Cultural Diversity or Global Monoculture The Impacts of the Information Age Kenneth Keniston Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paper Prepared for Conference on "The Global Village" Bangalore‚ Karnataka‚ India November 2‚ 1998 The coming of the "Information Age" is the topic of thousands of books‚ articles‚ and conferences‚ including this one. Predictions range from outrageous optimism to dire pessimism; we have analyses from a Marxist‚ a neo-liberal‚ an anthropological‚ and many other
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Reality Television. What exactly is reality television? Reality television is a genre of television programming which features real life people‚ as opposed to actors or fictional characters. Reality television is usually based on real people in real situations. Whether there is a bunch of people living together‚ or if you’re following the life and action of an individual‚ reality television is supposed to show you what real life is like. Reality television has had a negative impact on
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I chose to do my controversial essay on teen pregnancy. Did you know that in the United States of America‚ we have the highest rate of teen births in the world? Well each year in the United States‚ more than 300‚000 babies will be born to teenage mothers who have not even finished high school yet. More than half of these mothers have not even finished the ninth grade even. Many teenagers do not consider the risks involved with sexual intercourse. Teenagers who are responsible
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Essay Paper Sexually Influenced Teen Movies Thesis Statement: The examinations of movies‚ as well as other media content‚ are generally motivated by the fear that a sex-filled media environment may influence young audiences by film content‚ sexual messages and sexual behavior. Outline I. Introduction II. Body a. Film Content b. Sexual Messages c. Sexual Behavior III. Conclusion Introduction It has been contended
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preventing teen suicides and attempted suicides is being aware and knowledgeable about the subject. Knowing what causes a teen to commit or attempt to commit suicide and what factors increase a teenagers risk of committing or attempting to commit suicide are the first steps towards preventing teen suicide. Teenagers are highly susceptible to suicide largely due to the way puberty affects their brains and behaviors. It is also important to understand what effects the suicide of a teen has on his or
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rebellious behaviour develops over time‚ beginning with a teen wanting to hang out with friends more and disagreeing with parents more frequently. Society stamps a "bad teen" label on rebellious teens. However these teenagers are not always bad people. To understand why teenagers rebel‚ you have to look past society’s label and into the backgrounds and mental thoughts of teenagers. Different experiences in life can cause individual teens to react differently and possibly result in rebellion. Parents
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Depression is a leading cause of teenage suicide. Suicidal teenagers may become depressed and contemplate suicide after the death of a loved one‚ parental divorce‚ inability to make friends or do well in school‚ or witnessing violence in the home. These teens may feel extreme despair that they do not understand‚ and may feel helpless and hopeless because they cannot see a solution for the anguish they feel. To these teenagers‚ suicide may seem like the only way to make the pain stop. In addition‚ rejection
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that children exposed to sexual content were inclined to have sexual intercourse at an earlier age. Out of the other industrialized nations‚ the United States has a teen pregnancy rate three times higher than other areas. With that much exposure to sex through music‚ videos‚ and television‚ it is becoming a major health concern. Teens having sex at a young age can result in sexually transmitted diseases as well as unplanned pregnancies. Improving how we monitor what are children are exposed to can
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Teen Pregnancy Speech Teen pregnancy rates sky rocket every year. 560‚000 teenage girls give birth each year. One sixth of all United States births are to teenage girls. Teen pregnancy rates are soaring and many teenage girls are impacted negatively because they are unable to fulfill the many responsibilities such as education and financial needs. Something needs to be done to decrease the teen pregnancy rates. None of you will argue that teen pregnancy rates aren’t high. And all agree something
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY INTRODUCTION Teen Pregnancy is a major concern in todays society‚ although the teen pregnancy rate has declined over the past 20-30 years‚ the United States still has the highest teenage pregnancy rate. Most teen pregnancies that occurred 20-30 years ago were to married women‚ while today’s teen pregnancies are due to unwed mothers. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Although teenage pregnancy is decreasing over the last decade‚ there are still to many young women out there that have
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