Tag Archives: Entertainment

Today’s popular use of the Internet makes use of books almost extinct.

In today’s technologically savvy world, everyone is more accustomed to the Internet and/or electronic devices to do research. That’s right! Whether it would be research for a school project, recipe for dinner, or to simply learn about an interesting topic, …

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Is Television Still a “Vast Wasteland”?

A “vast wasteland” was the description Newton Minow used for television programs in one of his landmark speeches. As President Kennedy’s chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Minow used this metaphor to “tell broadcasters that the FCC would enforce …

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Television programming: Entertaining or talentless?

Television has been a part of our homes since the early 1900s. It one of the most popular ways to be connected with the media. However, television seems to cause a lot disadvantages for its users. Television today is lewd …

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Technology effecting the way we view entertainment.

America, in particular, is full of  individuals who are constantly looking for things to fill our need of entertainment as well as our want for our many emotional needs to be satisfied through the content we view. Technology has done …

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Do the Media Have Your Best Interest in Mind?

These past few decades, everyday media is increasingly sensationalized and entertainment focused. Media’s main purpose now lies in putting out a compelling and interesting story to get attention and an audience. It is a more “self-satisfying” and “self-gratifying” mission to …

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Jack White, ‘I’m Shaken,’ and Stirred

Grammy Nominated artist Jack White, interviewed in the wake of his new album ‘I’m Shaken,’ spoke about the originality of music and what ‘tabloid culture’ has done to the song writing plight. When asked about how he writes music, he …

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