Summary of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” Author Steven Johnson‚ of the article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚” argues the evolution of modern television programming has intellectually challenged audiences‚ rather than stifling complex thoughts—and more‚ that audiences are craving a more cognitively demanding‚ complex plot line. Johnson uses multiple examples of drama type shows and even draws positive conclusions from many of the reality shows that are so popular now. He focuses in on a few
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Samuel Johnson in his‚ Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language‚ employs a multitude of rhetorical strategies to aid the development of his argument that the English language must be standardized and that lexicographers have had their valuable positions destroyed. Johnson begins by constructing the first paragraph through the employment of anaphora‚ continually repeating “to be” at the beginning of each clause. Through this structure‚ Johnson presents to the reader how the lower class workers
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child of Meaghan Treat and Nathan Johnson. The couple went their separate ways around 2010. Caitlyn has half-sisters named Ashlyn that she sees on her visits with her father. Ms. Treat has a paramour whom she has been involved with for approximately six years. Mr. Johnson is currently married to Tammy Johnson. Ms. Treat has her GED and currently works at Vallo Floor Covering in Edwardsville. Mr. Johnson was involved in an ATV accident in October of 2015. Mr. Johnson suffered a traumatic brain injury
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1. Company characteristics and supply chainJohnson & Johnson is a global American pharmaceutical‚ medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in the state of New Jersey‚ United States in 1886 (Wikipedia‚ 2008). The corporation’s headquarters is located in New Brunswick and its consumer division is located in Skillman‚ New Jersey. The corporation includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in over 57 countries while its products are sold in over 175 countries. Johnson
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Jersey Johnson v. Columbia Broadcasting System In the Jersey Johnson v. Columbia Broadcasting System‚ there is a lot evidence that provides information to create justifiable arguments against the plaintiff side. There is also a lot of evidence that hurts the defense side in this case‚ but all of those points can be rebutled using witness statements and exhibits. The sole argument of the defense side is to prove that the Columbia Broadcasting System did not intended to cause or did cause any emotional
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101 Reading Response “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by‚ Steven Johnson. A. Comprehension: Steven Johnson argues about watching TV shows makes us smarter by developing our brain. He compares the current TV shows and earlier TV shows. B. Response: Johnson explains about how TV shows has changed over a decade. He explains how the show Hill Street considered to be a complicated TV show but that perspective has
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“Watching TV Makes Your Smarter” In Steven Johnson’s essay Watching TV Makes You Smarter” (2005)‚ he suggests that the increasing complexity of TV shows can engage audiences’ brains‚ and help people think smarter. Citing multiple second-hand evidences‚ Johnson develops his ideas by comparing old and new TV shows‚ describing the confusion may caused by complex TV shows’ threads‚ and the positive effect of watching complex TV shows. By using examples from multiple TV shows‚ the author differentiates engaging
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Competitive Environment PROTON is the first Malaysia national car. The big competitor in Malaysia in term of automobile companies and affordable car is PERODUA. The competitive environment as we can see roughly in Malaysia is affordable car where all citizens in Malaysia can buy it and the car maintenances also cheap. Here‚ the porter five are been applied for more clearly because the competitive environment not only about the competitor. It can be about the economic recession‚ natural disaster
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"Everyday Use". Maggie Johnson was the youngest of the two daughters‚ and her older sister Dee had gone to college and hadn ’t been home in over a decade. Maggie stayed at her mother ’s side‚ to make a life for herself that seemed suitable for her. In this story‚ Maggie is a fragile young woman‚ however a strong character that is opposite of her sister Dee‚ who underestimates Maggie for the person she is. The story takes place at ’mama ’s ’ house‚ where Maggie and Mrs. Johnson were at their home waiting
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Internal company environment analysis Apple is a company which has always been run by engineers and programmers instead of managers since its birth. Even though Apple had skilled managers like Steven Jobs‚ other engineers and programmers do a lot of effort to put together all the new ideas and technological advancement to make Apple’s products successful. Apple is well known for its sophisticated development of its applications‚ high quality product and for its internal company environment. It has
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