In her essay‚ "Tv Addiction‚" Marie Winn compares "television addiction" to other harmful habits‚ and tries to convince the reader that heavy television viewing is as harmful as drug and alcohol‚ and it should not be viewed differently than other serious addictions. In fact‚ the most important factor that backs up her argument is her simplified definition for the word "addiction‚" which is " a tendency to overindulge in some pleasurable activity. (608)" However‚ thinking logically‚ we could see
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thing they do is turn on the television set. According to a survey done by Emory H. Woodard and Natalia Grindina‚ “on average‚ people are watching over 51 hours of television- that is five hours a day of TV on average for the last quarter of the year. Teenagers (12 to 17) spend 103 hours watching TV a month‚ whereas senior citizens (65 or older) spend 207 hours”(Media in the home) With the slumping economy‚ people are forced to stay at home to conserve resources. Although there are plenty of economical
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Back: the Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV. Chapter three of this book is titled “Bitches and Morons and Skanks‚ Oh My!: What Reality TV Teaches Us about Women” and the author goes into further detail of the stereotypes of women shown in reality television. Pozner provides her readers with examples from reality television shows‚ such as The Real Housewives of New Jersey‚ The Bachelor‚
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TV PERSONALITIES For this project‚ I chose the television show House. In this particular episode‚ Dr. House and his team of doctors face the problem of diagnosing a man who came into the ER at the hospital after fainting. There are no clear symptoms that point to a single medical diagnosis. The second part of this episode deals with House and his best friend Wilson. Wilson is in a relationship with another doctor that House doesn’t particularly like and House is determined to get his fair
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TV AS A CULPRIT Our minds are rotting away and we might not know it. This is due to a destructive invention‚ a culprit known as television. Though television has kept families in their homes with countless hours of entertainment‚ it has also ended up destroying family ritual‚ affecting academic performance‚ and promoting sex and violence. One effect of television in our current time is the destruction of family ritual. Once upon a time‚ so we have been told‚ families talked with each other
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RUNNING HEAD: Reality Television‚ why? Reality Television‚ why do we watch these shows? Norma Gallegos ENGL122 Allorah Wyman Feb 4‚ 2013 Reality Television As a child growing up watching television
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J Singh Period 4 Ms. Lopez Reality Television 15 minutes of fame or 15 minutes of shame? In the articles‚ "what is reality TV equal real learning?" by Annaweinstein‚ the good and the bad reality TV is explored. Reality TV has around for 40 years‚ but it has been only this past decade that there has been an explosion in popularity. Programs such as "Big Brother"‚ "American Idol"‚ and "Jersey Shore" have been captured the attention of millions who battles
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ENG 102 March 8‚ 2014 TV Addiction Quite a few people jokingly say that they have a friend or family relative who is addicted to television. What they may not realize is it may in fact be true. In Marie Winn’s “The Plug-In Drug”‚ she implies that television addiction is much like a drug or drinking problem‚ and is difficult to stop. Winn writes her essay in a very simplistic manner‚ and focuses on the destructiveness of an addiction; she illustrates and compares the destructiveness of addiction
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elevision - In Living Color Everything people eat‚ wear‚ or use is pushed at the public through commercial advertising. Whether it is the fertilizer that the farmer chooses to put on the vegetables he grows‚ the clothing that is chosen at the department store‚ or the pen to write a report‚ it has been advertised. Advertising occurs even in the packaging of a product. From the colors the manufacturer chooses to use on the wrapping‚ to the multi-million dollar expense of television‚ everyone
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