Category: Entertainment & Media 1830

  • The Impact of Media on Government and Society: Discussion Points

    Media enhances the reduction of corruption Corruption cost, challenge, e-government, reduction, number of users Acquire information, political news, impact, facilitate, interaction Speed, flexibility, update, exposure, effectiveness, injustice Monopoly, public power, society, corruption tolerance Social-cultural factors, media usage, control of corruption, dissemination Note: Currently, the World Economic Forum estimates the corruption cost at $2.6 trillion a…

  • Female Body Exploitation Highlighted in Mass Media

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In chapter 11 of Susan Jeanne Douglas’s book, Where the Girls Are, she discusses the exploitation of the female desire to be attractive. She highlights how the mass media began promoting idealized body forms and implying that any woman could achieve the same standard by…

  • Batman: The Story of Comics Superhero of the DC Universe

    Batman is a comics superhero of the DC Universe, who is also called dark knight or vigilante. Cinema comics are at the forefront of the spheres of mass culture, and we can say that the superheroes represented in them fulfill a certain cultural task – satisfy the need of a modern person to identify with…

  • Are Video Games That Dangerous?

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In recent years the video game industry has become a profitable venture, and games themselves have entered the popular culture as solidly as literature or film. Most people know of popular franchises, even if they have never played a video game at all. Naturally, popularity…

  • Digital Media as a Learning Distraction

    Table of Contents Exploring Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier Current Research on Digital Media as a Distraction Conclusion References Today, the digital world has expanded tremendously to include a broad range of uses and applications, varying from daily entertainment to scholarly research. Because of this, computers, tablets, and phones are indispensable tools, for…

  • “Smokin’ Fish” Documentary by Griswold-Tergis

    Table of Contents Introduction Smokin’ Fish: In Search of the Self Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: Preservation of Culture Food and Racism: “Ethnic” Food Aisle Food and Mastery: On the Problem of Cookbooks Conclusion Works Cited Introduction On many levels, food is much more than a source of nutrients and energy. Humans tend to assign a symbolic…

  • Network Functions Virtualization

    Table of Contents Brief History of Network Virtualization Technology Theoretical Aspects of Network Virtualization The Case of Microsoft Hyper-V Overall Implications: Benefits and Challenges References Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an architectural concept that uses virtualization technologies at the network, as well as network functions level. To some extent, NFV can be considered a development…

  • “Like a Box of Chocolates” by Steven Scott

    Steven Scott’s “Like a Box of Chocolates” explores Forrest Gump, the movie – one of the best-known and most influential American cultural products of recent decades. In a serious, bordering on downright academic tine, Scott presents his reading of the famous story of a simple-witted man who inexplicably becomes incredibly successful at everything he attempts.…

  • Telidon: A Canadian Initiation of Dial-Up Art

    Table of Contents The Development of Information Technology in the Late 1970s Technological Progress of Telidon Media that Reshaped a Lifestyle Competition and Failure Conclusion References The truth is that many modern people cannot imagine their life without the Internet. When a question arises, a person takes a smartphone, surfs the web, and finds an…

  • What Issues Do Mass Media Bring on Humans Today?

    Introduction The question which the research aims to answer is the issues raised by mass media that influence people today. Mass media is communication executed through words of speech, written, print, and broadcast, which reach many people (Tsetsura & Kruckeberg, 2017). The channels of conveying information include movies, radio, advertisement, internet, newspaper, magazine, and television.…