Watching TV Makes You Smarter Steven Johnson’s argument in “Watching TV Makes you Smarter” that television increases intellectual and enhances our cognitive faculties‚ therefore making us smarter Johnson’s states that‚ “For decades‚ we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common- denominator standards‚ presumably because the “masses” want dumb‚ simple pleasures and big media companies try to give the masses what they want. But as that
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Subject: “The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children” Topic: u02d2 The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children Author: Dolores Staggs Date: October 18‚ 2012 1:15 AM J. Grohol (2009‚ September 9) “The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children” The main arguments that the author is making are:TV can be very detrimental to the mental development of children and teenagers. And that it should only be allowed in moderation. Not “whenever they want” and “as much as they want.” The main purpose of this
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[ Easy writing 1 ] bri.J paragraph writing The McDonald’s TV commercial caught people’s attention and was effective. People sing Big Mac song at Big Mac TV commercial. The commercial repeats Big Mac song via back ground music. Lastly‚ the advertising shows their best item ‘Big Mac’. There are three reasons why the commercial catches people’s attention. First‚ Big Mac song is easy to remember. If people hear it once‚ they can hum it right away. Second‚ the advertising shows their best item
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violence‚ or be over-frightened because of what he/she may have seen on TV. The TV channels should not be allowed to expose this kind of material and violence to kids at such early ages‚ because of the aftereffects it will have on the teenagers and children. First of all‚ there is way too much violence on television whether it is on some prime time channel‚ or even a Saturday morning cartoon program. For some prime time TV shows‚ there are three to five hours violent acts per hour. For every Saturday
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Belting out clichés‚ McGuinness spends the majority of his time prancing around the stage‚ in a brash fashion. How many times can you reuse a phrase‚ until it you not only abolish any meaning from it‚ you also become the most excruciatingly annoying host TV has ever known? If a guy is needed for this job‚ Paddy is your man. The host’s most common phrases consist of‚ “Let the hanky see the pankey‚” and “Let the hokey see the cokey‚” and finally‚ the most absurd of them all‚ “No likey‚ no lighty.” Overtime
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human kind. It’s also the indispensable device in our daily life. By watching TV‚ we can see many things happened in the surrounding world around us‚ therefore it help us to catch and avoid being dropped back from the world of information. Everyone must agree that the advantages of watching TV are very considerable .But beside those benefits‚ there are some disadvantages that we must notice to be sure that we watch TV most effectively. I must say that television is one of the most important
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this at least ONCE in their lifetime. It all started in the early 1940’s‚ when the first short TV commercial was ever invented‚ then finally aired on the TV screen. Was it created to irritate us? Absolutely not. However‚ it really seems like the purpose of advertisements is to test people’s patience. Let’s turn on our imagination for a minute. You are watching your dearest TV series. (e.g. “Pretty Little Liars”). You’ve been waiting for a whole week just to watch some special
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Amanda Zusman 9/24/12 T344 Programming strategies The Most Successful Program Format in the Primetime Timeslot The primetime television timeslot is known to deliver the most viewers to networks and advertisers each and everyday. The primetime hours range from 7PM-11PM and summon many persons getting home from work and families at the tail end of mealtime. Entertainment programming scheduled during primetime has always been popular amongst audiences‚ however; in recent years certain reality
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The effects of Reality TV Although reality TV is fascinating and full of drama‚ it still has an enormous effect on today’s youth. Throughout the years reality TV has become popular and it has attracted different age groups. But one group that reality TV attracts would be teens. Now I am not talking about all teens‚ but some teens do look at the actions of the television stars and think what they’re doing is “amazing”. When teenagers watch reality shows it opens their eyes to a lot of sex‚ vulgar
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com/Q/What_is_the_advantage_of_television#ixzz1FFw0sJ1k Advantages: Some programs really engage the viewer’s mind‚ and that can make TV useful as a learning tool. I found shows like Between the Lions‚ Zoom‚ and Sesame Street both entertaining and useful. TV exposes you to things you might not see otherwise. Watching the news might be easier than to make some people read the newspaper. I’ve found some meaningful movies on TV as well. To be honest a lot of what I know about the world is due to watching television. However everyone
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