Epidemiology and Health Planning Module 1 Current Events January 18‚ 2014 Is “16 and Pregnant” an effective form of birth control? On January 13‚ National Public Radio‚ as well as several other news organizations in print‚ published an article on a study by Melissa Kearney and Phillip Levine of the Brookings Institute. The study‚ titled ”Media influences on social outcomes: The impact of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant on teen childbearing” was sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Television Shows Abstract Children are being influenced by television shows on a daily basis. Some children are watching inappropriate television shows such as SpongeBob‚ Fish Hooks‚ Family Guy‚ South Park‚ Ed‚ Edd‚ Eddy‚ Scooby-Doo‚ Boondocks and etc. These shows can affect children as they grow up in many ways such as using profanity‚ violent and aggressive behavior‚ poor school performance and watch too much television may cause a slight obesity. There are many educational television shows that
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In the reality TV The Bachelorette‚ the hosts present Kaitlyn Bristowe with a large assortment of men to choose her future spouse from. Throughout The Bachelorette‚ Bristowe dates several different men at once‚ which sends the message that monogamous dating is coming to a close. At the end of The Bachelorette‚ Bristowe finds her the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with. Bristowe’s adventure on The Bachelorette proves worthwhile for her‚ but the other men on the show that she eliminates
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When you consider other types of television shows‚ like talk shows for example‚ the popularity of reality TV isn’t all that surprising. It seems that people simply enjoy watching other people perform various activities. Television networks realize this; therefore the number of reality shows has grown considerably in the last few years. Unfortunately‚ this type of programming has turned into something more than harmless entertainment. Reality television shows do not depict true reality because they are
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TV Shows and Real Life TV shows are probably the primary source of entertainment for the average American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with reruns starting at 5 p.m. We watch them because they give us something to do‚ a way to relax‚ something to help pass the time. We all watch different shows‚ some people like "Married...with Children"‚ some are repulsed with it‚ but like to watch "Home Improvement"‚ what draws particular crowds to certain shows? How do these shows portray the
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reference point for most of us‚ a type of shorthand that makes it easy to carry on a conversation. Columnist Ellen Goodman wrote that to those born since the baby boom of the late ‘40s‚ “All history begins with television.” We compare ourselves to those on TV; we change how we dress and cut our hair and talk based on the latest television trend. Viewers pick up catch phrases and turn them into side-splitting party parodies that in turn become part of our culture. For decades‚ almost ever since the inception
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What are reality TV shows? Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations‚ documents actual events‚ and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors‚ sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded. Reality television began in 1948 with a TV series named Candid Camera. The genre exploded as a phenomenon around 1999–2000 with the success of such television series as Big Brother and Survivor. Programs
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unknown cast. The genre often highlights personal drama and conflict to a much greater extent than other unscripted television such as documentary shows. The genre has various standard tropes‚ such as reality TV confessionals used by cast members to express their thoughts‚ which often double as the shows’ narration. In competition-based reality shows‚ a notable subset‚ there are other common elements such as one participant being eliminated per episode‚ a panel of judges‚ and the concept of immunity
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The television and the shows it broadcasts are both very powerful modes of communication. With millions of people watching the messages and propaganda‚ one show on a single channel can reach an enormous amount of viewers. The television is like an amplifier of ideas and thoughts. It is not necessarily a specific station that gives out this thought‚ but the television shows that are seen by worldwide viewers. People can gravitate towards the ideas shown by the shows. Millions of people see it‚ therefore
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success of this show is a great example of how much the American culture is attracted to two types of heroes embodied in the show‚ the outlaw hero and the official hero. While the outlaw hero questions society‚ the official hero celebrates it. "The functioning American‚ as the heir of a history of extreme contrast and abrupt changes‚ bases his final ego identity on some tentative combination of dynamic polarities" (Ray 378)‚ in this case the outlaw and the official hero. Still for a show to be so popular
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