Essays on Television

Webster’s dictionary defines a sitcom as “a radio or television comedy series that involves a continuing cast of characters in a succession of episodes”. A sitcom is a television show which is focused on funny situations over a plot, however structure still matters. A good sitcom should have the protagonists choice to pursue a goal…

Television has influenced viewers in many different ways since television had come out. It had portrayed many different aspects of life that had applied to many of the viewers. Viewers had absorbed many things displayed on television, some of the key elements that had influenced the viewers were commercials, storylines, characters, actions being taken during…

There are many shows on television these days that people would call culturally insensitive, such as the Jersey Shore, Tosh . 0, Buckwild, 16 and Pregnant, the list could go on and on. But I think that one of the most culturally insensitive shows of all is South Park. It is a show that revolves…

“There was murderers going around killing lots of people and stealing jewelry.” This quote comes from the mouth of an eight year old girl after watching the evening news on television. The eight year old girl claims that she is afraid “when there is a murder near because you never know if he could be…

Staring at the Reflection of Empty SpaceFor roughly sixty years television has been a part of most Americans’ lives. For some, it is mainly a source of information. For others, television takes on a much more significant role. Many Americans spend hours of their daily life in front of the tube, but are the people…

As I sat down one night to watch television, I continuously came across shows that had more sexual content in them then I wished to view. Female characters were having sex with several male partners, yet suffering no apparent consequences. In some instances joking and bragging about who they slept with the night before with…

Television has been a large part of American lives for decades. The content that is shown on television influences, persuades, and fosters conformity in U. S. society. Males, females, the young, and the old are all impacted in some way by watching television. Over time, society has changed because of television and society will continue…

Ekta Kapoor is the daughter of Ravinder Kapoor (popularly known as Jeetendra), a Hindi movie star from the 1960s to 1980s. Her mother, Shobha Kapoor, is the CEO of BTL and her younger brother Tushar Kapoor is an actor in Hindi movies. According to Ekta, she had a childhood which was “materially easy but emotionally…

As difficult as this issue is, I believe it can be addressed. My report shows that some progress has already begun in several areas. Attention needs to be focused on how and why some programming has begun to move in the right direction and why the rest has not. “What this issue needs, more than…

Without a doubt, television is the central and principal form of communication in many people’s lives. This form is most often exposed to a child who instantly becomes accustomed to its presence. Children are televisions largest audience, as Morris shows, “Children aged two to five look at the TV tube on an average of 28.4…