Survivor

Survivor is a reality game show.  In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe members until only one final contestant remains and wins the title of "Sole Survivor." The concept was created by Charlie Parsons. While it has taken on many international versions it's main game is in the United States. Produced by Mark Burnette and aired on CBS.
   Survivor has been on the air since 2000 and has produced 25 Seasons, and is still contracted through season 28. Survivor is arguably the most influential television show in the history of T.V. It spawned a whole new genere, Reality Television.

Printing Press

We have talked about this in class a lot, but it needs to be mentioned. The printing press is a very influential part of our media history. The printing press is a device for evenly printing ink onto a print medium (substrate) such as paper or cloth. The device applies pressure to a print medium that rests on an inked surface made of moveable type, thereby transferring the ink. It made information fast, and was able to help information spread faster than ever before.

DVD's

I feel like DVD's were a pretty important step forward in the history of Media and entertainment. Suddenly movies were more efficent to watch. You could skip scenes with the press of one button. No rewinding was necessary either. The DVD was developed in 1995 by Phillips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic. DVD's were able to hold much more information than Video Tapes and even Compact Discs. This was also much cheaper than Video Tapes.

Time

Time is the earliest form of media there is. It’s the past, the present, and the future. It keeps the world ticking, explains when events occur, and much more. Without time we would literally have no social structure. The media works to influence people. Time does that better than anything else on this planet. It persuades us when to get up, when to eat, when to exercise, when to work and more. Many times we do these things because the clock tells us to, not because we feel like we need to. It does what the media only wishes to do.