This essay explores the effect that television (as a new media form) has on culture.
Date Submitted: 02/07/2004 11:29:53
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 8 pages (2121 words)
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 8 pages (2121 words)
The 'system of producing onscreen images of distant objects and events by electromagnetic radiation' (Oxford, 1992:111) or as it's more commonly referred to as 'television', is the most widely used mass media form in Australia and in the world. Television is one of our most important means of communication. It brings moving pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of people's homes. In Britain in 1950, '10% of homes had T.V sets'. (Thompson, 1997: 28,41) Today, …
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