Television Viewing in the Development of Reading Comprehension 1 Paul van den Broek University of Minnesota A. Introduction 1. Problems and Objectives Television occupies a large portion of American children ’s time. Starting in preschool‚ children spend more time watching television than participating in any other activity except sleeping (D. Anderson‚ Field‚ P. Collins‚ Lorch‚ & Nathan‚ 1985; Huston‚ Wright‚ Rice‚ Kerkman‚ & St. Peters‚ 1987). Children also have extensive experience
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How to Make Someone like You You may wonder why someone is always able to turn the spotlight on themselves and make others under their charm. Are they born to be attractive? Or do they have magic power to remain popular? Actually‚ attention can be shifted to the word “LIKE” itself. It consists of four parts‚ “L” representing “listener”‚ “I” coming to “interaction”‚ “K” referring to “kindness” and “E” standing for “excuse”‚ which are qualities of great significance to make someone fond of you. To
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violence. Cartoons are the most violent programs on television (Johnson‚ 1999). Mostly all cartoons have consent fighting between hero and villains. Some cartoons have funny looking character torturing another character. Can violence on cartoons make a kid or a young adult to do some kind of violent act? Yes‚ in Ohio a five year-old boy set his house on fire that killed his little sister. The boy said he developed the idea by watching the cartoon Beavis and Butthead (Josephson‚ 1995). Other example
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TV Addiction It’s in the house of everyone. Some people having more than one‚ each in every room‚ even in the bathrooms. Television. From watching your favorite TV series‚ or those reality shows‚ the news or of course movies‚ TV has become a must have in a home. The average person until the age of 18 will have watched about 24000 hours of TV. In that time a person could’ve finished 2 years of university‚ could’ve studied 1 or 2 languages‚ speaking both of them almost fluently‚ or could’ve read
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Television provides an excellent avenue for companies to sell and promote their products. There are fewer and fewer people living today who were around when television was not. Today’s generation was raised entirely on television! Since the 1940’s‚ television has been an important part of American life. Television is able to sell products like no other medium can. This incredible power of television comes from three specific areas: an inordinate amount of time spent in front of the television
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traditionally‚ as it is a combination of audio and video advertising messages with unlimited varieties‚ unlike other means of advertising like newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio stations‚ and websites. Based on research reports‚ people spend four and half-hours watching TV as it is most common leisure activity. As a result‚ many times television is considered as ’king’ of advertising media as it has so much impact on people. It is also considered as ’king’ of advertising costs (expensive). Before a product is advertised
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BUSINESS DECISION MAKING INTRODUCTION Johnson and Johnson is an American multinational company founded in Brunswick ‚New Jersey in 1886 by American entrepreneur Robert Wood Johnson. It manufactures pharmaceuticals‚ medical devices and consumer products. J&J and its subsidiaries have operations in over 60 countries and sell their products in over 175 countries. Today‚ it employs 120‚000 people worldwide. They are the world’s second largest manufacturer of health care products and
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Diet makes you gain weight by Swe Aye Dieting is not a simple solution to losing weight‚ but many people are still trying to use the same method in an unhealthy way. According to an article by Cynthia Sass‚ she mentions a survey done in the UK which shows that “nearly a third of women have seen a spike on the scale after going on a diet‚ gaining an average of nearly four pounds.” Four pounds may not sound like gaining a lot of weight‚ but if the dieting game continues‚ the numbers will just keep
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Why is reality TV such a popular genre that is watched by many? It is quite simple because it shows regular people in the cast and the public and the viewers can relate to them. “The fact that…the ‘characters’ on the show are selected from ‘ordinary’ life is a key part of this appeal” (Maasik and Solomon 228). The “characters” are not celebrities but just average people around the nation cast by the producers. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are televised
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Digital Media Centers (2003) statistical findings show that 43 percent children under the age of two watch TV every day. By the age of two‚ 74 percent of all infants and toddlers have watched TV. On average children under six spend two hours per day in front of the TV screen. About the same amount time the children spend playing outdoors. Comparing TV watching to reading or being read to‚ TV viewing time is three times higher. According to Gordon (2009)‚ young children’s aggression increases by
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