Television Essays

Mary Ann Doane discusses the use of voice in cinematic presentation in this article. She determines the acceptance of voice by the viewer by defining the phantasmatic body of a film. This body is the replica created by the technology itself. It is the body of the character and of …

There is one activity that stands out for it’s prominent and ubiquity – the world’s most popular leisure, pastime – television. Some people regard TV as the greatest invention of the humanity and can hardly imagine their lives without it, others, on contrary, are strongly convinced that it is used …

1. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. 2. The text I have chosen for this speech is and episode of “Family Guy”. “Family guy”, much like “The Simpsons”, is a satire on …

The Introduction of Colour TV1.What are the major problems Samsung faces as it tackles the television market in China?In 1995, the South Korean company, Samsung, decided to integrate all of their individual Chinese business units into a single Samsung China. It was decided that color televisions would be Samsung China’s …

Organizational Overview Cox Communications is a telecommunications company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia. Its parent company, Cox Enterprises Inc, was founded in 1898 by school teacher and three term governor of Ohio James M Cox. With more than 23000 employees in 15 states, Cox provides its 6.7 million subscribers with award …

The advent of television and television shows may have come long after film, but it enhanced film production almost instantly. Television naturally derived from early film since each uses basically the same medium: the motion picture camera. Since film had already set a base in the industry and mastered the …

Reality shows, why do we like them so much? I started thinking about this question, and then I though about how many I actually had watched. Reality shows has become a big trend in our society today. People can become famous for almost anything, and a lot of people seem …

Many people think that television has destroyed communication among friends and family. I do not agree with that statement. I will support my opinion. I claim that TV has a great impact on our lives, but it does not have enough power to change relationships among friends or family. For …

When you think about the content and fibre of reality television there’s really not much there. Many people feel that reality television is the best production to come from ABC, NBC and all the corporate conglomerates trying to make easy money. That’s exactly what they are doing. Selling easily produced …

Television is constantly being criticised as being bad for children. One of the first arguments to come up is the effect that violent TV has on children. It is a valid argument as most of the time TV violence begs for imitation because violence is demonstrated and promoted as a …