Good causes, God's poor and telethon television

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Telethon programming falsifies complicated issues by trivializing them within the context of entertainment programming. Fundraising for diseases and other worthy causes is treated to a glitzy, dramatized spectacle of singing and dancing, which does not explain to viewers how hard it truly is to battle diseases and such problems. Telethons also usually fail to reveal how little money is actually raised by their efforts. Some telethons also perpetuate myths about deserving poor and their undeserving counterparts.

Analysis, Telethons, Television fund raising

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The little emperors' small screen: parental control and children's television viewing in China

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The rules governing television viewing for children in China are associated with cultural and social changes. The one-child policy was instituted about the same time as television arrived in China, during the late 1970s. Chinese parents have high academic expectations of their lone child and most control the amount of time their child spends in front of the television. Parents blame the television for corrupting youth, although television is still under state control.

Social aspects, China, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Television and children

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Dangerous television: the TV a luci rosse phenomenon

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A cultural and media product which exhibits the female body is called 'a luci rosse' in Italy. 'TV a luci rosse' is a generic term which denotes many kinds of television programs with a fluctuating degree of sexual content mainly in the visualization of the female body. The confusion regarding the use of the term of 'TV a luci rosse' and the idea that the red light television 'transgressive' or 'radical' form is discussed.

Italy, Women, Ethical aspects, Portrayals, Television, Television and women

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