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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"media entertainment"”.
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The Impact of Media Entertainment Programme on Development of Youths: A Case Study of Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation and Channel Ten, Tanzania
This research study was about the impact of media entertainment programme on development of youths. The research examined the importance of media entertainment programme on developing youths, the challenges which media encounter in the campaign to develop youths, the perception of youths on the …
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The U.S. cable television industry : the multi-service operator organizational structure as a bundle of competencies
… firms' ability to enter the domains of media, entertainment, and communications bundled services, areas that were traditionally controlled by the cable companies. The commoditization of voice, video, and data networks has led cable companies to rethink how they are going organize to be …
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Tales of the tribes: animation as a tool for indigenous representation.
… have accelerated the arrival of commercial media entertainment into the various peripheral regions of India. The indigenous communities there have been represented by outsiders since colonial times and have no representation of their own in the medium of animation. As a consequence, young …
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Creating a Social Media Presence in Columbus State Women's Basketball Program
… project will explore increased social media growth within the Columbus State University Women's Basketball team. It will present a sweeping writing audit focusing on the encounters and perspectives of the Columbus State Women's Basketball program regarding social media and the advancing …
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Discursive practices around film and music piracy in selected newspaper articles and radio broadcasts in South Africa
This thesis analyses South African news media discourses on piracy to consider whether corporate interests or those of civil society are served by stories about copyright infringement and piracy awareness campaigns. This thesis employs critical discourse analysis to show that hegemonic interests …
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Metalinear cinematic narrative : theory, process, and tool
Media entertainment technology is evolving rapidly. From radio to broadcast television to cable television, from motion picture film to the promise of digital video disks, as the media evolves, so do the stories told over these media. We already share many more stories and more types of stories …
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Mediated urban civic space : info deck of the Hong Kong SAR Government Info-tainment Headquarters
… by way of a unique synergy of contemporary media and government in program and technology. The focus will be the mediated interface of the information spaces and communicative facades in shaping the civic plaza - the Info Deck - along the harbour waterfront. This high tech communication, …
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Secret Identity: Reassessing Jack B. Yeats as a Comic Strip Artist
… positioning it in relation to contemporaneous media, entertainment and popular culture, as well as to the early development of the British comic. This thesis seeks to establish the key role that Yeats played in the early development of the form, during a key phase in its evolution. The claims …
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How Ideology And Pedagogy Impact Technology Adoption In The Classroom, A Causal-Comparative Study
… in other areas of our lives such as social media, entertainment, and retail it has yet to make as profound of an effect in higher education. Understanding to what extent certain curricular ideologies may predict the adoption of technology in the classroom may be beneficial in emboldening …
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Heartwarming Narratives: The Role of Kama Muta in Stereotype Reduction
<p>While audiences' media consumption of television and films increase, there are still pervasive stereotypes perpetuated through media of non-mainstream characters (or out-group members) such as gay men which leads to harmful stereotypes and discriminatory behavior. Media psychologists have …
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Branded entertainment in emotional scenes: excitation transfer or direct affect transfer?
… memory and persuasion effects related to branded entertainment yet none have explored how the emotional context of a scene impacts the persuasive effects of brand placement. Therefore, this dissertation seeks to fill these gaps by exploring branded product placement effectiveness within the …
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Implicit Bias in a Police Drama: An Analysis of S.W.A.T.
Implicit bias is, often unknowingly, inserted into the mainframe of the American psyche, prefacing each interaction in which we partake with an involuntary act of discrimination. One way in which implicit bias infiltrates society is through television. This is especially problematic for television …
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Lovable lamps and sad umbrellas : empathizing with inanimate objects in animated films.
Why do people empathize with movie characters who aren't human beings? What causes viewers to perceive inanimate objects as people, such as the hopping lamp in Pixar's Luxo Jr.? These questions are under-researched in scholarly literature. Thus, this study used an original, animated video as a …
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O Captain, My Captain! U.S Newspaper Framing of the Death of Captain America
This thesis explores how U.S. newspapers framed the death of Captain America. Specifically, the presence of various frames and their classifications was determined via a content analysis of 139 newspaper articles. Additionally, this thesis explores relationships between frame substance and other …