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    The Usefulness Of Television Television is one of the greatest achievements of the twentieth century. Mass can easily access it hence influencing society instantaneously. Television may provide unrealistic messages such as violent ideas. So does television only have its bad sides? Firstly‚ television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things. Television can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can. For example when the national servicemen

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    ------------------------------------------------- Television is the leading cause of violence in today’s society. Television. This word associates for us with "violence"‚ "crime"‚ "pornography". And this becomes usual in today’s society. And possibly‚ it is a reason why many people don`t find the cause of violence in TV‚ because it is usual situation for them‚ when they see bad scenes on the screen‚ they just don’t pay attention on it. And this is the source‚all we became "cold". For us it is

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    In the past‚ television is a luxurious item to a number of families; however‚ it gradually becomes popular nowadays because it does not cost an arm and a leg any more as before‚ so most of the homes have already accessed to it. According to scientists‚ watching TV has nothing benefit for people‚ particularly for children. They also assert that watching too much TV often does have negative effects on youngsters. The first effect is children turn to be lazier in view of watching TV exceedingly. For

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    There is no denying to the fact that television has tremendous positive effects on society‚ but some experts give us adverse reasons which cannot be overlooked easily. I myself believe that television has had a mostly positive effect. Using reasons and examples below‚ I am going to discuss the pros to this issue. First‚ television has a tremendous effect on economics. For instance‚ when a company uses television to advertise the products can increase the sell. Many of us choose our life products

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    The television show “Roots”‚ a miniseries airing in the late Seventies‚ provided gripping and emotional insight into the lives of a fictional family victimized by slavery. This controversial project attempted to depict some semblance of the horrific history of the American black community in a way that the primarily white population would willingly consume. Unfortunately‚ this depicted the African-American involuntary “immigration” experience as one that was terrible yet palatable‚ tying it up nicely

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    Each nation has its own culture. This unique value is performed in several ways of communicating‚ especially non-verbal communication. Outsourced movie (2006) is a typical example which demonstrated the vast distinctions between two countries in two continents: India and America. The first difference between Indian and American is the way they use hands for eating. In India‚ left hand means “unclear” because it is used for matters related to going to the bathroom. When receiving or giving anything

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    DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES RESEARCH ABOUT THE INVENTION “TELEVISION” APRIL 22‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Television- the scientific‚ technical‚ and cultural field concerned with the transmission of visual information—moving images—over distances by electronic means; the term “television” also refers to the method used in such transmission. Once considered a complete luxury for a family to own‚ the television has become a stable fixture in households over the past

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    INTRODUCTION Globalization is an attempt to abolish obstacles‚ in areas of trade‚ communication and cultural exchange. It opens individual’s minds to new technologies and experiences‚ which will promote the wealth of all nations. It is a strong force that will continue to shape the future of most nations (Andersen‚ Taylor‚ 2011 p.230). Since societies and social groups had been studied in the Caribbean by sociologists‚ they had noticed that one’s culture‚ race‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and many more

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    Full House “What you see is not all you get” portrays a theme that includes entertainment‚ consumer products‚ and advertising. This is a topic that all human beings can relate to. We all have either a “hero‚” who now in days has to do with celebrities‚ food‚ beverages; and they all part of our culture today. While I was reading American Idol Worship‚ I thought about a show I had seen that made me suspect a hidden message or agenda and I came up with Full house‚ a popular television show. Full House

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    What Is Injunctive Norms

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    An injunctive norm is a person’s general perception of how much people they find to be important value a performance or nonperformance of a behavior to be. The idea behind this is that if people think the ones they find important to value certain behaviors they will become more likely to perform those behaviors. In contrast‚ a descriptive norm is the person’s perception of whether other people perform the behavior or not. Therefore‚ when they view other people acting in a certain way they themselves

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