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Television, Movies, and Differences in Class, Race, and Gender

In ten pages the imagery featured in TV and films regarding the differences of class, race, and gender are the focus of this resea...

'Twelve Labors' and Heracles

of all the mythological. He has always served as the perfect focus for a story-teller. Because of his strength, courage, enduranc...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

biggest fools there is. ...he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know whats coming? He pears to know just how ...

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

In two pages this paper examines how American small town life is unsympathetically portrayed in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis....

Analysis of Mona in the Promise Land by Gish Jen

In five pages this paper examines and analyzes this Chinese American novel first published in 1996....

Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek

characters who came after them. Star Trek is also known for its progressive point of view. Roddenberry often presented a sort of ...

Stigmatizing Mr. Spock

rarely a week goes by that it doesnt fire its weapons, which means that as First Officer, Mr. Spock is frequently responsible for ...

Hispanic Americans

not hard to please" (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). They are also generally Catholics (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). Bu...

Zoos Have No Reason to Exist

lives are miserable. Studies have shown that animals in zoos "can suffer physically, mentally and emotionally. For this reason, ca...

Glued to the Tube

a moment of quiet for themselves" (Winn 6). The answer seems obvious when its put like that, and Winn argues that it is the desire...

No TV in Court

United States seeing that might think they were watching a scripted drama rather than an actual court case. The media have been r...

Narrative Complexity in Popular Entertainment: Does TV Make Us Smarter?

opens his argument with the claim that the majority of todays popular television shows utilize a form of narrative complexity that...

Essay: TV Bad for You

The Reasons Television is Not Good for You Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises...

Friends Not Parents

who appeared on TV screens years ago. This paper considers the parenting styles of todays characters as opposed to those found on ...

Television and Film Production

growth spurt following the war and, at that time, the relationship between the film and television industries was one of antagonis...

The Consumer Culture and the Media

radio are very powerful media and have the ability to shape consumer attitudes. This paper identifies three trends that have arise...

Three Dimensional Television - Bringing the Technology to Market

the technology supporting televisions emerge, with plasma, LCD the LEDs or being developed. The problems faced by 3-D television m...

Violence on Television and Kids

In five pages this paper discusses the effects of TV violence upon child psychosocial development. Six sources are cited in the b...

TV Bias

In this paper the question of whether bias still exists in television is asked with researchers and writers all contending there i...

Past and Present Hercules

In five pages this essay considers Hercules in an overview of his mythological life and compares the Greek version to the popular ...

TV News Stories, Memory, and Attention

In seven pages this research paper on cognitive psychology considers the impact of retaining news stories through TV 'teasers' wit...

Are Americans Selfish?

many people in the world, but they are working hard to get what they can and they are also very limited in the way they can live. ...

What Literature Does

is: Platos account of how Socrates defended himself. When he is condemned to death in spire of his eloquence, he accepts it with d...

What is a Real American?

of the good things the nation stands for and the good things that the nation does in the world. But, a good or real American is al...

TV, Ideology, Reception of Audience, and Globalization

In seven pages this research paper analyzes how Marshall McLuhan's television predictions have been fulfilled through the spread o...

UK's Satellite TV

In eight pages this paper discusses the satellite television history of Great Britain, its influences, changes, BSB's role, digita...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

Issue Analysis and Persuasive Writing

and teachers in a tragic event that almost an exact carbon copy imitation of scenes from both of these films. This incident leave...

Overview of Television Situation Comedies Past and Present

who makes the show but generally it is a blend of actors and a chemistry that permeates the show and makes it endure. Critics beli...

Promotion of Good in TV Talk Shows

In five pages this research paper discusses how TV talk shows promote public awareness of such issues as higher education, career ...