...Connors: The Real American Family I chose to watch and observe a situation comedy that I liked watching as a teenager called Roseanne. Roseanne was a show that never shied away from real issues that families would endure and overcome. This show had nine seasons and always stayed current with the events that were going on in the world. The show portrayed a broad array of worldviews and how people in general would live together under different, sometimes opposing, outlooks on the world. Although the show never delved too deep into exact religious beliefs, there was an undertone of a Christian worldview. ("Roseanne full episodes," 2012) Roseanne Conner was the mother of three children, Becky, Darlene, and D.J, and doting wife of Dan Conner. Roseanne was raised in a Jewish family and Dan was raised Pentecostal. They raised their children to be able to choose their own path while instilling in them a sense of belief in something greater than themselves. She worked in various low income jobs while maintaining the home for her family. The middle-class view of this family is what appealed to most of America. You had a more realistic look at what we as the working class go through on a daily basis. There were no issues too taboo and the show gave great instruction on dealing with hard pressed problems. This was one of the first shows that showed the different faces of the family. You had black, Jewish, gay, and all other sorts of families illustrated on this sitcom...
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... Professor: Keith Rogers Arrested Development The Dysfunctional Bluth Family The TV series Arrested Development is a story of the wealthy Bluth family who loses everything when the patriarch of the family lands in jail because of fraud. The show is a satire about the terrible family values they possess. They do not hold a Christian worldview. The family, however, does to its best to stick together despite their shortcomings. The main character’s name is Michael. He is a moral and reasonable man. He spends the entire show working to save his family business and his family as a whole. His core belief is that the most importing thing in life is family. Michael’s religiousness is rarely addressed in the show. The rest of the family is not religious at all. Michael’s mother, Lucille, is manipulative, racist, mean and controlling. His father is more concerned with himself. He often pits his sons against each other. Michael’s siblings do not have jobs and live off Michael. Despite this, Michael still loves them and works hard to repair the family business, get his father out of jail and hold the family together. Except for Michael and his son, the Bluth family is very materialistic. Michael’s mother, sister and brothers spend the businesses’ money even though the company is bankrupt. The show highlights racism, greed, deceit, manipulation and homophobia. The family flounders as if where a ship tossed about the sea. In their world, God is not...
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...Family Television Review- Golden Girls One of my favorite memories growing up was watching the Golden Girls with Mother every Saturday night with my mother. This show originally aired from 1985-1992 but can still be seen on Hallmark every week. The show is based on four middle aged women roommates Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia who are different in almost every way. Today as I watch the episodes the jokes that once went over my head now have taken on new meaning. When I was younger I did not realize how many controversial topics the show covered. Dorothy is a sarcastic high school substitute teacher. Her persona comes off as her intelligence makes her superior to the other women in the house because they do not have as much papered education as she. I do not believe if you have more education than someone else you should be mean to another. Rose, is the exact opposite of Dorothy. Rose was raised in a small farm town named St. Olaf, with not much education. She is always telling goofy stories about where she grew up, most of the time the women become irritated with her and treat her poorly. Blanche is open with her sexuality which the other girls did not approve of. You could tell by the way the women were always teasing her about which suitor she brought home and the “welcome matt at the foot of her bed”. Sophia is a first generation immigrant from Sicily. Even though Sophia could be crude at times she had a certain way of making others look at difficult situations...
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...I have chosen to evaluate a review of the new sitcom ‘Modern Family’. It is established that genres act as shortcuts and are ideological in nature. They serve to organise particular programs by providing artists with an understanding of its rules and conventions, audiences with an interpretative context, and institutions with a means to facilitate the sale of a particular media text to an audience. However, particular genres continually develop in an attempt to invent fresh concepts. Michael Idato’s review of ‘Modern Family’ highlights to a degree the traditional conventions of a sitcom, and examines how this program alters such a traditional framework in order to establish itself as unique. He also highlights the specific techniques used by the program to both capture and maintain an audience which involves a consideration of both program content and celebrity. Michael Idato highlights that ‘Modern Family’ consists of all the elements typical of a sitcom whose comic premise and structure revolves around a dysfunctional family. He recognises that its program content is derived ‘straight from the comedy playbook’ (Idato, 2010) as it explores the challenges of parenting, marriage and teenage romance which are so frequently touched upon. The diversity of the characters portrayed in ‘Modern Family’ inevitably allows for its interpretation as a traditional ‘character com’ (Aaronson, 2000, p.13). Its form therefore allows for the creation of opposing comic perspectives within particular...
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...dominating show genres on broadcast television today. Situational comedies are also referred to as sitcoms. These shows endear audiences with relatable circumstances that are exaggerated for humorous purposes. Humor being one of the main focuses of sitcoms, they often times depict a main character’s experiences in life. The audience experiences the trials and tribulations of life with the character, which is partly what causes a regular watcher to develop a “parasocial” relationship with them (“Research Report,” 2013). Upon examination of the development of the television sitcom, many of the humorous moments throughout the years have stemmed from embellished situations in character-to-character relationships. An analysis of these relationships, with emphasis on those of an intimate relationship has shown that today sexuality is often the source of primary humor. This sexuality in sitcoms is currently the most repetitive type of humor and is considered the standard, but such was not always the case. Early sitcoms focused on more traditional problems of marriage, of family affairs, and other every day social inter-relationship problems, and even had a different method of presentation, but throughout time they evolved to depend on the provocative behavior of the characters. The sexual problems they experience took the role of their every day problems; vulgar topics such as this became the cultural norm in comedy today. At the start of the 1950’s the television was a new and exciting product...
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...cwV-101 December 9, 2012 Family Television Review I decided to review Family Guy as my family sitcom. Although I have watched the show for a while I never really thought about what kind of worldview the family has or how it has impacted my own views on family values. In this sitcom it seems to me that the family does try to be good a Christian family and go to church but, they do not succeed in doing so. The family is rude to one another and the baby tries to kill his mother in almost every episode. I do understand that it is made for comedy purposes only I believe that sometimes they tend to overstep the boundaries. I do believe that they try to make the family seem like they would do anything for each other. In one of the episodes the mother tries to cover up for her son because they believed he murdered a man but it turns out he did not. To me that shows although he broke the law she was willing to do anything for him to protect him. I do believe that television shows impact our views on life and our views on family values. After watching this show I realized that it impacted my view on family values negatively. I would not want my family to be dysfunctional like the Griffin family. They make fun of the eldest daughter in many episodes, the second son Chris does horribly in school and both children to not respect their parents. The parents Peter and Louis love each other and I can see that in episodes and in all of the episodes I have seen they are monogamous to...
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...Sex and Violence on Television: Are the affects on Children all bad? The Issue How does the saying go? “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” There is no question that the controversy of violence among today’s youth is colossal. There are many studies that point to sex and violence in the media as the cause of this problem. Yet there are also several studies that suggest that the affects of TV violence on children and teens are minimal or may be beneficial in some ways. This paper will review literature from both sides of the controversy not for the sake of defending one side over the other but for the purpose of unveiling what makes the issue so controversial by exploring some of the questions regarding who are the people that have a stance on the issue, why might someone take a strong stance, and discuss what previous researches conclude about the influence of media sex and violence on children’s behavior. Summary of Internet Information For about half a century, Congress has wrestled with the perceived negative influences of television on society, particularly its youth. The responses to this divergence in the past have ranged from banning indecent content and restricting offensive speech to condensing the rights of the broadcast industry. Television violence, the most recent and pressing issue to date for the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is the conflict between protecting children from the potentially harmful influence of exposure to sex and...
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...Bryant, J., & Bryant, J. (2000). Television and the American Family. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. This reference happens to be an eBook. It provides good information about television use in general which I can use as part of the introduction. The eBook states that television can be both good and bad. Also covered in this reference are some figures regarding television use as well as the amount of violence shown on television. I can use that information in the body of my assigned section of the group paper. Greenfield, R. H. (2012). Don't Just Sit There: Sitting, TV Viewing, and Mortality. Integrative Medicine Alert, 15(8), 91-93 I find this article to be a suitable reference for my part of the group project. Watching television takes time away from doing exercise. What this article talks about is the important of regular physical activity and that just sitting there watching television does not promote good health. Also one key point that this article states is that sitting or television viewing appears to reduce population-based life expectancy in the United States. I can include that information in my part of the project. McCARTHY, L. (2013). Take Back Family Time!. Working Mother, 72. This article will be a reference for my paper. It talks about family time and how that has been impacted by television use. The article states that family time has been impacted negatively since children watch a lot more versus spending time with their parents. In fact...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is a Philippine government agency responsible for rating and reviewing television programs, movies and home videos. Unlike other organizations worldwide, the board does not rate video games. This is due to the fact that the Philippines does not produce video games (other than titles from studios such as Anino Games), since most video games are imported, with almost all of it coming from the United States. Because of that, ratings from the ESRB is the de facto system used in the Philippines, but legal restrictions (such as prohibition of sales of M-rated and higher games to minors) usually do not apply, although certain software vendors ask for a valid ID or any other verification when selling those games. The board also does not rate literature, unlike some other organizations. Recently, the board has revised its classification ratings for television shows. A memorandum issued by the review board on Aug. 25 stated that the revised ratings are as follows: General Patronage (“G”), Parental Guidance (“PG”), Strong Parental Guidance (“SPG”) and Disapproved for airing on TV (“X”). After massive media education, a parent will be wiser than to allow children to watch television relentlessly. A parent will be wiser than to keep his child up after nine in the evening, knowing that 9 p.m. is proper bedtime for the kids and knowing that television will thereafter be more risqué as it will pander...
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...books, magazines, internet, and television. Thanks to the ever evolving and fast paced technology world, our society is not only exposed to an ever increasing amount of media but the mediums in which we interact with it are evolving. Throughout our exposure, we are subjected in media to countless forms of bias delivered both directly and indirectly. Before we can examine how this bias effects our society, we must first define what bias is. “Bias is a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly (bias, 2014).” Recently, I watched an episode of Modern Family on the ABC channel. Modern family is essentially centered on three families and their interactions with one another. Although the modern family name would lead you to believe this show represents a new frontier free from bias and stereotypes, this show draws is comedic nature from these very bias representations. A broad spectrum of families are represented from a mixed marriage, to a gay or homosexual couple, and a traditional family. Despite the vast portrayal, Modern Family promotes traditional gender roles and stereotypes of women. I believe that Modern Family has a moderate level of media bias represented in its episodes. Although they attempt in many storylines to break away from the traditional roles, definition of acceptable age differences, demonstrate equality and acceptance, Modern Family lacks resistance towards patriarchal...
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...[pic] College of Humanities HUM 186 Course Syllabus Media Influences on American Culture 6 – 10 p.m. Tuesdays Course Start Date: 06/14/2011 Course End Date: 07/12/2011 University of Phoenix South Florida Campus Miami Learning Center 11410 NW 20th Street, Miami, FL 33172 Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Copyright Copyright © 2011, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political...
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...“Network entertainment television has served as one barometer of racial inclusion and sentiment.”. (Squire 97) The stereotypical images of Blacks on television began in 1939, until then, Blacks have been portrayed as maids, servants or clowns. These negative perceptions started to appear in sitcoms such as in Amos and Andy in 1951, which were the stereotypical backs who never took things seriously. All those views changed during the 1970's with the black sitcoms. The explosion of Black faces on TV in the 1970’s and 1980’s laid groundwork for Blacks and became more reality based. Blacks continued to have been, and often still, portrayed in a negative way on TV. There was some improvement of stereotypical images. In the fall of 1984, a new show arrived on the scene by the name of “The Cosby Show”. Few could have predicted that ''The Cosby Show" would become a phenomenon. Loosely based on Cosby's own family, it was the highest-rated show for five consecutive...
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...COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF FAMILY IN THE TELEVISION SHOW WEEDS Name Instructor Introduction For some time now, different faculties on human psychology, sociology and cultural studies have been investigating the effect of media artifacts in influencing and dictating ideologies and perceptions in the societies that consume them. Contemporary findings indicate that media artifacts such as television shows, movies, and books, directly influence the behavior of individuals within their different social groups and determine the type of interpersonal relationships one forges with other people, relative to their role in their lives. In addition, media affect the expressions of social class and socio-economic stature through the encouragement of the consumer culture and individualism. This paper analyses the television series Weeds, seeking to highlight how the portrayal of a single-mother family mirrors the literature on single-parent families in terms of perceived structures, financial challenges, academic achievement of children and the emotional and psychological health as well as the challenges specifically affecting single mothers. Weeds is an eight-season television show depicting the character of Nancy, a recently widowed woman who struggles to a means of mitigating the growing financial problem she faces following the death of Judah, her husband. She eventually opts to expand small her marijuana retailing enterprise to make ends...
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...Module 4 Case Study MKT 501 Strategic Marketing Trident University International December 27, 2011 MEMORANDUM To: Vice President of Marketing, Old Navy From: Marketing Consulting, Subject: Analyzing Old Navy’s promotion strategy This memorandum documents the review of Old Navy’s current market strategy. Old Navy has decided to utilize online video instead of television. In addition, as part of the company’s positioning strategy, it is launching its first campaign that specifically targets men. It also announces a slogan very similar to one of the Marine Corps “looking to enlist a few good men”. Some additional changes include new denim washes and styles, as well as more tailored shirts and pants to meet the changes/demands of its target buyers. TRIDENT will evaluate if this new market strategy shift from television to online video is the best promotional strategy for your company. Old Navy’s Target Market Viewing Habits Assumptions: a) Television advertisement is not very effective for the company. b) It is difficult to reach men for an item of clothing through commercial advertisements. c) Men are not in the right mindset when watching TV. For instance if he is watching sports, he may not pay attention to a clothing commercial. Old Navy’s Target Market Buying Habits Assumptions: a) Men are starting to spend outside the basics. They are now focused on getting healthier; therefore they go for more comfortable lifestyle products...
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...T e l e v i s i o n V i o l e n c e a n d Its Effect o n C h i l d r e n Merrilyn O. Johnson, MSN, RN Television (TV) has become a large part of children's activities. Much discussion exists as to the level of violence on TV programs and its effect on children's behavior. This article reviews the literature, discusses social issues, and presents some interventions available to nursing professionals to assist children and families in coping with the impact of TV on children's lives. Copyright 9 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company For some children under some conditions some television is harmful. For other children u n d e r other conditions it may be beneficial. For most children under most conditions most T V is probably neither particularly harmful nor particularly beneficial. Schramm, Lyle, and Parker (1961) ago, the A LTHOUGHasWRITTEN 33 yearswas then. above quote on television (TV) viewing and children is relevant today as it Does watching violence on TV increase or alter the antisocial or aggressive activity of children? The possibility that widespread watching of violent TV programs by children and youth is increasing the level of violence in American society continues to be the most controversial and emotionally arousing issue related to the TV medium. This is because the concentration of violence portrayed on TV has the potential of generating aggressive behavior, both immediately and in the long term (Joy, Kimball, & Zabrack, 1986, cited in Williams, 1986).Aggression...
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