1. "The cinema is little more than a fad"was shockingly and ironically said by Charlie Chaplin in 1916. Although in his sense, he might have thought cinema as a trend that is collectively followed for a certain amount of time, cinema has been continuously loved and followed by many people, even today. Film business and techniques had matured and evolved throughout many years and cinema is an influential media that heavily impacts on today's society.
2. "Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it."was said by C. P. Scott, in BBC History of Television. Charles Prestwich Scott was a British publisher and politician who was a Liberal Member of Parliament, pursuing a progressive liberal agenda in the newspaper. This quote that he said is obviously silly and wrong because television now plays a pivotal role in the socialization of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has been significantly used for entertainment, advertising, and news that has become a commonplaces in homes, businesses, and institutions.
3. "Rock n Roll? It will be gone."was written in the Variety Magazine in 1955. Although Rock and roll is not as popular and predominant as it was in 1940s and 1950s, it is not "gone" as it was predicted in the Variety Magazine. Rock and roll did decline in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, there was a process that has been called the "feminisation" of rock and roll, where the field of music was dominated by love ballads. Overall, rock and roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, language, and attitudes that it cannot be simply considered as "gone." It has contributed to the civil rights movement by both African Americans and Caucasians enjoying the music.
4. "Democracy will be dead by 1950."
was quoted by a British journalist, John Langdon-Davies, A Short History of The Future, 1936. I found this both funny and ridiculous because liberal democracy have come in successive "waves of democracy" resulting from continuous wars, revolutions, religious, and economic conflicts. Democracy has set new independent states and most majority of country-states are nominally democracies.
5. "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share."was said by Steve Ballmer, USA Today, April 30, 2007. Understandably, Steve Ballmer was a Microsoft CEO and at this time, Microsoft was the most valuable tech company in the world that was incomparable to Apple. It was the time he underestimated Apple's market. Yet, I find this a bit arrogant because most of us are using iPhone and all tech devices that are from Apple. Now Apple is the most valuable company in the world and Microsoft is building its own hardware just like Apple.
2. "Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it."was said by C. P. Scott, in BBC History of Television. Charles Prestwich Scott was a British publisher and politician who was a Liberal Member of Parliament, pursuing a progressive liberal agenda in the newspaper. This quote that he said is obviously silly and wrong because television now plays a pivotal role in the socialization of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has been significantly used for entertainment, advertising, and news that has become a commonplaces in homes, businesses, and institutions.
3. "Rock n Roll? It will be gone."was written in the Variety Magazine in 1955. Although Rock and roll is not as popular and predominant as it was in 1940s and 1950s, it is not "gone" as it was predicted in the Variety Magazine. Rock and roll did decline in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However, there was a process that has been called the "feminisation" of rock and roll, where the field of music was dominated by love ballads. Overall, rock and roll influenced lifestyles, fashion, language, and attitudes that it cannot be simply considered as "gone." It has contributed to the civil rights movement by both African Americans and Caucasians enjoying the music.
4. "Democracy will be dead by 1950."
was quoted by a British journalist, John Langdon-Davies, A Short History of The Future, 1936. I found this both funny and ridiculous because liberal democracy have come in successive "waves of democracy" resulting from continuous wars, revolutions, religious, and economic conflicts. Democracy has set new independent states and most majority of country-states are nominally democracies.
5. "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share."was said by Steve Ballmer, USA Today, April 30, 2007. Understandably, Steve Ballmer was a Microsoft CEO and at this time, Microsoft was the most valuable tech company in the world that was incomparable to Apple. It was the time he underestimated Apple's market. Yet, I find this a bit arrogant because most of us are using iPhone and all tech devices that are from Apple. Now Apple is the most valuable company in the world and Microsoft is building its own hardware just like Apple.
Great quotes Tiffany. I had a hard time finding relevant quotes for this assignment and you found 5, all very mainstream as well. Particularly liked the one about Charlie Chaplain, quite entertaining in hindsight.
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