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    Freaks and Geeks is a TV show that takes place in 1980 Michigan following the freaks and geeks of William McKinley High School. In the first episode “Pilot”‚ we follow Lindsay and Sam Weir‚ sister and brother who are both students of McKinley. Lindsay‚ who is struggling with her grandma’s death‚ quits being a mathlete to start hanging out with Daniel and his friends‚ the “freaks”. While Sam is being terrorized by his bully‚ Alan‚ and is desperate for his friends to stand up for him. We watch as Lindsay

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    The Medium

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    The Medium Against Headphones [pic] Photograph by Kevin Van Aelst By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN Published: January 7‚ 2011 • Recommend • Twitter • Linkedin • Sign In to E-Mail • Print • Top of Form Bottom of Form Reprints • Share [pic] One in five teenagers in America can’t hear rustles or whispers‚ according to a study published in August in The Journal of the American Medical Association. These teenagers exhibit what’s known as slight hearing loss‚ which

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    Should Reality Shows Have Regulations I feel that anything that can be watched by our children during Prime Time Hours should be regulated. I watched a show “Housewives of Atlanta” and I was outdone with the antics‚ of course I know that sometimes things get out of hand. It was chaotic‚ and it causes our young people to think that these actions are valid because they get mega bucks to do this. When these shows are developed‚ it’s with the hope that they will be successful‚ and the show will soar

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    Manor House is a TV show about 12 people in real life‚ who choose to live in a manor house and live as a servants like the people in the Edwardian time period. These people choose to go three months away from their jobs and without all the luxuries of modern life. In Manor House there many servants‚ but there is also the family that runs and lives on the estate. This family on the show is the Olliff-Cooper family. Sir John is the Master of the House; it is his job to keep the estates up and running

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    Shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians‚ The Bachelor and The Real Housewives have been taking the country by storm with the unscripted‚ outrageously unpredictable stories of ordinary people from around the country.Americans spend 33% of their free time watching television and 67% of the shows are reality television(Reality Television:a Shocking Statistic).The average American watches five hours of television a day‚ that means they spend three and a half hours a day watching reality television

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    eality television has become very popular over the past decade with shows such as "Survivor"‚ "Big Brother" and "The Apprentice" attracting big audiences and making a lot of money for broadcasters worldwide. A definition of reality television is quite difficult but at its most basic it means programmes that show things really taking place‚ rather than drama or comedy that follows a script. Typically reality TV involves a group of people who are not trained actors being filmed in unusual situations

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    True crime documentaries and TV shows have grown in popular culture‚ but are more than entertainment; they have inspired the pursuit of many different careers. Television and movies are a major part of our everyday lives. Many of these movies and tv shows are influenced by real life situations giving them a natural and major influence on our behavior. There has always been study as to whether violence in movies and tv shows causes violent behavior in the younger generation. This has been shown

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    Reality TV Why is Reality Television (TV) so popular? What is it about shows in which they take normal people like you and me and put them on TV and expose every aspects of there lives. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are broadcasted for millions of people to watch‚ as they compete to win a large sum of money. But in every show there are only one winner and the rest of the people going home usually empty handed. What is it that people find so entertaining

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    Reality TV VS High School. The real life story. High school is it all it really seems on TV‚ they leave out the true aspect of the High School drama‚ all people see is the glamorous part of high school‚ even the mean girl’s‚ but what about the part that includes the harder stuff and how high school students suffer to get through the day. High school life isn’t a walk in the park it is a lot of work. Not knowing if what you’re wearing is cool enough or if the guy you like will talk to you

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    Synopsis: CSI is a TV show that takes place in Las Vegas with a group of crime scene investigators. In these episodes it allows you to see just how far technology has actually progressed over the years. Each episode is different and there are different aspects to each show. Just to think that how many unsolved cases there are because the crime scene was unable to be processed because lack of technology. Sociological Perspectives In this paper I will be using the interactionist perspective to

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