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    with an account.  Now estimated about 60 - 70% of 7th graders have accounts and the number is higher for 8th graders.  These children are too young to be using Facebook or other adult social networks for the reasons detailed below. The first negative effect that Facebook can have on our lives is undesirable information about us can spill beyond the boundaries of chosen privacy settings and ended up in the hands of a third party. Whatever we choose to post online can never be entirely private. If

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    Purpose At the ending of my speech‚ the audience will be able to know how the NBA effect the China. Introduction Recently‚ a growing number of NBA fans appear in the China‚ for the reason that NBA has the most exciting game and best basketball players. It allows more and more Chinese watch it and begin to play basketball. Positively‚ there are more opportunities for CBA basketball players to play in the NBA and have a better platform to showcase their talents‚ but also bring many great business

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    During the years of 1918-1920 Canada had a brief moment of prohibition. During this period in time drinking alcohol was considered illegal. As a result many negative and positive side effects had taken place in the country. Although the ban of alcohol may have been able to do great good on Canada‚ the people’s reaction to it completely flipped it around. Although it may have been overall a disastrous idea; Canada still managed to benefit from prohibition just like the United States (maybe even more)

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    there are always new things being introduced‚ we are never satisfied with what we have and become very materialistic. Once they have what they want‚ they begin to want more of it or something else instead. This is an example of consumerism in America. American Consumerism is the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable; also: a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods. People are not just interested in these products because they see

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    does have its negative effects. Social media isn’t all good. Society obsession with social media has led to several disturbing negative effects including: people comparing themselves to others leading to low self-esteem‚ cyberbullying‚ overuse of social networks‚ which can become a distraction and led to failing grades and distance from family‚ and lastly it can even lead to what may very soon become a new mental illness‚ social media addiction. One of the major negative effects of social media

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    Negative effects of technology Improvements in the technology have antagonistic effects on the human life along with the positive effects. The growth of the technology leads to very severe problems like pollution‚ unemployment‚ effects social life of the humans etc.. First of all‚ the most serious problem is pollution‚ which is created by the technological inventions like vehicles‚ industries‚ etc.. Now-a-days the vehicles like cars‚ bikes are increasing which is leading to increase in pollution

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    A Life of Advertising Dear Editor‚ Children have become their own category of consumers. According to Kids Health‚ a child takes in an average of 40‚000 television advertisements a year and about 3‚000 general ads a day‚ and on average there are eighteen minutes of commercials per hour of television (Kids Health). With advertisements and images coming from all mediums and being constantly projected in front of children’s faces‚ it is bound to have an impact on them. This impact is mental‚

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    never had to experience real bullets coming at us‚ harming us or others. A claim that can be made between the texts “Armed & Underage” by Jeffrey Gettleman and “The Charge: Genocide” by Lydia Polgreen is that children fighting in wars have negative effects on them and others. Jeffrey Gettleman states‚ “And it isn’t just boys: Girls are often pressed into duty as cooks or messengers. Many are subjected to sexual abuse‚ including rape.” The author was basically telling us that both genders are used

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    The relationship between youth culture and consumerism is rapidly growing stronger everyday. In today’s world‚ many youth cannot distinguish between "wants" and "needs"‚ and our capitalist economy often leads them to the fetishism of goods and services. Youth in our society often have the tendency to identify strongly with the products and services that they consume‚ and while they have more buying power now than ever before‚ they are also more gullible and confused. In addition‚ they are preyed

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    Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts. The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen. Veblen’s subject of examination‚ the newly emergent middle class arising at the turn of the twentieth century‚ comes to full fruition by the end of the twentieth century through the process of globalization.[1] Sometimes‚ the term "consumerism" is also used to refer to the consumerists movement

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