blog 15

This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is nothing but wires and lights in a box.
— Edward R. Murrow
There is an on-going debate that questions whether television influences violence or if violence is merely human nature. Sociologists, economists, politicians and parents alike all have drawn their conclusions and stated their positions on the matter. Regardless of who weighs in on the matter there is no shortage on reasoning and various opinions.
In the United States, New York was the first state to regularly broadcast programming. From May through December 1939, the New York City NBC station of General Electric broadcast twenty to fifty-eight hours of programming per month, Wednesday through Sunday of each week. The programming was 33% news, 29% drama, and 17% educational programming, with an estimated 2,000 receiving sets by the end of the year, and an estimated audience of five to eight thousand. A remote truck could cover outdoor events from up to 10 miles (16 km) away from the transmitter, which was located atop the Empire State Building. Coaxial cable was used to cover events at Madison Square Garden. The coverage area for reliable reception was a radius of 40 to 50 miles.
Television has the potential to unite communities, provide information to allow positive cultural, social and environmental change, and to create a true global village. It also has the potential to alienate, to promote aggressive and negative behaviors, provide negative and inappropriate role models to our children, and to create negative values such as values of consumption and possession.
Since the early days of television the debate on programming choices and the level of appropriateness has been in question. Over the years the content in programs has grown increasingly violent, lewd and vulgar. Aside from programming on television, commercials in between programming have violent undertones; advertising and marketing depict violence in still images.
In 1996 there was a system instilled into television by the United States Congress, the television industry, and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) this was the TV Parental Guidelines. These guidelines were mandated because of the excessive public concern of the explicit and vulgar content that was on television. Although this system is voluntary many networks have agreed to take part. The only programs that are “exempt” are on networks like CNN, Fox News etc. any news channel or program does not have to take part in the guidelines set forth by the FCC and the United States Congress. There are six (6) categories in which television can fall into. The first category is TV-Y which is used for all children’s programming between the ages of 2 and 6. These programs do not have to be animated but they have some content which is intended to be educational. The next category is TV-Y7 which is directed toward children ages 7 and older. These programs can include suggestive humor and mild fantasy violence. The third category is TV-G; this is the most general category. It isn’t geared directly towards children, mostly the content is informational. TV-PG is for parental guidance. Parental guidance is suggested for this programming mainly game shows and reality shows. The next category is TV-14 which is deemed unsuitable for children under the age of 14. There are also sub-ratings in this category. D is used for intensely suggestive dialogue; L is for strong coarse language; S is for intense sexual situations and V is used for intense violence. Most live programming i.e. award shows, concerts etc. The last parental guideline is TV-MA is intended for mature audiences and is unsuitable for children under 17. The sub-ratings for TV-MA are; L for coarse indecent language, S for explicit sexual activity and V for graphic violence. In the first 15 seconds of programming the TV ratings box appears in the upper left hand corner of the screen. For programming lasting longer than a half hour the TV ratings box appears at the beginning of each half hour.
Violence has existed for centuries before the invention of the television. However there has been a significant rise in violent crimes since television has become a mainstay in the American household. In the mid 1950s the rate of violent and property increased significantly. This can be equated to many events such as the end of World War II which brought home soldiers to pick up the pieces of their lives. With the soldiers coming home this also brought about new families. Also during the 50’s anti-communism ideals spread like wildfire throughout communities. However these events only explain a small percentage of the increased violence in this country something has to account for the rest. With the exception of shows like The Lone Ranger, Have Gun Will Travel, and Dragnet, the majority of the popular shows during the early years of television were family orientated such as, Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, I Married Joan, Lassie, Leave It To Beaver, and Make Room For Daddy. With all of this fun family programming how did the next decade end up in so much turmoil.
During the ‘60’s with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy and the rise of the civil rights movement racial tensions and racial violence was at its peak. With the Harlem riots of ’64, the Watts riots of ’65 and the Detroit riots of ’67 this was a completely different America than a decade earlier. However the television program didn’t get noticeably more violent during the ‘60’s. The Addams Family, the Andy Griffith Show, the Beverly Hillbillies and Bewitched were still family friendly shows that would probably fall into the TV-G category of today’s television ratings. Since…. something about not violent tv just any tv
Generation X or the Net-generation refers to children born between the years of 1977 and 1997. There have been many studies trying to conclude if there is a direct relationship between violence and the media. These studies show that there is a risk that exposure to violence over extended periods of time directly affect the individual in the long run. In the United States there was an “Echo Boom” this was a span of thirteen years between 1982 and 1995 where the number of live births reached over four million. This information was valid in the feeling that the baby boom aided in the rise of violence among people.
There have been news reports of incidents where television has been the prime suspect. In 1984 in Ottawa, Ontario there were three police officers shot and killed in a month’s time. In one incident the 18 year old suspect Gary White dressed as the character Rambo played by Sylvester Stallone in the movie First Blood. At the time, The National Coalition Against Violence, a group that monitors movies and television says White was the third killer to emulate Stallone’s role in First Blood in Ottawa. The police there violence on the screen blurs the line between fantasy and reality and desensitizes people to real violence. Not only do they think television creates a more violent atmosphere but it also undermines the police as an authority figure. The police of Ottawa feel because they are seen as “the bad guys” in movies and on television there is no respect from the citizens of the towns they protect..................

blog 14

my plan is to gather my thoughts so i can write one cohesive paper

sunrise draft... swiper no swiping

In this paper I will prove that Murnau’s uses of light and dark help illustrate not only the good and evil side of humans but also his use of light and dark was like a narrator that helped tell the story of inanimate objects or scenes that otherwise couldn’t speak for themselves.
Not having the characters able to speak just meant the director has to come up with other ways to tell his story besides the actors’ expressions and title cards. While Murnau used special effects, set design, extreme angles, and camera movement very well, I believe his use of lighting was his most effective method. Although his uses of special effects help in the films dream sequences and his elaborate set design created an exaggerated fairy-tale-like world those visuals alone didn’t stand out as much and couldn’t carry the film as well as his use of lighting.
By naming the film “Sunrise” shows the directors’ dedication to lighting effects and the differences that light and dark portray in this medium. Since sunrise and sunset for that matter are merely optical illusions being that the sun never actually moves let alone rises and falls, perhaps Murnau was foreshadowing the relationship between the man and the wife in the tile of the movie. From the beginning it would seem as if the woman from the city, and the money lenders would not only ruin him but also ruin his marriage. When the woman from the city devises a plan to get rid of the wife it seemed sure that the sun would set on this marriage, however we already know sunset is only an illusion. Through the ups and downs of their marriage, whether it be from the man trying to kill the wife to the man trying to gain her trust back

twelve

Today I tried to find a connection between violence in jail and television but for the most part it just shows violence decreased because of television. The only problem im having is narrowing my search. Between now and Tuesday I need to have a rough draft ready.

blog eleven

after researching several sites in order to base my decision on where i stand on the topic i now believe i have my claim and i am ready to begin my paper. before actually researching anything i had a slight idea on where i stood about the relationship between violence and television and my reseach has only re-enforced the idea that violence is not influenced by television.

10

As I was critiquing daphneys ad I realized that it might not even be an ad at all but just a picture from an event because there was no company logo or slogan. However she described it well and I offered a few question on what would help her write a longer paper. With ariels ad I also offered a few questions to aid him/her with the final draft. Neither person had a terrible post however they both could be thought at more and improved. I had Dr. X last semester and had to do this assignment so im not really a stranger to the topic. By critiquing other people’s writing I learned why it is important to have a rough draft.

blog 9

Thesis/thesis statement: (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/)
Directly answers the question asked of you. A thesis is an interpretation of a question or subject, not the subject itself. The subject, or topic, of an essay might be World War II or Moby Dick; a thesis must then offer a way to understand the war or the novel.
In my own words: An outline of the main idea of your essay.
For example: in the first paragraph of an essay “in my opinion I think all elephants should be killed, because”, would be considered your thesis statement.

Research: (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/research)
1 : careful or diligent search
2 : studious inquiry or examination; especially : investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws
3 : the collecting of information about a particular subject
In my own words: Looking for information
For example: for this blog entry I searched for the definition of several words online.

Argument: (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/research)
: a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion
In my own words: a rebuttal to the original opinion
For example: if one person has an idea, but a second person expresses a different opinion that is now an argument.

Claim: (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/claim)
to assert or maintain as a fact

in my own words: to present an idea as the truth
for example:
Reasons: (http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/reasons)
a statement offered in explanation or justification
Evidence: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence)
Everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion
MLA citation style: (http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla)
MLA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the Modern Language Association for acknowledging sources used in a research paper. MLA citation style uses a simple two-part parenthetical documentation system for citing sources: Citations in the Text of a paper are used to point to an alphabetical Works Cited list that appears at the end of the paper. Together, these references identify and credit the sources used in the paper and allow others to access and retrieve this material.

blog

Group: Chris P. Rosetta, Ahmed

The trip to MOMI really showed me how far media technology has changed over the years. From seeing how big the cameras were to how small the televisions were really showed how this industry has progressed. Before actually going to the museum I thought it would either be too boring with very technical exhibits or too childish with too many hands on arts and crafts like projects. Fortunately I was wrong I was a mixture of both and the whole trip turned out to be entertaining. From video games like Mario brothers, sonic the hedgehog, tekken, and pong to nickelodeon movies and ‘80’s science fiction movies the museum spanned many decades of all around media. What I found most interesting in the place was the voice over exhibit, the exhibit with the strobe light animation, some of the actual props and wardrobe from movies and of course the old equipment they had, like cameras, editing machines, lighting equipment, and tvs. Being that the museum only cost me a dollar I defiantly recommend it to anyone who is interested in this field, and I will be going back when construction is finished to see how the place looks.


oh yeah the questions are in Chris p. blog