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 The "1984" Macintosh Ad - Sarah Stein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Baum proved a significant force at a time of transition in which discursive conventions were being formed for new ways of relating to commodities, in a period when leisure and consumption became the focus of individual fulfillment.
In 1984, the emergence of a new form of computer that was to revolutionize the consumer market once again called on new ways of representing re-enchantment.
In 1984, the feminist movement, though already facing some of the backlash against women in the public sphere that continues to this day, would have still have allowed for a wide familiarity with a woman as signifier of the iconoclast rule-breaker.
www.uiowa.edu /~commstud/adclass/1984_mac_ad.html   (4377 words)

  
 NSTA - Orwell 's Predictions about Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Even twenty years ago, televisions were at least as deep as they were wide.
Experts agree that tomorrow's televisions and computers won't be distinct or different; they'll be the same system.
Televisions that camouflage as art are already on sale.
www.nsta.org /1984plus202   (384 words)

  
 Television Violence: Christian Resource Centre (Bermuda)
It is certainly true that television violence does not account for all the causes of children's aggression, and it is also true that some children are a great deal more likely to be affected by television violence than others, and that it is these children who are likely to be potentially more aggressive anyway.
The age of eight is critical in the relationship between television violence and the development of aggression, because of the cognitive and emotional developments that occur at this age.
One explanation may be that television provides children with rather narrow and stereotypical characters, so that they have relatively little opportunity to express their increased sophistication if they choose television characters as heroes.(36) In one study, children who chose family members or other real people as their heroes did show a more sophisticated understanding.
www.nisbett.com /child-ent/television_violence.htm   (13794 words)

  
 Jewel in the Crown
The serial should be seen in the context of a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s and which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history.
These fictions were produced during, and indeed reflected, a moment of crisis and change in British life: mass unemployment, the arrival of new social and class configurations tied to emerging political and economic trends all conspired to destabalise and recast notions of national and cultural identity in the early 1980s.
The television adaptation was necessarily a more conventional rendering of the story, the narrative now flattened out and the events subjected to a more chronological ordering.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/J/htmlJ/jewelinthe/jewelinthe.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Television History - Invention of Television
Presents interviews with television inventors, station owners, actors, and crews reliving television firsts such as the first commercial, the first soap opera, and the first sportscast.
Chronicles the incredible story of television, from the vision of Philo Farnsworth, a Utah farm boy who developed the first working system in 1925, to the technological breakthroughs that are transforming the medium as we head into the 21st century.
Television is a part of our daily culture, and serves as a window to the world for many families and young children.
www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/story085.htm   (1453 words)

  
 This page is to explore the conc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The year was 1984 when the advertisement aired; the advertisement that was to be the culmination of all advertisements to date.
Barthes uses myth on three different levels and the 1984 television advertisement falls upon each of these levels as will be made apparent through mythic analysis.
With this in mind, the Macintosh television advertisement can be seen as holding, in reality, no true meaning, but through the power of myth it in itself seems to stand for so much; regardless of the fact that it has been taken out of a historical frame of reference.
web.bvu.edu /students/seelfre/1984.htm   (3349 words)

  
 1984 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of television-related events in 1984.
January 2 - RTL Television commences broadcasting to audiences in Luxembourg and Germany.
Prime Minister Bob Hawke and opposition leader Andrew Peacock participate in the first televised Australian Federal Election debate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_in_television   (600 words)

  
 NJN - New Jersey Public Television and Radio
In 1984, television history was made with the public television broadcast of Heritage: Civilization and the Jews.
The nine-hour documentary series, hosted by distinguished statesman Abba Eban, traced the history of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present, telling their story as part of the broader history of western civilization.
Five years in the making, filmed on four continents, the winner of a Peabody and three Emmy Awards, Heritage… is a landmark television portrait of the Jewish experience, unparalleled in scope and depth.
www.njn.net /television/highlights/february02/heritagejews.html   (139 words)

  
 1984
Years: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 - 1984 - 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
May 8 - The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
January 27 - Carl Lewis beats his own indoor world jumping record by 9-1/4 inches with a 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches jump.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1984.html   (597 words)

  
 Apple 1984 ยป Television Adverts at Duncan’s TV
Apple’s launch of the Macintosh computer is associated with one of the greatest television commercials of the twentieth century: “1984″.
On January 22, 1984, ‘1984′ was shown on television early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl XVIII.
Apple put the 1984 Ad on their web site to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Macintosh launch but have since taken it down.
www.duncans.tv /2005/apple-macintosh-computer-1984   (978 words)

  
 NSTA - 1984 and the Language of Newspeak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
NSTA - 1984 and the Language of Newspeak
Like Orwell and his Party members in 1984, Noam Chomsky believed that language could influence thinking.
He wrote: "Human language can be used to inform or mislead, to clarify one's own thoughts or to display one's cleverness, or simply for play.
www.nsta.org /1984plus204   (305 words)

  
 1984
On January 22, 1984, the controversial commercial aired to an audience of 96 million early in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, in which the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins 38 to 9 in Tampa Stadium.
The 1984 commercial was the first example of what Sculley called "event marketing," the goal of which is to create a promotion so groundbreaking that it deserves as much coverage as the product itself.
As 1984 was originally conceived, Big Brother did not have a speaking role, but director Ridley Scott wanted to give him some lines.
www.curtsmedia.com /cine/1984.html   (1918 words)

  
 Erika Slezak Library
In 1984, the Television Academy voted Erika best daytime actress of the year.
Most important - everyone who works on daytime television knows that this is not an award you can win alone.
He is - he is so very important to me, and I want to thank him and my children for making it so easy and pleasant and nice for me to go to work and making it so wonderful for when I come home.
members.tripod.com /erika_slezak/ESFC/emmy1984.htm   (337 words)

  
 Saturday Morning TV Shows: 1984
Dungeons and Dragons was cited by one of those advocacy groups as being the most violent show on TV in 1984.
Cancelled in December, 1984, the show returned for a few months in 1986.
Bugs and the Road Runner were on for an hour in 1984, shuffled to earlier in the morning mid-season when the 'Starcade' show bombed.
www.tvparty.com /sat84.html   (1631 words)

  
 Down to Earth (1984) TV Show - Down to Earth (1984) Television Show - TV.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The premise of this fondly remembered sitcom from the '80s, which ran on WTBS (before they dropped the "W") was best summed up with some words from the theme song...
In his depressed state, he decides to go down to the local recruiting office and sign up for the Marines -- much to the chagrin of his family.
Tell the world what you think of Down to Earth (1984), write a review for this show.
www.tv.com /down-to-earth-1984/show/2516/summary.html   (200 words)

  
 1984 (television commercial) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The unnamed heroine, running from the security guards, approaches the hall where the "workers" are assembling.
At the 2004 MacWorld Expo, Steve Jobs commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh by starting his traditional keynote speech by playing an updated version of the "1984" commercial.
In this updated version, an iPod, complete with signature white earbuds, was digitally added to the heroine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_(television_commercial)   (1718 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes (1984) TV Show - Sherlock Holmes (1984) Television Show - TV.com
This listing takes in several series (all made by Granada, between 1984 and 1994) in which the late Jeremy Brett played the great detective :- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Granada Television had set themselves the task of filming every one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes...
One of the earliest British television shows to be broadcast in colour, this is the BBC's version of Sherlock Holmes,...
www.tv.com /sherlock-holmes-1984/show/6802/summary.html   (370 words)

  
 Artists' Television Access
Since the early '80s, Artists' Television Access has provided equipment, education, and a screening venue for independent film and video to artists and the community in San Francisco's Mission District.
Artists' Television Access is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer, artist-run, experimental media arts gallery that has been in operation since 1984.
Artists' Television Access is supported in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the San Francisco Foundation, individual donors, and volunteers.
www.atasite.org   (170 words)

  
 YouTube - 1984 - The Coffee Achievers
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This is one of the famous Coffee Achievers tv spots, meant to encourage people to DRINK COFFEE.
To David Bowie, a cup of coffee is merely a sedative at this point."), Kenny Anderson, Kurt Vonnegut, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, and Cicely Tyson.
www.youtube.com /watch?v=cEH4kv5qNEk   (214 words)

  
 Macintosh 1984   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As you know this commercial aired during the January 1984 Super Bowl.
It was the most effective (and expensive) commercial ever produced by Apple.
After this television airing, readers were introduced to the technical side of the Macintosh in Byte's 1984 Feburary issue.
www.smalltalkconsulting.com /movies/macintosh1984movie.html   (57 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Miami Vice III (1984-89 Television Series): Music: (Original Soundtrack)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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Miami Vice II: New Music From The Television Series Miami Vice ~ Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television
Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series) ~ Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television
www.amazon.com /Miami-Vice-III-1984-89-Television/dp/B00000K1YP   (788 words)

  
 1984+20 Project Tidewater Community College
The Literature Network 1984 online with popup ads
1984 study guide at BookRags (useful for overviews but not acceptable as scholarly resources)
1984 study guide at SparkNotes (useful for overviews but not acceptable as scholarly resources)
www.tcc.edu /students/resources/1984plus20/resources.htm   (362 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series): Music: Jan Hammer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Amazon.com: Miami Vice (1984-89 Television Series): Music: Jan Hammer
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Buy this album with Miami Vice II: New Music From The Television Series Miami Vice ~ Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television today!
www.amazon.com /Miami-Vice-1984-89-Television-Hammer/dp/B000002O4W   (1380 words)

  
 Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Programs broadcast in June 1984
-- NBC Evening News -- Jun 01, 1984: Decision 1984 / Hart-Jackson Rel.
-- ABC Evening News -- Jun 15, 1984: 1984 Vote / Demo.
-- ABC Evening News -- Jun 18, 1984: 1984 Vote / Mondale, Demo.
openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu /1984-6   (11386 words)

  
 In The 80s - Top Television Programs 1984-1985
In The 80s - Top Television Programs 1984-1985
Memorable TV Events Quotes Television Trivia Quiz Top TV Programs Catch Phrases Primetime Schedules
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