mantra of television producers and channel executives. It is the means to increase TRP ratings and the end is always to outdo the other channels and the ‘similar-but-tweaked-here-and-there’ shows churned out by the competition. So fierce is the competition in this segment that every channel boasts of at least two to three reality shows. Some of them are inherited legally from abroad‚ (mostly and always from the USA – the Godmother of reality television) or some are cheap copies of the shows abroad
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The Truman Show is a movie about a man who is held captive inside a world that revolves around him. Truman Burbank‚ the main character has been raised on a huge TV Soundstage filled with hidden cameras and actors who pretend to be his friends and family. This world is one where he is literally trapped in his own life by the surreal existence in which he has been forced to spend every day of his thirty years. Since the day he was born Truman Burbank’s
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Television Violence and Children Gregory Coryell General Psychology Dr. Warren Washington February 14‚ 2006 Television Violence and Children Does television promote violence and crime among children? Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time‚ some people think there is too much violence in television and it is influencing our youth into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. Now scientists have discovered that all the
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s the TV‚ as we know it‚ dead? The last few years has seen more people ditching their televisions in favour of a bigger monitor than ever before. With movie and TV downloads (legal or otherwise)‚ streamed video content from a host of online players and a raft of catch-up services‚ some have speculated that it’s the thin end of the wedge for the goggle box. At the same time‚ we’ve since seen the Internet come to our TVs‚ widgets on our big screens and the arrival of 3D from the cinema as well‚
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Reality Shows In china: A Road to a More Democratic China or Not? In 2005 up to 400 million viewers‚ nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ‚the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the
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The statistics are famous and unnerving. Most high-school graduates have spent more time watching television than they’ve spent in school. That blight has been overtaking us for fifty years‚ but it’s only in the past two decades that I’ve begun to notice its greatest damage to us–the death of personal imagination. In all the millennia before humans began to read‚ our imaginations were formed from first-hand experiences of the wide external world and especially from the endless flow of stories
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A talk show(American and Australian English) or chat show (British) is a television program or radio program where one person (or group of people) discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host.[1] Usually‚ ‚ usually consisting of a group of people who are learned or who have great experience in relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode. Other times‚ a single guest discusses their work or area of expertise with a host or co-hosts. A call-in show takes live
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vocabulary development. However‚ our focus will be directed to the vocabulary development through television and radio. Due to learners of EFL must learn thousands of words that the speakers and writers of English use daily. In addition‚ increasing learners’ vocabulary is very important since the words that we understand influence our thoughts and our perception of the world. 2.5.1The relationship between television‚ radio and vocabulary development Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of
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Do NGOs impact positively on society? The case of Indian NGOS. Do NGOs impact positively on society? The case of Indian NGOs. In the last decades “NGOs have become the main service providers in countries where the government is unable to fulfil its traditional role” (Ulleber‚ 2009:8) and therefor‚ their influence on modern society has increased noticeably. NGOs’ work‚ which aim is to promote and sustain the social and economic development in the underdeveloped and poor areas of the World‚ depends
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Television has been a large part of American lives for decades. The content that is shown on television influences‚ persuades‚ and fosters conformity in U.S. society. Males‚ females‚ the young‚ and the old are all impacted in some way by watching television. Over time‚ society has changed because of television and society will continue to change because of television. Over the years‚ research has been done to determine the effects television has on people and their behavior. According to Myers
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