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The Television as a Cultural Artifact

Modern culture is replete with a diversity of what could be described as cultural artifacts. Consider, for example, the telephone...

Should Cultural Artifacts be Returned to Their Countries of Origin?

1. "claims concerning the restitution of cultural properties to their ocuntries of origin" 2. "restriction of imports and...

Sexism in Cultural Artifacts: Dr. Pepper Ten is "Not for Women"

heavily muscled "action hero"-type spokesman who rampages through a jungle, punching snakes, firing a laser rifle, and ensnaring h...

Ecological World View as a Cultural Artifact: Native American Subcultures vs. Mainstream White Americans

cultural artifacts. Many have contended since the original "discovery" of this country that Native American spirituality is...

Television's Cultural and Ethnic Stereotyping

of television talk shows. Whatever socially redeeming qualities contemporary television talk shows may have, they have not made t...

The Future Of Television Advertising

This 17 page paper looks at a future of advertising on television. A large number of influences are changing the way television is...

Society through the Lens of John Landis’s “Trading Places”

the streets? Will Valentine disgrace himself in the commodities market? Since this is a comedy, we know the answer to both questio...

The Nature Lover Subculture

and Ryan, 2003). As a result, a number of German hiking societies developed with the Friends of Nature with its motto Free Mounta...

9 Forms of Nonverbal Communication

first defined by Edward Hall "in the 1950s and 1960s when he investigated mans use of personal space in contrast with fixed and se...

Ownership of Cultural Property

property, these "Rs" are restitution, restriction and rights. Restitution would return items to the current governments in place ...

Twenty First Century Cultural Artifacts and Ideologies

643 Life in the twenty-first century has become more of a...

A Pros and Cons Comparison of Satellite Television and Cable Television

5 pages and 4 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the pros and cons of both satellite television and cable televisio...

Are TV Documentaries Informative or Propagandist?

In five pages this essay discusses the appropriateness of television networks to examine issues from a partisan perspective....

Children and the Psychosocial Effects of Television Violence

to real-world violence, and thereby less empathetic to the pain and suffering of others (Chidley 37). Observations of teenagers re...

An Analysis of Eh, Joe

A 5 analysis of the television play Eh Joe by Samuel Beckett. 5 sources....

Scripted Television is an Art Form

many are scripted. There is a sameness in terms of quality in what the individual can expect. There is entertainment value in both...

Soundless Television

not romantically involved. Jack is imitating a robot: his arms are bent at the elbows, hes bent at the waist and moving very stiff...

Censorship

and his acknowledgement of unorthodox divinities" (Newth). In essence, all peoples, all nations, all cultures, have some f...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

Cross-Cultural Psychology

There is a direct relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology. It is cultural psychology that provides the basis f...

Colin McCabe's Model and Television Drama Cultural Analysis

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Colin McCabe's cultural analysis model is applied to TV drama in regards to McCabe's reality stru...

Behavior and Cultural Values of the Television Series Ally McBeal

are two of the primary cultural values that stand out in virtually every episode; amidst the young law firm is a collection of peo...

Cultural Impact of Television

reasons why Mill make this assertion at the close of his argument lie within the work itself. In chapter III, Mill puts worth two ...

NY Television and Cultural Messages

wanted to visit. Perhaps the episode that most prominently features differences in race and ethnicity is when Jerry convinces the ...

TV's History, Development, and Cultural Contributions

they have so come to believe that a meaningful life is tied to what and how many products they purchase (pp. 112). Furthermore, Co...

TV's Historical Evolution

the Royal Institution in London, England. Images appeared on his television set which were complete with tonal gradations of light...

Negative Impacts of Television's Violence and Bad Language on Children

p. 56). Another author in the article suggested that children who are physically disciplined and watch violent television may well...

1980 Article on 'Television's Transformation of Tiny'

In five pages this paper examines the article from 1980 that chronicles the smallness of television and the decrease in intellectu...

Television's On Demand Video

for small audiences (OBrien). Transport Standards Video on Demand is supported by two major systems...

US Society and Television's Impact

television," 2006). He had already been given a patent for "the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and ra...