The Magic Window

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This fascinating book tells the story of how television became popular in the United States following the medium's debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. You'll learn about the people, events, and performances that were televised—or influenced what was being televised—from 1939 to 1953. In addition to the entertainment and cultural aspects of this newborn medium, it also explores the business, politics, and technology of early television.

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Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Author : Jim Von Schilling
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-10-28
File : 243 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136398605


The Santaland Diaries And Season S Greetings

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THE STORIES: THE SANTALAND DIARIES is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker's Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy's elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of

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Genre : Drama
Author : David Sedaris
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Release : 1998
File : 60 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0822216310


Media Literacy

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"Media Literacy is a captivating, engaging, reader-friendly textbook essential for introductory Media Studies courses in communication, sociology, film studies, and English." -SirReadaLot.org In this media-saturated world, it is critical to approach media influences using critical thought and active participation. Media Literacy, Fourth Edition uses an engaging and conversational style to help students gain the skills needed to navigate the rocky terrain of mass messages - which are designed to inform them, to entertain them, and to sell them. This captivating book offers a plan of action for gaining a clearer perspective on the borders between the real world and the simulated media world, helping readers become responsible media consumers.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : W. James Potter
Publisher : SAGE
Release : 2008
File : 449 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781412958752


Climbing Mount Improbable

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How could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adapatation as the force behind all life on earth. The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of perfection and improbability that we find in the seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins' eloquent descriptions of astonishing adaptations in the living world.

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Genre : Science
Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release : 2006-04-06
File : 394 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780141936321


Through The Magic Window

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Sevanti Ninan
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Release : 1995
File : 242 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015038114529


The 11 Myths Of Media Violence

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Violence sells. The media industries say they are simply businesses responding to market desires, but when they are criticized for contributing to a culture of violence, they claim First Amendment protection. If anything, media violence is more prevalent today than at any other time in the past. Yet, although scientific researchers have produced a strong body of evidence demonstrating that exposure to media violence harms society, that evidence has never been translated into practical and accessible ideas. This book clearly explains why media violence has not only been allowed but encouraged to escalate. The author challenges many of our assumptions about the relationship between media and violence. He argues that these assumptions are the primary barriers preventing us from confronting the issue of violence in films, TV, and video games. While dispelling misperceptions and evoking emotions, each chapter: identifies a myth, its origin, its acceptance by the public, and its growth in popularity; analyzes the faulty nature of the myth and shows how it deflects attention away from the truth; presents dilemmas that challenge readers to reconsider their assumptions; and includes a list of indispensable references. The book provides an in-depth review of how Congress, journalists, and researchers contribute to the problem and raises important questions that place the reader at the heart of the conflict. Consumer activists, teachers, and families will find it an essential resource and invaluable step toward finding solutions to this critical social issue.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : W. James Potter
Publisher : SAGE
Release : 2003
File : 292 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0761927352


Adventures With Sydney Outside The Magical Window

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The ten (10) stories in this eighty (80) page children's storybook chronicle a journey of discovery for a little dog and her owner as they watch God's miracles in the birds and animals that pass by a seemingly magical window in their log cabin home deep in the forest. This book's ten (10) simple, fully illustrated adventures will hold the attention of young children while they learn about God's creatures. Children will meet Harry the hummingbird, Sammy the snake, Rudy the redbird, and many others as they learn life lessons from the ways in which God's smallest creatures care for each other. This is a book for preschool and young children and should be read aloud to them by a parent or adult with expression and love while interacting with the child. Mrs. Jowers spends most of her time with her husband and little white dog, Sydney, at a log cabin overlooking a lovely pond. The wonders of nature that she observes there from her window overlooking the pond inspired her to write these stories

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Author : Shirley Avin Jowers
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release : 2017-02-24
File : 82 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781483465449


The Lizard Queen

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Books 1-3 of 9 Part Lizard Queen Series 300 years ago, in a nameless world, a prophecy passed unfulfilled. A secret society that formed to prevent its occurrence believed it was their doing, while the secret society created to ensure that the prophecy came to pass wasn’t certain it had been stopped at all. Eventually, the prophecy of Lacáruna, a female from another realm and the only being who can read the Lizard Queen’s language, fell into legend. What no one realizes, however, is that Amy Darlidale is just a tad late. THIS SHRINKING WORLD Taking a break from a stressful workweek, Amy, a recently divorced CEO, goes out for a morning jog and crosses paths with an orange lizard. Suddenly, she finds herself under a starless sky confronted by oddly marked and strangely colored people who claim she's there to rescue the world from evil’s grasp and expand it once again. But not everyone wants that to happen so there's a price on her head. This is far from the relaxing weekend Amy had intended. FROM THE ASHES Along with the young companions who found her, Licha and Jandro, Amy has accompanied the swaggering Colonel Dack Sangcertigre—a member of the Trotéjo, the secret society sworn to protect her—to his home nation in search of a plan to fulfill the Promise of a New Morphósis. As the body count rises and she is confronted with raving rulers, military machinations, and crafty clergy, she quickly realizes there must be much more at stake than merely finding the prophecy. A SPECTACULAR LIE The sense of order in this mysterious world continues to collapse. Fires rage, clans are being slaughtered and townsfolk massacred, and leaders have proclaimed a great evil has returned. As Amy searches for clues within the first mythic journals of this world’s origins, she’s begun seeing visions and receiving messages from forces unknown. While she’s trying to understand the extent of her power others have become aware of it as well. Soon a new group with its own mysterious agenda believes Amy may have another fated purpose and only she can save herself from their terrifying trap.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : H. L. Cherryholmes
Publisher : CreateSpace
Release : 2017-09-16
File : 657 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781534631496


Mobile Services For Toy Computing

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The goal of this book is to crystallize the emerging mobile computing technologies and trends by focusing on the most promising solutions in services computing. The book will provide clear proof that mobile technologies are playing an increasingly important and critical role in supporting toy computing. The goal of this book is to bring together academics and practitioners to describe the use and synergy between the above-mentioned technologies. This book is intended for researchers and students working in computer science and engineering, as well as toy industry technology providers, having particular interests in mobile services.

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Genre : Computers
Author : Patrick C. K. Hung
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2015-08-24
File : 194 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783319213231


The Columbia History Of American Television

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Television is a form of media without equal. It has revolutionized the way we learn about and communicate with the world and has reinvented the way we experience ourselves and others. More than just cheap entertainment, TV is an undeniable component of our culture and contains many clues to who we are, what we value, and where we might be headed in the future. Media historian Gary R. Edgerton follows the technological developments and increasing cultural relevance of TV from its prehistory (before 1947) to the Network Era (1948-1975) and the Cable Era (1976-1994). He begins with the laying of the first telegraph line in 1844, which gave rise to the idea that images and sounds could be transmitted over long distances. He then considers the remodeling of television's look and purpose during World War II; the gender, racial, and ethnic components of its early broadcasts and audiences; its transformation of postwar America; and its function in the political life of the country. He talks of the birth of prime time and cable, the influence of innovators like Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, Roone Arledge, and Ted Turner, as well as television's entrance into the international market, describing the ascent of such programs as Dallas and The Cosby Show, and the impact these exports have had on transmitting American culture abroad. Edgerton concludes with a discerning look at our current Digital Era (1995-present) and the new forms of instantaneous communication that continue to change America's social, political, and economic landscape. Richly researched and engaging, Edgerton's history tracks television's growth into a convergent technology, a global industry, a social catalyst, a viable art form, and a complex and dynamic reflection of the American mind and character. It took only ten years for television to penetrate thirty-five million households, and by 1983, the average home kept their set on for more than seven hours a day. The Columbia History of American Television illuminates our complex relationship with this singular medium and provides historical and critical knowledge for understanding TV as a technology, an industry, an art form, and an institutional force.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Gary Edgerton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Release : 2007-10-12
File : 512 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780231512183