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    probably no greater influence on society than the television. It has become arguably the greatest invention of the past century. With it‚ we have witnessed countless historical events: Inaugurations of presidents; man’s first steps on the moon; the assignation of John F. Kennedy; even disasters as they happen. Americans watch TV in the morning to receive the daily news. They eat watching it. They watch it before they go to bed. But as television has saturated our lives‚ has it always resulted toward

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    Television and Cultural Change Research Paper: 1.Introduction Once considered a complete luxury for a family to own‚ the television has become a stable fixture in British and American households over the past few decades. In recent years‚ it has become unusual for a family not to own a television set and now it is just as uncommon for a family to own just one. In Britain‚ the years spanning from 1955 to 1969 saw an increase from 40 percent to 93 per cent of the population owning a television set

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    I. In this paper‚ I will be arguing for the following claim…….. As stated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson‚ an astrophysicist‚ “Once upon a time‚ people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes… The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” This quote by Neil DeGrasse Tyson not only applies to storms‚ but also applies to many things we previously did not understand. It basically displays the idea that

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    Advantages of Television (TV) are : 1. Television is widely used for entertainment‚ knowledge and for communication. 2. Anybody can watch television simply by sitting at home. 3. News‚ movies‚ family shows‚ sports‚ Music as well as other useful shows and channels can be seen on TV. 4. Even kids can enjoy TV by watching Cartoons Channels as well Some Channels such as Discovery Channel to gain knowledge. 5. One can watch live news as well as live shows or live sports  easily with the help of television. 6. Television

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    Television is one of the greatest inventions to ever be created‚ or is it? As a child I always thought television was great. Television was amusing and brought entertainment to the comfort of households. Although‚ over the years‚ I’ve learned that television does more harm than good to people’s lives. Television teaches young children bad habits and family values are weakened by peoples’ interest in television. Many people grew up watching television ages ranging from one through twelve. Many

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    Morals and Values of Reality Television Crystal Wilson ENG 122 Angela Temple December 6‚ 2010 The topic of my paper that I chose to write about is Values portrayed on Reality Television shows. This happens to be a subject of interest for me because I have children and I am concerned about what they learn and get out of the shows that are currently airing on television. At this time I choose to monitor what my children watch because there is so much out there that I think is inappropriate

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    Children and the Effects from Television Rebecca Cagle Com/156 November 10‚ 2012 Instructor Roland Children and the Effects from Television Television programs were created for children to learn everyday skills‚ but it can come to start affecting children today because they watch too much they start lacking in physical activity and some can become distant and violent. Studies have shown that children

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    Harmful effects of television. Television is a medium of communication‚ information‚ and entertainment. It is the most popular system for transmitting images and sounds to people. In fact‚ television can have negative effects due to radioactivity‚ falsehood and obsession. First of all‚ television releases radiation. A lot of people believe that television is harmless. However‚ scientific studies prove that unlike any other household equipment television sends out a lot of radioactive rays. Indeed

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    Pros & Cons of Television

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    TELIVISION Nowadays television plays an important role in everyone’s life. By being the source of information‚ it provides an endless entertainment for the whole family units. As a result‚ every family now owns a television and television is now becoming a very useful device for every family. So‚ in this situation we should say that there many advantages and disadvantages in watching television. And this is the time to discuss the advantages first. Firstly‚ the television brings us news from all

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    Life Without Television

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    Life without Television When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚ my sister and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evenings in such a quite house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized‚ though‚ that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and

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