Date: January 11th‚ 2013 “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” In “Watching TV makes you smarter‚” Steven Johnson makes clear his thesis statement to us that television programming today makes increasingly complex cognitive demands of viewers‚ and enhances people’s cognitive facilities. He uses the images telling us what the intellectual effect of television viewing. First‚ based on his theory called “The Sleeper Curve”‚ he talks about reality TV affecting younger generation by helping with personal development
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Web television and its journey to mainstream. Name here Com/172 December 13‚ 2012 Margarette Chavez Web Television and its Journey to Mainstream With the birth of the internet‚ over the years‚ people have learned take full advantage of its use. From paying bills‚ to playing video games‚ to ordering coffee‚ the internet has been incorporated into our daily lives. Within the past five years a more creative way of using the internet has emerged. People are now using the
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Celebrity Based Television Advertising – Understanding Indian Consumer Attitudes Megha Gupta (27019) Shilpa J (27074) Northern Institute of Integrated Learning and Management – Centre for Management Studies Introduction A central goal of today ’s advertising strategy is the persuasion of customers‚ who are becoming increasingly educated‚ sophisticated and selective. Obviously‚ the changes in markets and lifestyle are driving marketers to focus on more persuasive ways of promoting
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STEREOTYPING OF WOMEN IN TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana Sate University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Mass Communication in The Manship School of Mass Communication By Vaishali Shrikhande B’Com.‚ University of Pune‚ India‚ 1998 M.C. M.S.‚ Mass Communication‚ University of Pune‚ India‚ 2000 August‚ 2003 Table of Contents PAGE ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………
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devastating consequences to both the land and its inhabitants. One of the bigger well know events of this nature‚ came from the power plant Chernobyl. To put simply it is a plant that exploded releasing nuclear waste into the atmosphere. Although this is detrimental to the environment the significance behind this event is because of this accident‚ we have now learned from our mistakes and are taking more precautions so that history is not repeated. I will prove that history will not be repeated through some
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Mobile television 1 Mobile television Mobile television is television watched on a small handheld or mobile device. It includes pay TV service delivered via mobile phone networks or received free-to-air via terrestrial television stations. Regular broadcast standards or special mobile TV transmission formats can be used. Additional features include downloading TV programs and podcasts from the internet and the ability to store programming for later viewing. According to the Harvard Business
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bombings‚ and war casualties. And that’s just the news! Many popular television shows -- even those in the so-called "family" time slot of 7-8:30 p.m. -- also feature much more violence than shows aired in this time slot just a few years ago. American children watch an average of between three and fours hours of television daily. As a result‚ TV violence and children has become a hot topic. Studies show extensive viewing of television violence may cause children to become more aggressive and anxious
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Television has become such an integral part of almost every household in the Western world that is difficult to imagine life without it. However‚ many people claim that it can have negative effects on viewers. In your opinion‚ what are the advantages and disadvantages of watching television? It is well-known fact that television has an essential role in everyday life for the majority of people. It is also true‚ though‚ that watching television for long hours has several drawbacks‚ some of which
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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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