Newton Minow Case Analysis
Television industries handled social issues similar to those of other industries by either downplaying the issue or not airing all that is happening. Before the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton Minow, said that television is boring, why weren’t there more interesting topics? Many, if not all, of those topics they wanted to air were taboo at the time. The early days of television were filled with news coverage pertaining to not such as harsh topics, compared to today’s violence that is shared. Should Minow be credited with “updating” television? In the article, Minow stated that television is a “vast wasteland”. This is thought to be the reason why the television switched up what they air on their programs and the
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Prime-Time television teaches its viewers how to cope with certain extreme issues. For example: The people are informed of any racism, sexism, or how awful third world countries are. Without these issues rising, there would not be any chance of us fully understanding and getting the information across. These issues might also help someone with a rough past get on their feet, because they are shown that is issue has risen with other individuals. In which ways is major social issues of drug use changed by the industry? In the 1980s, before Minow called for a change of network, drug use was shown on television without any regards to the impact it may have had on the viewers. Nowadays, the industry carefully monitors the images that are shown on television. After the incidents that might have risen because of the drug use propaganda, they understood the power they hold over what is shown to the public and chose to decrease the severity of it. Why did some argue that allowing only certain things to be aired deprive the viewers of the actual issues? When television focuses on people overcoming their battles, it distorts the way the world really is. They also think that these headlines should be dealt with by the news and documentaries, and not something along the lines of reality
Prime-Time television teaches its viewers how to cope with certain extreme issues. For example: The people are informed of any racism, sexism, or how awful third world countries are. Without these issues rising, there would not be any chance of us fully understanding and getting the information across. These issues might also help someone with a rough past get on their feet, because they are shown that is issue has risen with other individuals. In which ways is major social issues of drug use changed by the industry? In the 1980s, before Minow called for a change of network, drug use was shown on television without any regards to the impact it may have had on the viewers. Nowadays, the industry carefully monitors the images that are shown on television. After the incidents that might have risen because of the drug use propaganda, they understood the power they hold over what is shown to the public and chose to decrease the severity of it. Why did some argue that allowing only certain things to be aired deprive the viewers of the actual issues? When television focuses on people overcoming their battles, it distorts the way the world really is. They also think that these headlines should be dealt with by the news and documentaries, and not something along the lines of reality