mainstream movies: intellectual hunger or escapist entertainment? Thesis statement: Due to an intellectual hunger that needs to be fed‚ Philippine independent films tackle real life sensitive issues that the society experience while mainstream movies offer the mass market escapist entertainment which divert away from reality. Tentative sentence outline: I. On making films that either feeds intellectual hunger or satisfies escapist entertainment lies a very curious and questioning fascination
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Music is more than just a source of entertainment for people all over the world. For many‚ many centuries music has been used for reasons other than just entertainment. Take our National Anthem…”The Star Spangled Banner” for example. It was written as a patriotic song and‚ its purpose was to evoke the countries struggles of the past‚ traditions‚ and its history. During the 1800’s when slavery was permitted the seemingly innocent spirituals‚ as the slave songs came to be known‚ were more than simple
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Asperger ’s syndrome‚ is an autism spectrum disorder that affects language and behavioral development in children. Several years ago Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a group of conditions that involve delays in the development of many basic skills that vary in severity‚ communication delay and repetitive behaviors such as: Autistic Disorder‚ Asperger Disorder‚ Rett’s Disorder‚ Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-not otherwise Specified. Now more commonly
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It’s A Hard Mob Wive For Us Since the 1940s when the first black and white television was invented and only the wealthy‚ affluent families could afford it – the act of watching a pre-programmed show such as Father Knows Best or even a live showing of the Channel Four News became a phenomenon. Society has evolved around the television. Imagine having a family room where the couches do not face the TV‚ or having to read the newspaper every morning instead of flicking on the nice flat screen and watching
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"In 1897‚ Felix Hoffmann created a new industry. He found a way of adding a cluster of two extra carbon and five extra hydrogen atoms to a substance extracted from willow bark. The result is known to chemists as acetylsalicylic acid. To everyone else it is known as aspirin. It turned Bayer‚ the dye-maker Hoffmann worked for‚ into the world’s first modern drug company." Geoffrey Carr‚ The Alchemists‚ The Economist - Feb 19th 1998 Today’s Pharmaceutical Industry is characterized by several important
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in relation to Adorno and Horkheimer’s theories on mass culture and entertainment. INTRODUCTION In today’s fast-paced world‚ the society is in a constant state of flux‚ with personal and interpersonal contact being extruded in favour of mediated forms of communication. The mass media are fundamental for dissemination of both mass and popular culture‚ which‚ in the simplest terms‚ refers to the artifacts‚ entertainment‚ beliefs and values shared by the large social groups. There are
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An Assessment on the Effects of Television on the Youth Research Background Television is invented for the purpose of sharing the information‚ and if not‚ at least for the entertainment. The family who use has a ritual in sitting in front of television while watching television might share their point of views but can affect the appetite of the children. The viewers that can be more affected by watching television are the children or youth. This is commonly noticed while the children or youth are
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pioneer in online shopping in India‚ Shopping.Indiatimes.com is a leading online shopping portal from India’s largest media and entertainment house‚ The Times Group. It is one stop online shopping platform for today’s ever growing breed of online shoppers‚ who‚ besides enjoying shopping from the comforts of their house or office‚ is also looking for best deals. And for the very reason‚ Indiatimes Shopping comes up with schemes like knockout deals and sabse sasta book challenge from time to time.
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When it comes to concluding whether games are just an entertainment to kill time or are attached to other benefits‚ the latter choice may pride itself as a better alternative. Its merits‚ as many cases suggests‚ are based on several reasons. Games benefits aren’t just confined to relaxing pastime and method of studying‚ it also plays a role as a contributor for one’s mental health. Educational game is one of the reason that justifies my choice‚ games that include studies of geography‚ history‚
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Modern living often leaves us with more money than time. Add the Internet‚ advertisements and peer pressure‚ and we end up with a lot of young people who have difficulty distinguishing between needs and desires. Of course‚ they have the ability to understand money matters‚ but they still need guidelines. Even if it seems like they are growing up faster than any other generation before them‚ teenagers are still developing the basic attitudes and perceptions that will form the basis for life-long
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