What makes something a Comedy? Comedy is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is humor. In comedies the aim is to make audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect. People watch comedies to escape from … Continue reading The Comedy Genre
This year just like every year the Academy Awards were held also known as The Oscars. The Academy Awards, or “Oscars”, is an American award ceremony held annually to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry. The Oscars are considered the … Continue reading Racial Minorities in the Media
What is the Internet? The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks … Continue reading Internet almost a necessity?
The video game industry has become a gigantic influence on today’s pop-culture and it is becoming more main stream to play video games now days. With the progression of technology and with everyone now getting faster internet connection a new phenomenon has come about the … Continue reading Why are people watching others play video games?
Even if you haven’t heard of native advertising you’ve probably been subjected to it, at some point when you were browsing the internet, without even knowing that it was an advertisement. Native advertising is a type of advertising, usually online but feasibly elsewhere, that matches … Continue reading Is Native Advertising too misleading?
Reality TV is unscripted programming that doesn’t employ actors and focuses on footage of real events or situations. It differs from documentary television in that the focus tends to be on drama, personal conflict, and entertainment rather than educating viewers. There are many different types … Continue reading How is reality television affecting viewers?
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by show-runners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaption of a series of fantasy novels called “A Song of Ice and Fire” written by George R. R. Martin. The first book … Continue reading Why Game of Thrones is so popular
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. Playing a video game is something I am sure most people have done in … Continue reading Why People Play Video Games
Censorship exists all over the world and has been around for a very long time and has widely dictated the media industry. Censorship is defined as the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or … Continue reading Do we need Censorship in Media?
What is Original? Nothing is original. For a work to have meaning, it must use language – it must “make sense.” It needs to work with memes already living in the host mind: language, images, melodies, patterns. It can’t be wholly original. It can hardly … Continue reading Originality in Comedians
Interpreting Media Portfolio 