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    Television should be prohibit to children Television as a media tool is popular around the world. With its popularity across all age groups comes the question of whether or not children should be prohibited from watching television. I believe that children should not be allowed to watch television for extended periods of time because it has many negative side effects. I will explain the three major negative effects—that is bad for children’s health like causing obesity‚ myopia and waste time in

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    Typical Television Families Many television shows portray the lives of typical American families; both African American and European American. I have chosen to compare and contrast two television shows: Family Matters and Home Improvement. The two shows are surprisingly similar in many aspects‚ but there are a few differences in the communication styles and other aspects of the two families. Communication theories can be used to help show and analyze the communication between each family. These

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    Extensive Reading

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    Daniel T. The university of Dodoma. COED. 0769 058488. Extensive reading is an approach to language including foreign language by the means of a large of unknown words in specific context will allow the learner to the words in specific context will allow the learner to the words meaning specific context thus to learn unknown words. (cobb‚ 2007) Extensive reading is an “extensive reading approach” and involves students reading along texts orf large quantities for general understanding. With the

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    Critical Reading

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    Reading is a very important part of learning‚ as it helps us gather information converting the information in a book‚ journal‚ newspaper‚ etc. into a usable form. It helps you understand a topic of a particular area of study and through out it is how we understand the topic and it is when we start making our own judgment and opinion in the theme. This becomes more important through university‚ where your are studying a specific subject and you want to extend your knowledge as you are expected to

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    Media vs. Reading

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    using or seeing it. The internet is such a convenient way of communicating with people or even for educational purposes. Taking classes online is very convenient for working parents who are unable to attend a campus college or high school students who want to get ahead in their education. Though not the entire internet is "G-rated"‚ we have to be careful what we put in our minds as well. This also applies to bookstelevision‚ and other various forms of electronics. God created our minds so that we have

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    Reading Is a Skill

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    Reading is a necessary skill in your everyday life. We use it to discover new things; books‚ magazines and internet.  It requires the ability to read and understand what is read. It is fundamental to function in today’s society. If you don’t read well no matter who you are‚ you have a hard time in life. Reading is a vital skill in finding a job. In order to have a job‚ you need to know how to read mainly English. Reading is important because it develops the mind. The mind is a muscle‚ it needs exercise

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    Reading Among Youth

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    Help in Promoting Reading among the Youth of Today “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set‚ I go into t he other room and read a book.” (Groucho Marx). Upon reading this quotation from Marx‚ I felt that he is trying to make technology sound as the mortal nemesis of reading. If I were to choose between watching T.V. and reading a book‚ I would choose to watch T.V. right away. But if I put more thought into choosing‚ I would prefer reading a book. I just came to this

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    A lot of studies concerning television viewing impacts on students’ academic performance have been made‚ but there are still questions related to this that are needed to be answered. To bring more clarifications in this aspect‚ Marco Ennemoser and Wolfgang Scheider conducted the study entitled “Relations of Television Viewing and Reading: Findings From a 4-Year Longitudinal Study”. As stated in the article‚ the study aims to determine the long-term effects of television viewing on the development

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    Effects of Television violence and Children Outline: I.THESIS STAEMENT: Although the television serves as a form of entertainment‚ when you abuse its use‚ and make it a habit to watch‚ it gives negative effects on the behavior of children especially in their brain’s development. II. PORPUSE OF THE RESEARCH III. INTRODUCTION IV. HIPOTHESIS & METHOD A. CHILDREN QUESTIONNAIRE 1. HOW IT CAN AFFECT VIEWER’S BEHAVIOUR 2. CHILDREN RESPONSES B. EFFECTS & RESULTS 1. NEGATIVE EFFECTS a. Behavior of

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    Television and the Rhetorical Analysis May 9th‚ 1961. Newton N. Minow stands in front of a convention of the National Association of Broadcasters to give his first big speech‚ “Television and the Public Interest.” Minow was appointed by President John F Kennedy himself‚ as the new chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). His speech directly speaks about the influence and future of broadcasting television. He refers the current programming as a “vast wasteland” and ultimately advocates

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