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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 9 page
report discusses one specific television show in terms of what it says about the times in
which it was produced and the issues it addressed. The overall theme of Tour of Duty is
showing the day-to-day life and development of one platoon in the Vietnam War during
the years 1967 to 1968. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
9 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWtvshow.rtf
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with television itself, have been both praised and vilified. On one hand it is thought of as the link to the development of the "global village" and the key
to understanding other people in other cultures. On the other hand, it has been blamed for the violence in American society and said to have damaged moral behavior and
reasoning, while leading to the overall decline of literacy. Regardless of how it is perceived, there can be no doubt that television has had a tremendous influence in shaping
the way people think, how they act, and even what they choose to eat and drink. It has evolved in ways that have caused human beings to evolve differently than
they would have without its predominance. For example, there is the argument that the impact of television serves as an instrument of a media-driven marketplace which has resulted in a
fragmentation of the way people think. Far too often, memory and history and truth become confused with the storylines of soap operas and television shows. People begin to imagine
that taxi cab drivers might actually be David Morse in Hack (a disgraced Philadelphia policeman making his living as a cab driver but still protecting and serving in the community).
Or they begin to "remember" world events as they are presented on television. For example, it is not that hard to imagine that many people actually believe that they
stood stock-still on the street with tears rolling down their face when they learned of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The reality may be that they simply saw
that image so many times it became part of their own consciousness or personal mythology. Added to this thematic concern is the undeniable fact of advertising and the distortion in
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