I think the nature of poetry is to convey the concept to others‚ who might change their belief by reading the poetry. In fact‚ a small poetry really possesses the immense power‚ which can exist for a long time even after the death of the poet. For example‚ the great poet Neruda had created lots of poetry in his life. And no matter the poetry is for expressing the love or for transmitting the ideology‚ the influence he made can still be seen nowadays even after his death. In this movie‚ we audience
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Melanie Sparks Television and Movies There are many inspirations that people have in their lives to comprise their personality. Usually people assume that the greatest influences in the lives of children are parents and teachers‚ but most would never realize that the movies and television that children watch can alter their behavior. Whether causing a well-intentioned outcome or a unscrupulous one‚ watching these programs essentially results in making an immense impact on how a person acts‚
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UGC’s use of Television for Education For over two decades University Grants Commission (UGC) of India has been using television for higher education. In 1984 UGC launched “UGC Countrywide Classroom” on Doordarshan –the National Network of Television in India. Specially designed educational television programs‚ either imported or locally produced‚ were telecast for the benefit of undergraduate and post graduate students across the country. The need for using television for higher education
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Television History In 1908 Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton‚ fellow of the Royal Society (UK)‚ published a letter in the scientific journal Nature in which he described how "distant electric vision" could be achieved by using a cathode ray tube (or "Braun" tube‚ after its inventor‚ Karl Braun) as both a transmitting and receiving device‚ apparently the first iteration of the electronic television method that would dominate the field until recently. He expanded on his vision in a speech given in
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Nearly every household has access to television programming. With the variety of programs available children are exposed to many factors concerning choice. These choices can lead to a wide array of results depending on the type of content which is viewed. Positive programming can promote the learning of valuable skills and knowledge to enable success in life‚ while negative programming may have diverse opposite effects. The contents of television programming affect the health‚ behaviors and learned
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Children and Television COM/156 Children and Television It is proven that children who watch television shows such as SpongeBob Squarepants score an average of twelve points lower on their I.Q. tests. Study suggests that watching just nine minutes of programs such as those can cause short-term attention and learning problems in four-year-olds (Fox News‚ 2011). Parents have become accustom to convenience and the sheer quickness of everything. The TV becomes a cheap and easy babysitter
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Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children and adolescents. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. By the time of high school graduation‚ they will have spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom. While television can entertain‚ inform‚ and keep our children company‚ it may also influence them in undesirable ways." (AACAP‚ 2001‚ p. 1) Even though parents are conscious that the media can affect their
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of ignorant bliss about how little knowledge and wisdom we truly hold. Neil Postman (1984)‚ the author of “Amusing Ourselves to Death” and an educator‚ tackled the now apparent fact that unlike George Orwell’s prediction that our rights to thinking would be ripped away‚ Aldous Huxley’s prediction that we will gladly hand them away voluntarily has become more and more true. Both Orwell and Huxley are English authors. (Postman‚ 1984) We allow our information to be fed to us by the
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Neil Postman‚ author of Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ compared George Orwell and Aldous Huxley’s‚ author of Brave New World‚ visions together. He had established from Orwell that “what we hate will ruin us” and from Huxley that “what we love will ruin us” (Postman). Both men have opposite views on life‚ Postman seems to agree to Huxley’s view of loving something can destroy a person. He “blames television for most of the problem . . . Internet has more influence than television” (Postman). Postman’s
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In the speech “Informing Ourselves to Death” given by Neil Postman‚ he talks about the danger of computer technology that people are not aware of. Firstly‚ the speaker gives explanation of two characteristics of new technologies‚ including computer technology. One that he claims is that every technology has both positive and negative impacts on people‚ and “sometimes‚ it [a new technology] destroys more than it creates” (Postman 1). The other is that a new technology makes difference between those
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