The Television Habit Marie Winn classifies television watching as an addictive and destructive behavior‚ drawing similarities between it and the abuse of drugs and alcohol. On the surface‚ this claim seems justifiable and arguments can be made in its favor. However it is Winn’s equating television with drugs and alcohol that is ultimately the downfall of her argument‚ demonstrating a misapplication of the term “addiction” and all of its conditions to television watching. First‚
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Tara J. Williams Instructor: Donna Thompson Date: October 20‚ 2013 Television (The effect it has on children) Television has been around for approximately 75 years‚ according to Erin Monaghan. It has cause some negative impact on our young‚ youth of today. Children spend more time watching television than they spend on homework and family time. Too much TV time has cause children to be obesity‚ not able to make rational decisions in violent solutions and having sex at an such
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African Americans have been victims of racism on television shows from ever since they started to show on television shows to today. When we see African Americans on television‚ they are portrayed as stupid comedians‚ murderers‚ poor‚ and uneducated. According to J. Fred MacDonald‚ the author of Black and White TV: African Americans in Television since 1948‚ “Television has been inhospitable to blacks who were not middle class and/or pejoratively stereotyped. Less visible‚ for instance‚ have been
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lucy Eng1020 02-10-14 Should Children Watch Television? In United States‚ “Children watch 4 hours of television every day‚ 28 hours a week and‚ sometimes‚ 10 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Before their 18th birthday‚ children may view 25‚000 hours of television” (Ni Chang 85). Nowadays‚ technology has been developed and used in different ways. Many children spend a large amount of time on IPad‚ smart phone‚ and computer. Clearly‚ television has played an important role in most of the younger
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Writing 101 March 12‚ 2014 Defending TV In her essay “Television addiction‚” Marie Winn considers TV to be very addictive. She compares watching TV to taking drugs. She also never mentions any of its benefits. Television is one of the most important inventions of our time‚ and it certainly had benefited mankind. Watching TV causes no chemical substance addiction. Still‚ Winn thinks that‚ the level of addiction from excessive television viewing is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction. She
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Influence of American Television on Audiences On April 30‚ 1939‚ the first television broadcast was unveiled to the audiences of North America at the New York World’s Fair opening in Flushing Meadows‚ Queens. Feelings of awe and amazement were shared throughout the crowds. However‚ with the emergence of the Second World War in the very same year‚ real growth for the television was delayed and as a result did not truly begin until the early 1950s. At this point in time‚ the television became commonplace
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Television Is Good for Young Children Our topic was "Is Television good for young children" Obviously I say yes its good for young children. Television helps to develop the young children’s mental health. Nowadays television is not only for entertainment but also for education. Television is the most powerful and easiest way to learn. A major research study has found that children in low-income communities‚ some of whom speak English as a second language‚ significantly improve in several keys
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Media Research-Topic Proposal Television VS Radio In this world of ever-increasing access to different types of media‚ the big question that has to be asked is which is the better medium‚ the TV or the radio. The younger generation votes for TV while the radio is the choice of the older generation. But this is more of a social condition than a trend. TV has many advantages‚ the main being that there is a picture visible on the screen and no imagination is required. An audience can just sit in
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Television Has Its Good Side Television has become an important tool of entertainment and education for children. But is television really bad for children or the other way around? Or maybe both? It depends‚ it’s what programs and how many hours a day parents allow their children to watch that decide if television affects the child positively or negatively. Television is not necessarily bad for children as many parents and experts argue; there are plenty of educational programs out there
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The Effects of Television Violence on Children What has the world come to these days? It often seems 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 a major source of violence. In many peoples ’ 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
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