MTV

MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. MTV later became an outlet for a variety of different material aimed at adolescents and young adults.

Political Influence

After so many shots to the network about the content of programmes, they started showing a plethora of political and economic shows. These shows include:"think MTV,

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" which talks about current political issues such as gay marriage, the election( last year they spent a large amount of time on the 2004 Kerry v Bush election.), and war in other countries, among other topics. They had a popular band Sum 41 go to the African congo and document the environment there. The group ended up being caught in the midst of an attack outside of the hotel, were driven to a nearby US holding camp which the military was protecting, and flown out of the country.

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Other politically diverse programmes include "True Life," which documents people's lives and problems, and shows an epilogue of after the show was shot; MTV News Specials, which centers on very current events in both the music industry and the world; and a lot of other shows based on the current times. Last year they had a huge involvement in the 2004 election, airing programs with the youth voicing their oppinions, there was a question show where teens submitted questions on MTV.com and got to ask Senator John Kerry those questions live. They even had a count-off of the state elections where the VJs hosted and covered the election, crossing off a state in blue or red based on whether they had voted Republican or Democratic. MTV became very politically involved.

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