The Television Habit Marie Winn classifies television watching as an addictive and destructive behavior‚ drawing similarities between it and the abuse of drugs and alcohol. On the surface‚ this claim seems justifiable and arguments can be made in its favor. However it is Winn’s equating television with drugs and alcohol that is ultimately the downfall of her argument‚ demonstrating a misapplication of the term “addiction” and all of its conditions to television watching. First‚
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Television‚ a Waste of Time And Money Television has become increasingly more popular through the years since it was first invented. In fact it is so popular that almost every home in America has one or more television sets. TV started when Edwin Belin‚ an English man‚ held the patent for the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and radar‚ which demonstrated a mechanical scanning device that was an early ancestor to modern television. With TV sets almost everywhere in sight
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Television Has Its Good Side Television has become an important tool of entertainment and education for children. But is television really bad for children or the other way around? Or maybe both? It depends‚ it’s what programs and how many hours a day parents allow their children to watch that decide if television affects the child positively or negatively. Television is not necessarily bad for children as many parents and experts argue; there are plenty of educational programs out there
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“reality” television shows that have made teen moms‚ extreme party goers‚ alcoholics and even drug addict’s huge‚ rich reality super stars. The main demographic viewers of these types of show range from preteens to young adults. In my opinion these so called “reality” television shows are giving their viewers a false sense of what reality and success really is. As a father to a preteen and toddler I am always doing my best to monitor what my children are viewing on their televisions. Before
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lucy Eng1020 02-10-14 Should Children Watch Television? In United States‚ “Children watch 4 hours of television every day‚ 28 hours a week and‚ sometimes‚ 10 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Before their 18th birthday‚ children may view 25‚000 hours of television” (Ni Chang 85). Nowadays‚ technology has been developed and used in different ways. Many children spend a large amount of time on IPad‚ smart phone‚ and computer. Clearly‚ television has played an important role in most of the younger
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Influence of Television on People The first television was introduced to the public by a Scotsman inventor John Logie Baird and an American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins. They soon undertook the broadcasting experiment‚ and the United States and England had some television broadcasting available to public by nineteen-thirty two (Feffer). Ever since television had been invented‚ it has become the most dominant and significant technology in our society. People have been fascinated
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Tara J. Williams Instructor: Donna Thompson Date: October 20‚ 2013 Television (The effect it has on children) Television has been around for approximately 75 years‚ according to Erin Monaghan. It has cause some negative impact on our young‚ youth of today. Children spend more time watching television than they spend on homework and family time. Too much TV time has cause children to be obesity‚ not able to make rational decisions in violent solutions and having sex at an such
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Almost 90 years ago‚ the invention of television began with the story of 11 year-old boy‚ Philo Farnsworth. Unlike other boy‚ he was the smartest one and started developing his talent‚ especial in electricity‚ very early in his life. First of all‚ he was the first member in his family who discovered the electricity while they were traveling to find the new home. And in this land‚ he had a chance to get involved with every electric machine that he had known only from the books. In the new home‚ he
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that stands out for it’s prominent and ubiquity - the world’s most popular leisure‚ pastime - television. Some people regard TV as the greatest invention of the humanity and can hardly imagine their lives without it‚ others‚ on contrary‚ are strongly convinced that it is used only for brainwashing and is a real curse for society. So what is television? A blessing or a problem? One point in favour of television is that it is a great source of education. We can get acquainted with different cultures and
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Television should be prohibit to children Television as a media tool is popular around the world. With its popularity across all age groups comes the question of whether or not children should be prohibited from watching television. I believe that children should not be allowed to watch television for extended periods of time because it has many negative side effects. I will explain the three major negative effects—that is bad for children’s health like causing obesity‚ myopia and waste time in
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