How the TV Affects Children Kimberly Nelson January 24‚ 2011 Kaplan University CM220- Professor Barton True‚ media violence is not likely to turn an otherwise fine child into a violent criminal. But‚ just as every cigarette one smokes increases a little bit the likelihood of a lung tumor someday‚ every violent show one watches increases just a little bit the likelihood of behaving more aggressively in some situations. (Bushman and Huesmann‚ 2006‚ p248). The topic of the effects of the media
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M.‚ & Sorapure‚ M. (2007). Common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture (5th ed). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Sieczkowski‚ C. (2012‚ August 13). Kyra SedgwickSays Goodbye to ’The Closer. ’. Huffpost TV. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/kyra-sedgwick-the-closer-mary-mcdonnell_n_1772578.html
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Reality Television As a nation‚ we love television. People who don?t watch television seem to be the exception‚ not the norm. We also seem to love reality television‚ and the concept of reality TV has expanded beyond the simple drama. There are reality television shows that resemble game shows. In others‚ people win a prize or get to pursue their dreams such as becoming a fashion designer‚ chef‚ or interior decorator. Some of us have dreams in being part of a reality show. Others just love to watch
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Stereotype TV show episode: Russell Peters “Indians don’t do physical work” Russell Peters is a widely known American stand-up comedian‚ and many of his shows have been broadcasted and shown on TV. At the same time‚ many of his jokes have sparked controversy because of his many stereotypical themes. In this short clip‚ Russell is up on stage discussing a recent trip to South Africa‚ where he said that he was surprised to see many Indians there. He finds out that is because South Africans used
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Unethical Marketing of Children’s Lunchbox Foods Brilliantly marketed highly salty foods are being deliberately targeted for our children’s lunchboxes. According to Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)1 the promotion of extremely high salt foods targeted at school lunchboxes is an unethical marketing practice. Four out of five items surveyed by CASH used a combination of at least three marketing techniques to specifically aim at children. "The use of marketing practices targeted at children
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By watching TV dramas‚ one can observe that there are more roles of men than women. There are more male news reporters and film directors than women. Even in children’s cartoons‚ the majority of them are male. There are a few women such as Sigourney Weaver that play heroic roles as in the TV show‚ Aliens. In this television show‚ men tend to be shown as being more dominant‚ more violent and more powerful
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Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors
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2) Parents should have full access to their children’s social network accounts. What are your views? In today’s interconnected world‚ many children have created social networking accounts of various websites in order to communicate with their friends or to meet people with common interests from all over the world. With the rise of social networking platforms and devices such as smartphones and computers being ubiquitous‚ it is difficult for parents to prevent their children from creating social networking
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article‚ “We Should Cherish Our Children’s Freedom to Think” last week. The author Kie Ho uses his own experiences about his son’s thought and many examples to prove his point. He thinks that public education certainly is not perfect in America‚ but it is a great deal better than any other country. Children should be more liberal thinking‚ writing and imagining‚ rather than comply with the rules or follow the prescribed order of their parents and the execution of what adults say. Children’s creativity
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developing country such as Indonesia‚ most people refuse to use public transportation because its condition is very bad. So‚ Government should prepare a good and comfortable transportation such as Train Express‚ it can make people seldom use their private vehicles‚ because this public transportation is not only fine‚ but also cheap and fast. Lastly‚ Government should socialize the major problems that are caused by motor vehicles. It will increase people’s awareness and it may change their habit. If
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