean that the Romans associated eroticism with privacy. Pompeii provides most useful examples of both public and private art. The reason for this is that the volcano preserved vast amounts of useful evidence. It is most important to consider the social class of either patron or viewer
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Sex in the times of the Roman Empire was much less taboo than it is in today’s society. If you could go back in time and walk around the streets of Rome you would find sex everywhere. From graffiti on walls‚ to brothels in the middle of town‚ sex just did not have the stigma and guilt that we associate with it today. No men took advantage of this more than the men with the most power‚ the emperors. Although many of the Roman Emperors were perverse you only have to look at the first three to find
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R. Shane Barnes Genre Recast Essay ENG 2989 Sec. 32 Due: 11/6/2012 The topic I have chosen for my Laughing Matters genre recast is a humorous perspective on marriage‚ and the everyday differences between men and women in a relationship such as marriage. I do not intend to persuade the audience for or against the idea of marriage‚ but rather‚ persuade them to look at the difficulties and tribulations of marriage‚ in a more light-hearted manner. The type of genre I chose was the “list”
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If television is considered a cultural habit‚ what new habits are emerging? Draw on the example of one national TV product. Media has a massive impact on many peoples understanding of history and plays a crucial role upon much of the general public. TV is a notoriously popular format and it is now ubiquitous in almost every single household. Impressions of our history can be perceived through this medium and it is worthy of consideration for various past events e.g. through watching factual documentaries
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