Monthly Archives: June 2012

All Hail Television, Great Leader of the Masses

Taking a look back into history, one can see that people love to be entertained.  The invention of the radio had little Johnnie racing indoors to catch the latest broadcast of his adventures over the airwaves.  The invention of motion …

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Information Overload Equals Brain Freeze

I am sure we have all experienced the sensation of being overwhelmed due to so much information given to us in one time.  When there is too much information our brain seems overloaded and it simply shuts down—basically experiencing a …

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The Magic of Imagination: Physical Books vs Video Narratives

Growing up, most of us had books in our hands from day 1. Whether they be coloring books, Dr. Seuss books, or even mysterious novels. The days of going through books all through elementary school were great, but those days …

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Tangling With The “F” Word

When people hear the word ‘feminist’ the stereotypical images of man-haters, lesbians, hairy armpits, and angry women probably flash before your eyes. Unfortunately the name has gotten a bad rap (thanks to the media and dominate cultures). To set the …

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Television Might Be Even Better Than You Think

Balance is a universal idea that works across the board. It seems that there is lack in balance between the positive and negative research that is associated with television. The predominate myth is that when the television is turned on …

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Children’s Programming Can be Beneficial

The children’s programming as we know it today is different than it was fifty years ago. Back in the day, television shows for children were used to just be a babysitter while the parents were busy, but nowadays they are …

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Decision Making: More Options Can Actually be Less Helpful

When my computer is acting responsively slow or strange I’ll immediate delete applications and programs working in the background. With too much information running at once it makes it difficult for the computer to run smoothly.  The computer will run …

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Prefering Image to Reality

As the rise of technology is high in demand, so too is our impatience  for gathering information. Today, of course, people prefer  a 60 second news cycle over  62 condensed pages per month. The Reader’s Digest in 1922 created by …

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The Way We Read is Changing

In the article titled “In the Beginning Was the Word” the author, Christine Rosen explains how we as a society are starting to read differently, because of the popularity of the internet our eyes have been trained to read quickly, …

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The world is “armed” with Media and Technology

Five and two. Numbers that are insignificant on their own but, when considered in the billions, mean quite a lot. Mass Media 12/3 Article 6 states that there are over five billion people throughout the world who have access to …

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