Published on Jan 17, 2013
This was the decade when sitcoms came of age and became a tool for social commentary. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down the Top 10 Sitcoms of the 1970s.
Published on Oct 26, 2012 by VOAvideo
Inspired by the popularity of American and British home makeover shows, a television producer in Kenya has created a farming reality show that is helping farmers in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania do a better job. The program now has more than seven million viewers. Jill Craig has more for VOA from Nairobi
What babies know fascinates doctors, researchers and parents. With technology that can measure brain waves and other indicators, what researchers are finding is that babies know more than we suspect. VOA’s Carol Pearson has more.
Don’t need a trip to the beauty shop,
’cause I love what I got on top.
It’s curly and it’s brown and it’s right up there!
You know what I love? That’s right, my hair!
I really love my hair.
I love my hair. I love my hair.
There’s nothing else that can compare with my hair.
I love my hair, so I must declare:
I really, really, really love my hair.
Wear a clippy or in a bow
Or let it sit in an afro
My hair looks good in a cornrow
It does so many things you know, that’s why I let it grow
I love my hair, I love my hair
I love it and I have to share
I love my hair, I love my hair!
I want to make the world aware I love my hair.
I wear it up. I wear down. I wear it twisted all around.
I wear braids and pigtails too.
I love all the things my hair can do.
In barrettes or flying free, ever perfect tresses you’ll see
My hair is part of me, an awesome part of me
I really love my hair!
Half of American children under eight now have access to mobile devices like iPhones and iPads. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under two, but numbers suggest they too are being increasingly exposed to television, computers and mobile devices.
A Common Sense Media report found another unexpected outcome of this phenomenon, what they are calling “the app gap”: while half of the high-income parents surveyed have downloaded some form of mobile application for their children, one-third of lower-income parents do not know what an app is.
Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.
Kids Increasingly Staring at Glowing Screens, Study Finds
How much time are our youngest children spending in front of screens? Jeffrey Brown discusses new studies that chronicle the increasing use of digital devices by young children — and the resulting health effects — with James Steyer of Common Sense Media and Dr. Ari Brown of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate, which has dropped to just 1.9 children per woman.
Even in the wild world of recreational drug use, sometimes the real thing just isn’t enough. Sometimes writers need to imagine a narcotic with new effects–or new combinations of effects–to suit their needs. In this week’s Inventory, we explore Glint, Spank, and Melange.
In the future there will be a lot of shows like Cheaters, but at least this one has a surpise guest appearance and a twist ending that doesn’t involve someone caught having sex with someone on camera!
Do you care about the Royal Wedding? Neither do we! RT is mourning the media madness of this culture-clutching calamity by forgoing the expected coverage route and offering you this instead.
Russia Today then proceeds to cover the royal wedding, but cynically.
Royal Wedding madness grips DC
‘Twas the morning of the Royal Wedding and all through DC, hundreds and hundreds sat glued to TV. Americans threw their hearts—and hats—into the British Monarchy in Washington this morning for the marriage of Kate Middleton and Prince William, scooping up memorabilia, fêting the royals and dropping serious money to recreate the royal wedding for themselves.
Royal Wedding: Tuning in to get away
According to Nielsen, over a quarter of all Americans have been following coverage of the Royal Wedding. What about overseas? Hardly. America’s fascination with Harry and Kate has outshined interest in both the UK and Australia. Why is this the case? Georgetown University Professor Chris Chambers says that this ratings builder is being capitalized on by mainstream media as outlets everywhere market a distraction that Americans are gladly eating up.
12,000 journalists cover Royal Wedding freakshow
As many Americans eat up the Royal Wedding, those on the other side of the spectrum are left wondering why? Author Mark Oppenheimer weighs in on the media blitz surrounding Harry and Kate’s sideshow nuptials, and how commemorative cupcakes are just a sampling of America’s outrageous overindulgence.
