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The Advantages of Being Bilingual in Today’s Society According to the studies‚ being bilingual has greater tolerance and less racism. Extended way of thinking helps the approach to cognitive problems and higher levels of abstract thinking. There are many advantages of being bilingual including access to different cultures and makes it easier to find a job. First‚ Bilingualism offers greater exposure
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Multi-cultured societies are mixtures of many ethnic groups. Some people think the advantages of multi-cultured societies outweigh the disadvantages. Do you agree or disagree? I definitely agree with the statement that cosmopolitan societies are better for the overall progress of a country. That is perhaps why nations such as the U.S.A.‚ Canada and Australia‚ which are primarily multi-cultural societies‚ enjoy great prosperity‚ stability and harmony. In the following paragraphs I shall provide
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also widely used for entertainment purposes. In the New York Times a 1998 article by Faye Fiore stated: "On average last year‚ one act of serious brutality was found for every four minutes of entertainment." Today‚ violence is a major part of electronic games‚ television‚ and the film industry. Violence becomes such an everyday scene for us that many believe it desensitizes us to the real world. That is why the majority of the time violence is perceived as the cause of many of society’s ills
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Advantages of Multicultural Society and Labor Force The transformation of the United States into a Multicultural society did not happen overnight. However‚ the concept of equal treatment or any subordinate ethnic groups attempt at advancement and integration if it was not assimilation were met by stereotypes‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. In every scenario from each Ethnic groups story reviewed‚ between chapters 6-14 of Racial and ethnic groups‚ whether it was about the Native Americans
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Advantages and disadvantages of living in a multi-racial society Nowadays 99% of the modern world countries have become a multiracial society‚ whether it is relative to their language‚ religion ‚ culture‚ or traditions . Also universities ‚ schools and other societies have become multiracial‚ it is not necessary for the whole country . And today with all aspects of economical‚ social and other types of growth ‚ it is distinguishably linked to the globalization and the immigration of people
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Media Influence on society Media writers have a strong influence on society. They influence us negatively and positively. All of this is to get a reaction to what they are trying to say. Negative influences are all around us. Beer commercials tell young boys that if you drink a certain kind of beer you will get all the good looking girls and maybe not be such a nerd. Hamburger restaurants have girls dressing up in near to nothing to sell a hamburger. McDonald’s the ultimate offender‚ uses a clown
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What is the advantages and disadvantages of totally freedom of mass media? Freedom of expression is the concept of being able to transfer ideas or thoughts verbally or otherwise freely without censorship. It was awarded global recognition as a universal human right and ingrained in the Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In spite of its status‚ it is never absolute in any country. The international law posits that‚ restrictions on free speech must comport with a strict three
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research‚ American people now spend 23% of internet time on social media. Thus it can be seen that nowadays social media has become a very important part of people’s life. But what is social media? Social medias are websites and applications used for social networking . Facebook‚ Twitter and YouTube are the three most typical examples. Social media brings fresh blood to our human’s life and it mainly has three positive effects on our society: increasing people’s productivities‚ helping enlarge people’s
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AP Lang Social media nowadays plays a huge part in society. We use it to blog‚ wiki‚ listen to podcasts‚ communicate‚ share photos‚ and we use it for entertainment. Facebook is one of the largest and most popular social networking sites on the internet with over 604 million active users as of September 30‚2012 (Olanoff). In other words‚ it’s gotten pretty huge since its launch in 2004. Overall‚ Facebook and social media influence cyber bullying‚ lack of productivity‚ addiction‚ isolation‚ an absence
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