Research Paper the Dick Van Dyke Show

This paper is about sitcoms and how the specific time (historical context) in which they were released acts or represents the predominant events, practices, culture, and notions that occur in

the real world. For the Dick Van Dyke Show exhibits women as dependent creatures where they worked as housewives for the rest of their lives. This coincides with the majority of women and

American lifestyle and culture in the 1960s.
So, you need to emphasize on how American sitcoms have changed from the 1950s to 2014. This description should be very detailed and articulate, make sure that you talk about major

breakthroughs in television history.
A few topics that you evidently should talk about:
How American culture has changed as presented in sitcoms
Explicit and inexplicit content throughout sitcoms
Homosexuality, the prevalence of homosexuality in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 010s. Has it become more accepted? When was homosexuality first showcased, how is it more accepted now

compared to other years. Talk about and show statistics regarding homosexuality over time and its acceptance and how does this relate to the time in which a TV series or episode was released

that showed about homosexuality (MLA FORMAT). For instance, homosexual families did not exist in the 50s, but it does now in 2014 (Modern Family)
Explicit vs. inexplicit content. How women and men changed as you compare the two groups throughout many years as depicted in television shows (women attaining jobs, education, and

having many sexual relations as oppose to the 1960s or 50s where they predominantly acted as housewives.
Women and the work force, women attaining education and jobs has led to the decline in marriage. Men and women tend to take things very slow in the 1990s and 2010s as opposed to getting

married as shown in the predominant families and American culture of the 1960s or 50s. (As usual always show statistics)
Gay marriage throughout the years (modern family vs. 1950s-1960s)
Interracial marriage, (All in the family, scene with Sammy Davis Jr., evidently archie was uncomfortable with interracial marriage, look into it), explain how views and perspectives about

interracial marriage has changed as you compare scenes in episodes that showcase interracial marriages (statistics)
MANY MANY MANY more notions and ideas other than these are evident in sitcoms and how they connect to the world and predominant practices and culture around them. The paper is 15

pages, so talk about other changes throughout television history.
A few sitcoms that you should know and talk about in the research paper:
All in the family
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Friends
Seinfeld
Orange is the new Black
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
And many more, its 15 pages, so make sure you talk about the evolution of sitcoms thoroughly.
Ultimately as you explain these differences throughout the years in television history, you should emphasize on how these sitcoms represent prevalent views, ideas, and culture of the time and

year in which the show was showcased. Sitcoms represent the predominant and major ideas and practices of the real world around them. So you should connect sitcoms to the real world. This is

your goal so use many examples from television sitcoms to make your argument.

Use many resources about the evolution of sitcoms, ONLY SCHOLARLY SOURCES. Cite them in MLA format. You should use over 10 sources because this is a very thorough paper.