drug? After a long‚ hard day of school‚ I trudge up the driveway to my house. As I approach the door‚ I can already hear the incoherent mumbles of the television. I open the door and am not surprised to see my sister on the couch‚ hand on remote‚ flipping through channels. I am now accustomed to this picture. My sister could be crowned queen of the couch potatoes. She watches television day and night‚ so much that my cousins and I now refer to her as the human T.V. Guide. She knows what’s on
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Addiction is a strong word. Some people would object to applying the word “addiction” when watch their favorite TV show. For instance‚ after watching a few episode of “Meet the Browns” I wanted to continue to watching more episodes. Forgetting I had other work that had to be done. Not only did it waste valuable time but it had my full attention. I wasn’t thinking about anything important. Like most episode Mr. Brown one of the main characters starts the episode in a loud raging voice drawing them
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Digital Media Centers (2003) statistical findings show that 43 percent children under the age of two watch TV every day. By the age of two‚ 74 percent of all infants and toddlers have watched TV. On average children under six spend two hours per day in front of the TV screen. About the same amount time the children spend playing outdoors. Comparing TV watching to reading or being read to‚ TV viewing time is three times higher. According to Gordon (2009)‚ young children’s aggression increases by
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Hobby People live a very busy life nowadays‚ so they have little time to spare. Still they try their best to make use of those rare hours of leisure. A hobby is a favorite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. People choose their hobbies according to their taste and character. Someone likes simply to watch TV‚ lying on a sofa. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking‚ lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting. But many people have nothing to do during their spare
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TV is educational Today is appearing more and more variable modern gadgets. Television is one of them. However‚ TV leads to lots of arguments. Some people think that it is really useful stuff which has lots of advantages. Others think that it is just a wasting of time. Obviously‚ the most important question is should children be allowed to watch TV if it has a harmful effect on them. Albeit the majority of people consider that TV is educational. Personally‚ I believe that TV is educational. Firstly
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Cynthia Bryson Benjamin Pressley ENG 111 November 14‚ 2011 Effects of Children Watching Too Much Television How many hours a week do you think you spend watching television? According to a study done by the A.C. Neilson Company‚ the average American spends four hours watching television (“Television”). Generally‚ children watch even more than four hours a week (“How TV Affects Your Child”). Watching this much television can have serious impacts on a child’s health and development (“Colina”)
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I Don’t Want my Child Watching That! “Disney princess fulfills every little girl’s dream of becoming a princess!”(Espia 2012). As this magazine tries to get more subscribers‚ it’s frightening that fairy tales dominate the imagination of young children. Fairy tales are stories that teach readers a message and are part of our daily lives. Fairy tales such as Disney princess movies teach children the negative stereotypes of girls‚ reinforce racism‚ and expose children to sexism. “More than 200
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Effects of TV Television is one of the effective media used to promote all kinds of products. Unsupervised television watching in children can lead to early exposure to things they may not understand or may misinterpret. Television advertisements may influence the children to resort to improper measures. Commercials about fast foods‚ cold drinks or other such products that are not good for health‚ are bound to leave an impact on children watching them. Attractively presented advertisements and film
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When our kids come home from school do they pick up a book or do they sit glued to the tube‚ watching music videos? Parents‚ don ’t make the mistake of thinking your kid only learns between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.”(qtd. in Alexis 247) .The connection between the desensitized youth of our nation and the American mass media is undeniable. American Children spend more than fifty-three hours a week watching TV or using video games‚ cellphones‚ and computers (Kaiser Family Foundation). That is an incredible
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Perhaps one of my new favorite TV show is called‚ Glee. It’s about a group of rejects in high school joining an afterschool club that sings and attempts to win another championship‚ which has not been achieved for more than a decade. Glee club is taught by a Spanish teacher named Will Schuester who graduated from the same high school and also won the only Glee club’s national trophy. I personally find the entire series jaw dropping because there’s so much talent packed into one show that many have
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