ADVERTISING – A BOON OR A BANE? Advertisements are a necessary evil. But they do more harm than good. They have invaded our personal lives and personal spaces and have led to crass consumerism. There should be some watchdog to oversee the advertisement industry. WHEN THINKING of advertisements‚ the age-old question‚ whether the chicken or the egg preceded the other crops up. Similarly‚ was it business or the advertisement industry that came first? We may not have an answer to the chicken/egg
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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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"Advertisements-- a bane or a boon?" Write a composition either For or Against the subject. at Wednesday‚ January 21‚ 2009 We cannot Escape them. They stare at us from every nook and corner. The highways‚ the roadways‚ streets all have hoardings‚ banners‚ posters screaming about the goodness of the product they are advertising. Cinema posters on busy roads cause traffic jams. Newspapers have columns and columns‚ pages and pages devoted to advertisements. Television and Radio stop their suddenly
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SCIENCE A BOON OR BANE FOR THE SOCIETY Science may be called a mixed blessing. It has made our life peaceful and comfortable. But it has also filled it with fears and tears. The invention of the wheel‚ electricity and wonder drug‚ penicillin has revolutionized human life. Now our life has become safer‚ easier and more comfortable than that of our ancestors. But now we have conquered time and space and have tamed all the forces of nature. We have‚ in fact‚ risen from the lowest position of cavemen
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Is using the Internet a boon? In this fast-paced world where everyone is competing to be the first in whatever they are embarking on‚ face-to-face communication with a person is getting rarer and flipping the books to get information has been a method gone outdated. However‚ this has been replaced by one powerful tool that does these and even more. This is none other than the Internet. Internet has been defined as the global system of interconnected computer networks designed to serve the people’s
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one taking oath to assist the whole nation’s boat of dream and hope reach their destined desire and ancor the sea-shore.So‚people might reckon that young people should be expressed properly to their surroundings regardlessly by their own visualization‚skills‚smartness or fashion consciousness.I think‚young people should be as much fashion conscious as by which they could get attraction of their juniors and followers‚to be worthy of being followed as the torchbearer of the whole nation. The current
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Fashion Have you ever wondered why you wear the clothes you wear and buy from only certain t stores? In the society we live in‚ it is easy to jump on the band wagon and follow what everyone else is doing. Everyone is following suit just to fit in and find their place. Recently fashion has become a trend controlled by the leading stores in the industry‚ and changes through generations. First I will talk about the background information‚ then move on to 2 present day applications‚ then finally
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“Fashion is Hollywood” People are influenced by celebrities every day. They watch their movies‚ listen to their latest songs‚ or read about their stunning red carpet gowns in magazines. But fashion has been the biggest inspiration to the modern-day consumer with celebrities designing fashion lines of their own. Everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Hilary Duff has created their own clothing or accessory line. Some celebrities have done exceptionally well when creating a fashion line; for
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MerchandiseMediaVideosSupport English League of Legends Community League of Legends Community > Off Topic > Off Topic Discussion Modern Communication: Boon or Bane? Page 1 of 212> Elan Tedronai ?? Senior Member 01-13-2011‚ 10:03 AM Has the advent of modern instantaneous global communication (email‚ IM‚ text messaging) been a boon or bane to society? Are the short term advantages worth the long term disadvantages? Or‚ is it merely a horizontal shift in the paradigm of inter-personal communication
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Bane: 1. First we see about the Safety related accidents It’s become acceptable practice to drive vehicle with mobile phone in the shoulder or ride with one hand and holding mobile on other hand. Signals offer plenty of opportunity to quickly type an sms i. In year 2008 India recorded 130‚000 deaths because of road accidents‚ which was 10% of the world’s total fatal accidents. ii. Nowadays‚ Safety does not depend upon on how carefully one drives but it depend upon how the others drive.
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