Essays on Sociology

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Using contemporary African literature to discuss gender as an ideological social construct, this paper explores the nature of gender construction and its performativity in Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys Of Motherhood. By portraying the lived experiences of gendered subalterns, Emecheta writes woman to present woman’s standpoint...

The women in India, since time immemorial, have been subjected to the evolution of status and respect as opposed to men who have always enjoyed high status and position in the society. However, many have carved their own niche in the long history of women’s...