TELEVISION IS A MAJOR PART OF DAILY LIFE Americans spend about one-third of their free time‚ MORE THAN THE NEXT 10 MOST POPULAR LEISURE ACTIVITIES COMBINED‚ watching television. The average teenager spends more time in front of the television than any other activity besides sleeping. Television viewing increases in pre-teen years and declines after age 12. Adolescents aged 9-14 spend over 20 percent of waking hours watching television‚ compared to 9 percent on hobbies and 3.5 percent on homework
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Nowadays‚ with the advances in new information and communication technologies‚ there has been a trend toward spending a lot of time in virtual communities and online social networks. We define online social networks as web-based communities that provide service for participants to build up their own profile in this system‚ to share information and views of points‚ and to communicate with friends or strangers by utilising some virtual tools (Furht‚ 2010). It is of great significance to discuss the
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Social Networking: Positive or Negative? Social networking has many opinions pointing toward it. Some may say that it is a positive influence‚ while others think negatively. There are many directions to look at it. From my perspective‚ I believe social networks have only grown to cause many issues. When reading something rather than hearing it said aloud‚ problems arise because you can ’t tell the tone of something said. Also‚ other issues deal with the fact that people can find out every detail
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Almost everyone knows someone who has been bullied or was a bully at some time. Now‚ with new advances in technology‚ bullying is evolving. Some people have started to call this change “cyber bullying‚” which is defined as “bullying that involves the use of e-mail‚ instant messaging‚ text digital imaging messages and digital images sent via cellular phones‚ Web pages‚ Web logs (blogs)‚ chat rooms or discussion groups‚ and other information communication technologies.” (Kowalski‚ Limber‚ Agatston
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Exploring the Effect of Social Media on Language Proficiency for IIUM BENL Undergraduates Akmyr Syahar Azwar b. Abd. Kadir 1016607 English Language & Literature Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences English for Academic Writing LE 4000 Section 17 Madam. Teh June Li Date of submission: 13 December 2013 Abstract This paper explored the effect of social media on language proficiency specifically IIUM BENL undergraduates. A total of 32 English undergraduates
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100 million! That a lot of people right? If Kolaveri the Tamil song could go viral with more than 42 million hits‚ the documentary on Joseph Kony could go viral with 100 million hits‚ why can’t the environmental issues go equally viral? So let me ask‚ how many of you actually turned off the lights on the 31st of March? (Pause) I can see a quizzical expression on some of your faces. Well I am referring to the Earth Hour. The Earth Hour this year was publicized through various means of media like
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The advantages and disadvantage of social networking Nowadays‚ social networking is a part of everyday life and it brings revolutionary changes in communication between people. Social networking has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages are allow us to communicate with our family‚ friends and relatives‚ obtain the latest news and help us to do our work easily. However‚ some disadvantages are teenagers may become addicted to social networking and a lot of unreliable information
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The popularity of the social networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that college and university students as well as teens used it extensively to get global access. These social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays. The negative effects of these social networking sites overweigh the positive ones. These sites have caused some potential harm to society. The students become victims of social
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Topic The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ YouTube‚ Flickr‚ and Skype has grown phenomenally in the last five years. Social networking is a feature of life in the 21st century and is phenomenally reshaping how people connect and interact with others. But‚ are social networking sites good for our society? Justify your argument. Academic Writing Assignment 3 Written Essay DRAFT I strongly believe that Social Networking has had a positive impact
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Social Networking and Social Media: Harmful or Helpful? Online social media have gained astounding worldwide growth and popularity which has led to attracting attention from a variety of researchers globally. Social media effects millions of people worldwide daily and many teens spend at least a hour a day on social networking sites‚ today we will decide whether or not social media is a hindrance or a tool for teens and adults. Although with time all generations have come to accept the new technologies
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