Soto's 'Looking for Work'/ TV Families & Real Life
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A 3 page paper analyzing the influence of television on Gary Soto's childhood image of himself and his family in this evocative essay. The paper concludes that while television broadened the boy's horizons, it also made him feel inadequate about the perfectly good horizons he already had. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Sotowork.wps

Teenagers, Children & 'Tweens' - The Force is Television & It is With Them
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A 6 page paper that examines the negative influence that television appears to be having on today's American children and young adults and explores some possible solutions to bridging the cultural gap between parents and children that has resulted. Included is a discussion on the noted elevated intelligence of today's children and the problem this has presented in parent-child relationships. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCTweens.doc

The Depiction Of Women In Prime Time Television Situations Comedies: Conflicting Stereotypes, Views And Messages
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Since the 1960s, women have been portrayed on television in a number of different ways, from brash and empowered heroines of shows like 'The Avengers' to demure and careful familial serial depiction. More than any other decade since the advent of television, though, the 1990s have marked definitive trends in the representations of women that are perhaps the most offensive in television history. This 8 page paper considers the issue of the depiction of women on television, particularly women in television situation comedies, and considers the implications for a societal view of women. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Womentv.rtf