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    Functionalism and Marxism are both known to be structural perspectives‚ due to the fact that they concentrate on a group of people rather than on the individual himself. Although very similar the two are different in very distinct ways‚ in fact Functionalism falls under the sub-heading of consensus structuralism‚ while Marxism falls under the sub-heading of conflict structuralism. As the sub-headings suggest they may be considered as opposites in various ways. The similarities and differences of

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    Running Head: BOWEN AND MINUCHIN‚ AN ANALYSIS OF BOTH SCHOOLS Transgenerational and Structural Family Therapy‚ an Analysis of Both Schools Miguel Angel Ruiz Biscayne College‚ St. Thomas University‚ Miami Gardens‚ Florida Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Miguel Angel Ruiz‚ 3900 NW 79 Ave‚ Suite 731‚ Doral‚ Florida 33166. E-mail: maruiz22@bellsouth.net 1 Running Head: BOWEN AND MINUCHIN‚ AN ANALYSIS OF BOTH SCHOOLS 2 Abstract Understanding

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    were acting out what they had seen on television a night before. A person tends to adapt what one sees and the media engraves images into ones’ mind‚ so they think it is the norm although‚ it is an absurd idea. Kids are generally influenced by the media. The American Academy of Pediatrics‚ Testimony before the U.S. Commerce Committee: “Before age 8‚ children cannot discriminate between real life and fantasy. Onscreen violence is as real to them as violence that they witness at home or in their

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    Teen Violence Author Note Teen Violence Teen aggression and violence is a growing concern in our society. It appears on the news almost daily‚ from bullying to weapons on campus. When we hear the words teen violence‚ most of us think of school shootings. The situation has escalated over the past few decades and now more and more of our youth are dying by the hands of their peers. In this paper we will explore the situation of teen violence‚ causes of aggression‚ and what we can do to prevent

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    Television is a powerful medium. However‚ Turkish viewers ignore Dutch television and point their dishes to receive TV-stations from their home country. The commercial Turkish stations are more popular than the state broadcast TRT INT‚ receivable through cable. Do these stations actually interfere with integration or are the Dutch stations not making enough efforts to attract Turkish viewer ship? TRT INT is the international TV-station of the Turkish state-owned broadcasting system TRT. It broadcasts

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    which in-turn could lead to unrealistic expectations and problems later on down the road (Basirico 44). Television depicts violence as a means to solve problems‚ whether it is on a cartoon or in an action TV show. The message is in most cases the same; hurt the person making you angry. “ By the age of eighteen the average American has seen two hundred thousands acts of violence on television‚ forty thousand of these being murders” (Basirico 177). That means that on average kids are seeing about

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    Media Violence In An Electronic Society In Scharrer’s article “The behavioral‚ affective‚ and cognitive implications of media violence:  Complex relationships between young people and texts” she explores the correlation between media violence and rising rates of violent acts. She makes the claim that media violence desensitizes younger children to either fear or recreate the violent acts they see in media. This correlation between violent images and violent acts is undeniable and clearly supported

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    point of incorporating immoral things which were not available before. One of the things that were evident from films was violence‚ films brought out violence which although was to displeasure of many‚ pleased teenagers and the youth in general. As film industry grew‚ people felt a need to be more involved in the act itself and subsequently there was introduction of violence games. INTRODUCTION Today millions of teenagers around the world have access to video games and movies. However‚ they do

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    PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL UNITS OF THE AIRPLANE Dialogue T. We’ll consider the principal structural units of the airplane. Look at the picture (Fig. 1.1). This is an airplane. [pic] Figure 1.1 T. Do you know the meaning of the word ’airplane’ ? S. Yes‚ I do. It is ’літак’. T. You are right. There are some words in the English language which have the

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    Ahmed Cause and effect of media violence There is now doubt that nowadays‚ television is one of the most influential media devices that spread across the globe but this influence might not be as productive as one might expect. According to scientific researches‚ more than 65% of people are violent because of TV shows’ contents. It is quite obvious that at the recent rate of watching TV‚ teenagers and children will be influenced by what they watch. If these programs were to be scientific

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