Essays on Media

In this essay I will be exploring the unique characteristics of radio as an exclusively auditory medium by referencing to both radio theory and practice. I will also be researching both the positive and negative aspects of radio as an auditory medium. The Italian Guglielmo...

Alaska Public Media connects our state through vital and effective communication. They are made up of KSKA radio, KAKM-TV, Create TV, PBS Kids, and alaskapublic. org. They run the statewide news tailored to Alaskan needs and jointly operate television channels with KTOO in Juneau and...

Throughout this paper, I will be weighting up the argument of whether or not we have entered the times of the post television era; supported by academic literature, viewing figures and studies. I will discuss the revolution of new, lightweight personal technologies which are used...

In this report, you will be able to find out the key factors on how broadcast television was replaced with digital television and how the role of technology eroded the significance of television as a broadcast media. Redefining the role of broadcast television will be...

Television even with its shortcomings is still by far one of the most powerful mediums of communication. Kingwell considers television as a serious form of communication. But according to him we the people, both the makers and viewers don’t take it seriously enough. Kingwell argues...

I am part of the first generation to be born into a media encompassing and digitally connected world. I did not witness a shift to online – I was born into it. I cannot remember a time where my household did not have at least...

Reality TV is nothing new in today’s age of television and has been around since the early 70s. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), reality TV is defined as a television program that involves ordinary individuals being filmed continuously for entertainment purposes. Participants...