Essays about: "the importance of television"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words the importance of television.

1. 16. Write or Perish : How Screenwriters Author their Careers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Johan Magnéli; [2015]
   Keywords : screenwriters; career authoring; authoring; authorship; career strategies; authorial leverage; contractual negotiations; swedish film industry; swedish television industry; cultural work; cinema studies; television studies; manusförfattare; filmvetenskap; karriärsstrategier; karriär; strategier; kontraktsförhandlingar; svensk filmindustri; svensk television;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study was to investigate how the impermanence of contract work affects working lives, self-perceptions and the career strategies of Swedish screenwriters of finding and keeping work. Furthermore, it also explored how screenwriters experience their abilities to exercise authorial leverage over media content. READ MORE

3. 17. Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Kristina Pettersson Granqvist; [2014-02-21]
   Keywords : engelska; Hedges; boosters; Tag questions; TV discourse; gender-related differences; gender; sociolinguistics; media; gender variations; television dialogue;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate the overall frequency of hedges, boosters and tag questions in a selected number of episodes of the TV show The Big Bang Theory, and whether or not there are any gender related differences. Some previous research into this field of sociolinguistics has shown that women tend to use these forms more frequently than men, albeit the majority of this research has been in other discourses than the present one, while some has shown no gender variation concerning frequency. READ MORE

4. 18. Free, Fair or Flattery: Political Participation and the Media - A Case Study of the NGO Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and the Constitution Making Process in Zambia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Prudence Mafuta; [2014]
   Keywords : WEB 2.0; human rights; communication; civic cultures; public sphere; democracy; political participation; media; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Issues of democracy and the greater debate on development cannot go without an examination of the various agencies that play a role in the larger development agenda and in political participation in particular, including NGOs and the Media. Here media refers to both traditional media of television, radio and press and social media and WEB 2.0. READ MORE

5. 19. Others' Perspectives Drawing on the social impact of media

   University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Carolina Parra Thompson; [2009-06-29T10:41:44Z]
   Keywords : Façade; Process; Drawing; Trajectories participation; Mass media; Society; Visual image Distortion; Message; information; Women Animal; Developing Countries;

   Abstract : Participation, exploration and dialogue have been my principal interests during my master studies. Until now, I have a interest in working with themes that comment on the way people perceive information. READ MORE

6. 20. TV, music and the Internet : Outside and inside the classroom at a lower secondary school

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Nina Svensson; [2008]
   Keywords : extramural input; media; non-formal learning; TV; music; the Internet;

   Abstract : Since the 1950’s medial resources have accelerated at an apparent pace. The access to several TV channels, to the Internet and to cell phones has increased and is available almost every student. In the society of today young people are exposed to media technology everywhere. READ MORE