Sentences with phrase «of mass entertainment»

Atherton has used the art gallery as «theatre» to question art and the artist «performer» relative to the wider cultural influences of mass entertainment, including the performer in vaudeville or stand - up comedy.

It started in Hollywood in the temples of mass entertainment.

The»50s saw the emergence of television as the primary medium of mass entertainment, with...

Over the last decade political spin and aggressive commentary have become a major form of mass entertainment.

Not exact matches

Since the beginning of the age of mass media, advertisements and commercials have been commonplace in the entertainment environment.

The rest of the propaganda and rhetoric connected to the 2016 election, which was elevated to previously unforeseen levels of absurdity, was little more than unholy entertainment that served to agitate the masses.

With the development of radio and television, which became mass media in a one - way mode, the message interaction on telephones became overshadowed in the mind of the public by the scintillation of media focusing largely on entertainment for mass audiences.

The entertainment industry mediates much of what is taken for reality and grips the moral imagination of the masses.

Such long - term trends as the development of technology, the increase of living standards, the growth of leisure, the elaboration of the mass media for entertainment and communication - all these create new and perplexing problems.

The diet produced by mass production and mass marketing, our civic and commercial architecture, our consumer goods, our style of dress, our popular entertainments, and so forth — it all seems to have a kind of premeditated aesthetic squalor about it, an almost militant indifference to the distinction between quantity and quality.

As the technological era permeates cultures worldwide, the mass media are increasingly employed as a tool of the production - consumption cycle rather than as a resource for the education, information, and entertainment required for the well - being of all people, an element essential to the development of citizens in any democracy.

By concentrating on the commercially successful strategy of serving «mass tastes» in entertainment, the media have never adequately served the interests of the majority of people and seldom those of marginalized peoples.

When we speak of «mass» communication, we speak of its current and potential uses for information, entertainment and education.

I see conferences as entertainment and mass commodification of the Gospel.

We can indeed observe a rapid transnational proliferation of mass - market advertising and electronic entertainment produced by a handful of mega-conglomerates.

Communication research indicates, however, that in many ways inter-personal and group communication is still more effective for achieving understanding of issues, conveying information and influencing decisions, and are more enjoyed for relaxation and entertainment than are mass media.

Among its brief was the request to examine «the portrayal of violent behaviour in the mass media and entertainment industries, and to review existing codes of practice for the reporting of violent crime in the mass media.»

It is the feature race on the Saturday of York's fantastic four - day festival and the Channel 4 cameras are in town to beam the entertainment to the masses that unfortunately can't make it to Yorkshire.

«Viral marketing» attempts to take advantage of the mechanism of viral spread for commercial, entertainment or political ends, usually aiming for «viral takeoff,» which in turn leads to exponential traffic growth, mass popularity and big paychecks for all.

This may be why Who Framed Roger Rabbit, while inarguably a mass - appeal, most - ages entertainment, still feels so personal to me: All of this grand difficulty, just to get an illusion across to an impressionable seven - year - old.

Unfortunately the movie is drained of all humanity, so whatever goes down seems like play acting and can be easily excused as mindless entertainment for the masses.

If nothing else Transformers: Dark of the Moon may one day becoming a teaching tool to demonstrate how ideology is expressed through mass entertainment cinema, in the same way that English students are encouraged to read tabloid newspapers to learn about persuasive language.

A sweeping piece of entertainment that knows exactly what its audience wants and then proceeds to deliver exactly that, The Wave is grand scale entertainment for the masses.

It's a novel type of sadistic punishment and extreme game entertainment for the masses to endure, as it's an ongoing government tactic to mix fear with hope on the exploited working - class masses through this gladiator game format and as a wicked reminder that a crushed rebellion seventy - four years ago is not forgotten.

Eight of the most feared monsters ever to walk the earth compete in a bloody brawl to the death for the entertainment of the masses in this smackdown shocker narrated by Lance Henriksen, and featuring Art Hindle, Dave Foley, Jimmy Hart, and Herb Dean.

As a history lesson for scholars of game design, this is a genuinely educational product, providing firsthand experience with the birth of the console as a mass, mainstream entertainment product.

With the struggling economy effecting the masses, it is great to know there is an affordable means of immersive entertainment most people can turn to.

As the major studios have increasingly focused on predictable mass entertainment formulas, quality and imagination have migrated to what could be called Sundance films: Lower budget, innovative projects fueled by the love of their makers, and sometimes by the determination of actors trying to break out of assembly - line fodder.

But there is room for that kind of thing alongside true stories, moving dramas, popcorn entertainment for the masses, and generic genre fare.

The one that it brings slight reminders of is Jerry Zucker's Ghost but as that film played to the masses and went for entertainment value, Lowery's film plays the to art house, Terence Malick crowd and is much better for it.

The Walt Disney Co., the mass producer of children's entertainment.

From his earliest work, the director has been building toward this kind of thought - provoking mass entertainment

Architects of Denial Details: 2017, Omnibus Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A documentary that uses first - person accounts of genocide as told by survivors who link the connection between historical denial of such events with present - day mass exterminations in various conflict zones around the world.

While I'm no fan of excessive violence, given the medieval setting and almost lawless environs, the grimness is all part of the culture, as executions are viewed as a form of entertainment for the masses, who actually root for the deaths without any inkling of mercy.

One doesn't need to dig deep into his body of work to see that the late novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace had sincere ambivalence about mass media — his much - heralded 1,079 - page novel, Infinite Jest, features a science fiction conceit where a lethal videotape known as «The Entertainment» is so addictive, its viewers lose interest in anything other than endless repeat viewings of the film.

It was clear the tobacco industry had met its match when the surgeon general made smoking a national health issue, when the mass media and entertainment industry abandoned the Marlboro man, when juries discovered that companies were responsible for the lungs of their consumers, and when powerful figures on Capitol Hill eschewed donations from tobacco magnates in favor of those contributed by trial lawyers who made billions from suing them.

It has become increasingly popular for members of the news and entertainment industries and other gun control advocates to ridicule lawmakers for offering «thoughts and prayers» in the wake of mass shooting events.

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Thankfully, because of the industry's experience with trade paper, mass market and hardcover books, the book business has largely established what the market will bear in terms of entertainment value for each of these three physical formats.

We managed to get our hands on the 3G version of the 10 - inch Android tablet looking to bring entertainment to the masses, with the added bonus of keeping you connected on the move, thanks to the integrated 3G radio.

ViewSonic is looking forward to the mass acceptance of the ViewPad 10 Pro where business users will be tempted by the enterprise ability of Windows 7 while Android will appeal to the general users who look for entertainment, and the ease of operating a device which the user friendly Android operating system on board presents.

However, it's likely the newspaper would be available once a day like its newsprint counterpart and would be general in nature covering news, culture and entertainment news for a mass appeal instead of focusing at a niche segment.

Huawei has announced the Huawei MediaPad, which it hopes will bring a little bit of high - power processor shenanigans to the mass market.Described as a «complete entertainment powerhouse» the Huawei MediaPad doesn't quite make budget status as it's still... Read more

Putting ist simple: - iPad for entertainment and simplicity loving mass consumers and people looking for great third - party apps, those who read and surf the web a lot - Nexus 7 for those who want a mini tablet with an attractive price tag - Transformer Infinity for those who simply prefer Android over iOS on a personal level and / or do a lot of movie watching - Galaxy Note 10.1 mostly for professionals only

Then as you cross the first road you will look left and then right (that is if you are used to living in a country where they drive on the right side of the road, which is not the case with Bali), and you will see endless masses of groovy youngsters and families alike hanging out and enjoying the never ending entertainment, cocktail bars, beach clubs, lounges and fantastic restaurants along this stretch of asphalt.

Now with that in place, add in HDMI in support for cable boxes, a slew of entertainment apps with more along the way courtesy of similar app development architecture for Windows 8 and Xbox One and a Blu - ray player This machine was ready for the masses.

Blizzard Entertainment is mere weeks away from dropping Patch 7.2 in World of Warcraft: Legion, which has been on the public test realm servers for months, onto the live servers for the masses to cons...

Flags are flying at half - staff this week at E3 — the Electronic Entertainment Expo — in honor of the 49 people killed and 53 others wounded Sunday morning in Orlando, Florida, in the deadliest mass shooting in recent American history.

The F - 1 allegory is no coincidence either, in the world of Armored Core; Formula Front is entertainment for the masses.

I Sony Entertainment of Japan and Wizards of the Coast set out to bring collectable card games to the masses by bringing...