Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 13,95 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Sex in mass media
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Author : Rorke Denver
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1501124137
In a fast-paced and action-packed narrative, Navy SEAL commander Rorke Denver tackles the questions that have emerged about America’s past decade at war—from what makes a hero to why we fight and what it does to us. Heroes are not always the guys who jump on grenades. Sometimes, they are the snipers who decide to hold their fire, the wounded operators who find fresh ways to contribute, or the wives who keep the families together back home. Even a SEAL commander—especially a SEAL commander—knows that. But what’s a hero, really? What do we have a right to expect from our heroes? How should we hold them accountable? Amid all the loose talk of heroes, these questions are seldom asked. As a SEAL commander, Rorke Denver is uniquely qualified to answer questions about what makes a hero or a leader, why men kill, how best to serve your country, how battlefield experiences can elevate us, and most important, why we fight and what it does for and to us. And in Worth Dying For, Denver shares his personal experiences from the forefront of war today. Denver applies some of his SEAL sense to nine big-picture, news-driven questions of war and peace, in a way that appeals to all sides of the public conversation. By broadening the issues, sharing his insights, and achieving what civilian political leaders have been utterly unable to, Denver eloquently shares answers to America’s most burning questions about war, heroism, and what it all means for America’s future.
Author : Ruhel Chisty MRACI CChem A
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
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ISBN : 1300934093
Author : Craig Conrad
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1664137939
Matt Corbin is going through a rough patch in his life, rougher than his time in Vietnam. He finds himself a cuckold, betrayed by a wife of ten years with another man. Returning to his job as a homicide detective after his service time doesn’t help, nor does having a batch of inadequate partners. It only compounds his trouble tenfold, making it that much heavier to carry. If it wouldn’t be for his best friend, Paul Rice, and a new female partner, attractive and feisty, he would have eaten his gun by now. Then along comes a weird murder case where the bones of the victims are all that is left of them. It’s enough to rock Corbin’s boat and set him back a step.
Author : Ken Levine
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2013-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781493674978
Emmy-winning CHEERS writer Ken Levine presents a brutally honest and hilarious satire on the television industry In order to keep his once-proud TV network afloat, beleaguered president Charles Muncie must keep his number one star happy. By killing his ex-girlfriend. What's more important? Human life or the Tuesday night line-up? Network television gets royally skewered in this fun, surprising, suspenseful romp. And there are no commercials!
Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2002-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313013446
In the years since World War II, commercial television has become the most powerful force in American culture. It is also the quintessential example of postmodernist culture. This book studies how The Twilight Zone, The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, and The X-Files display many of the central characteristics that critics and theorists have associated with postmodernism, including fragmentation of narratives and characters, multiplicity in style and genre, and the collapse of traditional categorical boundaries of all kinds. The author labels these series strange TV since they challenge the conventions of television programming, thus producing a form of cognitive estrangement that potentially encourages audiences to question received ideas. Despite their challenges to the conventions of commercial television, however, these series pose no real threat to the capitalist order. In fact, the very characteristics that identify these series as postmodern are also central characteristics of capitalism itself, especially in its late consumerist phase. An examination of these series within the context of postmodernism thus confirms Fredric Jameson's thesis that postmodernism is a reflection of the cultural logic of late capitalism. At the same time, these series do point toward the potential of television as a genuinely innovative medium that promises to produce genuinely new forms of cultural expression in the future.
Author : David Kerekes
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1909394351
Unlike images of sex, which were clandestine and screened only in private, images of death were made public from the onset of cinema. The father of the modern age, Thomas Edison, fed the appetite for this material with staged executions on film. Little over a century later the executions are real and the world is aghast at brutalities freely available online at the click of a button. Some of these films are created by lone individuals using shaky camera phones: Luka Magnotta, for instance, and the teenagers known as the Dnipropetrovsk maniacs. Others are shot on high definition equipment and professionally edited by organized groups, such as the militant extremists ISIS. KILLING FOR CULTURE explores these images of death and violence, and the human obsession with looking — and not looking — at them. Beginning with the mythology of the so-called ‘snuff’ film and its evolution through popular culture, this book traces death and the artifice of death in the ‘mondo’ documentaries that emerged in the 1960s, and later the faux snuff pornography that found an audience through Necrobabes and similar websites. However, it is when videos depicting the murders of Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg surfaced in the 2000s that an era of genuine atrocity commenced, one that has irrevocably changed the way in which we function as a society.
Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 2013-02-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476604169
Although horror shows on television are popular in the 1990s thanks to the success of Chris Carter's The X-Files, such has not always been the case. Creators Rod Serling, Dan Curtis, William Castle, Quinn Martin, John Newland, George Romero, Stephen King, David Lynch, Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, Aaron Spelling and others have toiled to bring the horror genre to American living rooms for years. This large-scale reference book documents an entire genre, from the dawn of modern horror television with the watershed Serling anthology, Night Gallery (1970), a show lensed in color and featuring more graphic makeup and violence than ever before seen on the tube, through more than 30 programs, including those of the 1998-1999 season. Complete histories, critical reception, episode guides, cast, crew and guest star information, as well as series reviews are included, along with footnotes, a lengthy bibliography and an in-depth index. From Kolchak: The Night Stalker to Millennium, from The Evil Touch to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twin Peaks, Terror Television is a detailed reference guide to three decades of frightening television programs, both memorable and obscure.
Author : Jim Streisel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0786455020
High school journalists share the same objectives as professional reporters--finding the story, writing the story, and packaging the story so that it appeals to an audience. Understanding how to best accomplish these objectives is key to the student on the newspaper, yearbook or Web site staff, but the fundamental art of storytelling and story presentation are not always at the center of high school journalism classes. Student journalists must first understand that storytelling, at its most basic level, is about people, and that understanding the audience is essential in deciding how to present the story. This handbook for high school journalists and teachers offers practical tips for all elements of school journalism. The author covers the essential components that students must understand: information gathering, writing, standard and alternative coverage and packaging. Students will find valuable information about identifying news, interviewing, research, narrative writing style, editing, visual presentation and layout. The book also covers the legal rights of student journalists, objective vs. opinion writing, staff planning and organization and Web-based journalism. Each chapter includes study guides for practical applications of the concepts discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Joyce Faulkner
Publisher : Red Engine Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0974565245
Faulkner's collection provides a series of stories that serve to engage, touch, and entertain her readers. With a keen eye for dialogue and a talent for developing characters, Faulkner delivers uncommonly exquisite prose.
