Development of Reading Comprehension 1 Paul van den Broek University of Minnesota A. Introduction 1. Problems and Objectives Television occupies a large portion of American children ’s time. Starting in preschool‚ children spend more time watching television than participating in any other activity except sleeping (D. Anderson‚ Field‚ P. Collins‚ Lorch‚ & Nathan‚ 1985; Huston‚ Wright‚ Rice‚ Kerkman‚ & St. Peters‚ 1987). Children also have extensive experience with television before they
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Reality TV Have you seen the popular reality television shows lately? The core of reality TV consists of: Fighting‚ sexuality‚ and an intolerable amount of drinking and drug use. Young viewers who watch reality TV may be assuming that this type of behavior is the ideal lifestyle. Even in the early years of reality TV‚ the main hook to keep viewers interested was to aspire to young women of what reality is. The Miss America pageants made some young women believe in the ideals of beauty and perfection
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make to enhance their life. Attending college sets you in the right direction to become a successful individual in the future. Yes‚ college takes time‚ and a great deal of money‚ but in the end it is all worth it. People who graduate from college are more likely to obtain a high end paying job than a person with just a high school education. The cost of attending college may be expensive‚ but‚ the outcome of it all is worth the wait. The most expensive part of attending college would be the tuition
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In her essay‚ "Tv Addiction‚" Marie Winn compares "television addiction" to other harmful habits‚ and tries to convince the reader that heavy television viewing is as harmful as drug and alcohol‚ and it should not be viewed differently than other serious addictions. In fact‚ the most important factor that backs up her argument is her simplified definition for the word "addiction‚" which is " a tendency to overindulge in some pleasurable activity. (608)" However‚ thinking logically‚ we could see
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Violence on TV. What has the world come to these days? I often seem like everywhere one looks. Violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets‚ back alleys‚ school‚ and even at home. The last of these is major source of violence. In many people’s living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television‚ and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. The truth about television
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Perhaps one of my new favorite TV show is called‚ Glee. It’s about a group of rejects in high school joining an afterschool club that sings and attempts to win another championship‚ which has not been achieved for more than a decade. Glee club is taught by a Spanish teacher named Will Schuester who graduated from the same high school and also won the only Glee club’s national trophy. I personally find the entire series jaw dropping because there’s so much talent packed into one show that many have
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child growing up watching television wasn’t something we would watch to keep up with someone’s personal life or their family’s life but we seem to be drawn to theses shows. Now days it seems like more than half the shows on television are reality shows and the days of watching sitcoms and movies are almost long gone. What kind of values are theses shows putting out there if any? So in this paper I will talk about what is a reality show‚ are they real‚ why we seem to be watching more of theses shows
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Many people believe that TV programs are no value. Do you agree ? Since our parents’ generation‚ the argument of the value of TV programs was begin. People debate about the advantages and disadvantages of the TV programs. Today‚ same like most of the IT product‚ TV is become the integral part of a family. If say all the TV programs are no value to people‚ that means most of the human in the world are probably make the same mistake. Obviously‚ it is not true. TV programs bring a lot of benefits
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When TV blossomed into the major vehicle for sports‚ the bigwigs of those sports had two worries: that fans would stop attending games‚ leading to swaths of empty bleachers‚ and that people would prefer watching sports to playing them‚ making American children fat and slow. Yes‚ as a nation‚ Americans may be a couple pounds south of svelte‚ but it’s not sports television’s fault. People report that interest in sports is heightened by watching great athletes perform‚ and young people report
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Cherry Terrero- Ortiz TV Brain It is safe to say that just about everyone has watched television at least once in their life. There is an equal amount of informative things as there are uninformative. To say that television makes you less intelligent is ridiculous and untrue. If your overall intelligence can be so easily affected by a 45 minute show then you should really question how smart you really are. Although I agree with Dana Stevens point about the show 24 and its false representation
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