history tells us‚ led to a number of copycat killings. The ancient Romans were given to lethal spectator sports as well‚ and in 380 B.C. Saint Augustine lamented that his society was addicted to gladiator games and "drunk with the fascination of bloodshed." Violence has always played a role in entertainment. But there’s a growing consensus that‚ in recent years‚ something about media violence has changed.( Media Awareness Network). On April 16‚ 2007‚ almost exactly 8 years after the horrible assault
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American culture. 64% of Americans watch and enjoy football every Sunday according to gallup.com. But everyone seems to leave out the ugly truth of the whole sport; the violence. Football is said to be the 3rd most violent sport in the world‚ right behind hockey and rugby‚ according to reference.com. The difference between football and those two sports is how many people play them. About 6 and a half million people play hockey and rugby worldwide COMBINED according to hockeyworld.com and rugbynation.com
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Media Violence is really cruel to teens during their developmental period. Around that time they are trying figure out exactly what group of kids they belong in. “Media violence is one of the key ingredients in the complex mix of factors that produce anti-social conduct.” (Etzioni‚ 1993) It all becomes so confusing to them‚ that they eventually turn to the media for help. For example if a not so popular guy were to watch the movie‚ How to get rid of a guy in 10 days‚ they would be more than tempted
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Motivation Sport is commonly seen as a part of society. Although one finds the role of sport in society more important than others‚ the fact is that sports is an essential component of our society. Since sport is a part of our society‚ it automatically has an influence on its functioning. This means that if groundbreaking things happen in sports‚ there will directly be noticeable consequences in everyday life. If we talk about effects in the long run‚ the so-called Heysel tragedy is a good example
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Learning to play team sports is an important part o f a child’s education. Do you agree or disagree? Practicing sports provides athletes with opportunities to develop their social skills during the academic portion of their life. Nowadays‚ the effect of practicing on children is very significant in a way they practice individual sport or joining a team. But is learning to play team sports an important part of a child’s academic portion? I personally agree and think that team sports are a much better
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Sir or Madam‚ I am a regular reader of the ‚‚International News“ and I took notice of your article ‚‚eSports are real sports“‚ which appeared on the 21th September 2012. In your article you claimed that eSports are real sports. But first of all you have to mention not only the qualities of eSport but also the qualities of real sports. I think the most import thing of real sports is the physical effort and skill. An individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. You can
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Violence Eroticized When a female skims through a magazine –Vogue‚ Cosmopolitan‚ or Fitness Magazine – she does not merely consume the words contained inside of it. In order to reach the articles within the magazine‚ she must pass a multitude of advertisements; advertisements that make up about three-quarters of the magazine and absorb the many different commodities she is being sold. More over‚ on a connotative level‚ women are being sold ideas on how to act‚ react‚ feel‚ perform‚ and think
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Concussions In Sports Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either
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many other‚ athletes can be found. Professional sports are all around us; they’re a part of our culture. But‚ in the last few decades some changes have started to take place. As the popularity of professional athletics has increased‚ so has the cost to render them and their players’ salaries. Many of the contracts signed today are for millions of dollars. This is unreasonably exorbitant for doing something gaiety. These days sports are centered around money and not focused on the
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believe it is the enormous amount of pressure that is put on these athletes. Although many current athletes secretly follow the cheating paths of Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong to excel in their respective sports‚ they fail to realize the culture of cheating changes the way people look at the sport. Performance enhancing drugs are used by professional athletes to improve their efficiency. Performance enhancing drugs‚ or steroids‚ increases testosterone in the body and helps athletes recover from
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