Weegy: In the past quarter century, the study of film has witnessed evolutionary changes in cinematic forms. [ [ [ Current historical and theoretical research addresses the social, aesthetic, and economic importance of cinema for the history of the twentieth century. And at the beginning of a new century, television, video, and the digital arts, as well as new forms of performance, design, and contemporary art, are challenging cinema to adapt and to find new forms of representation. The global reach of the film/media industries challenge us to comprehend how the screen arts are changing our understanding of culture and society, and how cultural knowledge and experience are conveyed through moving images. The impact of new imaging technologies on the history and development of science is equally important, presenting new challenges for the study of image making and reception in the 21st century. ] (More)

Weegy: There was a time when television reflected the main stream values of society. It use to be TV shows rarely had killings on them. Morals were important. Today the ave. [ child by the time they are ten have seen 11,000 deaths and this has caused children to grow up laking in feeling and much easier for them to kill and not care. ] User: How did television and film shape American culture and its values? (More)

Weegy: Media affects our society in several ways and controls the direction of society. Television is a source of media that has a strong effect on society today. [ It is important to look at the influence of television because an average American who subscribes to cable TV watches over 8 hours of TV a day. (Harris, 22) There are both positive and negative impacts media has on society. During the 1991-92 season, the show Murphy Brown received criticism from Vice President Dan Quayle because Murphy decided to be a single and highly successful mother. He said, "if a single mother raising her children in the ghetto has to worry about drive-by shootings, drug-deals, or whether her children will join gangs and die violently, her already difficult task becomes impossible. It doesn't help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown - a character who supposedly epitomize today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman - mocking the importance of fathers - by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another 'Lifestyle Choice'. ] (More)

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Weegy: I think it's both positive and negative. Positive in the way that you can easily get information, see how things look on screen, detailed information about things and people. Negative because sometimes it makes us scared to try new things. (More)