Television

Before I can effectively end my self-imposed solitude and once again educate the masses, I must first define what I mean by convergence. I define it as the consolidation of power over several desired media. For example, Time Warner Cable now offers services in internet connections, phone connections, and cable television, all of which used to be run by several different companies.  Read More »

When did "Pornstar" become a job title to aspire to?  Read More »

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Lately the media has been a huge object of my personal scrutiny. I feel that we put too much value as Americans on what the television portrays about life and how much we buy into that image. So here are some things about television and it's negative effects on society.
Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99
Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24  Read More »

Kudos to NBC for finally breaking tradition and moving into the digital arena and past the old antiquated system. NBC is not participating in the dog and pony show called the upfronts this year where they show all their shows and advertisers bet on which shows they believe will make it. This was necessary back in the day.  Read More »

A great deal may be remarked about the quality of television programming. However, programming is far too large an umbrella about which to make a meaningful and pertinent comment. There is undeniably quality content on television, and also a tremendous amount of garbage. Which is which is largely subjective, and not a topic over which I care to spend energy tirading.  Read More »

It's official. Today is the 2 month anniversary since I've seen an entire music video on MTV. Now, this isn't counting MTV2, they're still legitimate, playing music videos at the bare minimum of 2-4 hours every morning. But still...it's disgusting that a channel with such notoriety has to go down not in a blaze of glory, but succumb to Tyra Banks and Randy Jackson. I never anticipated it.  Read More »

My TV Production professor told my class that TV shows are made so that you can multitask, come in the middle of a show, or have a short attention span and know exactly what’s going on. This was interesting. Heck, it explained a lot!  Read More »