Television: the Undiscovered Drug After a long‚ hard day of school and work‚ I trudge up the stairs to my apartment. As I approach the door‚ I can already hear the mumbles of the television. I open the door and am not surprised to see my sister on the couch‚ hand on remote‚ flipping through channels. I am now accustomed to this picture. My sister could be crowned couch potato queen. She watches television day and night--so much that my cousins and I now refer to her as the Human TV Guide. She knows
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Television‚ newspapers and the internet-which of these do young people prefer as a source of information and why? Use of Internet in Education The fast and relatively low-cost access is one of the major benefits of Internet to people and students all over the world as getting an Internet connection is easy. Communication and information are the two most important uses of the Internet. Secondly‚ information can be updated or modified at any time and for any number of times‚ which helps in learning
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What is the trouble with television? In MacNeil’s article‚ “The Trouble with Television‚” he states that television discourages concentration. MacNeil wrote this article around thirty years ago‚ so one may ask of the article’s validity today. The claim that television discourages concentration still contains its prior validity today. The variety of different shows becomes somewhat of a narcotic (280‚ 1‚ 1). People constantly have a guide through the many wonders of this world in 30
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The Effects of Television for Children The Effects of Television for Children Most people own a television‚ and many households have multiple television sets in their homes. Television is an American is more than just a pass time‚ but is part of our lifestyle. If we were to stop and think about when we started watching television‚ then when that would have been? For many of us it was when we were children. As we grow we have started to look at the effects that television has on children
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become so addicted to television and other electronics that we would let them become one of the most important aspects of our lives? After reading the essay written by Marie Winn titled “The Plug-In Drug”‚ I believe that it might be true for a large majority of us. In this day and age‚ people become so addicted to their television‚ computer‚ or their video games that they neglect their other responsibilities or tend to forget about the more important things in life. Television has taken control of
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Life without television When my family’s only television set went to repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚my sister‚ and I thought we would have terrible week . How could we get through the long evenings in such a quiet house ? what would it be like without all the shows to keep us company ? we soon realized‚ though‚ that I am living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune .It became easy for us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores ‚and to spend
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watching TV‚ at work‚ or just walking the street media is everywhere. The main forms of media are television‚ print material‚ and electronics like computers and video games. The main one in our society is television. Most children start watching T.V. at the age of two and watch between two to three hours per day. Television has only been around since the 1950’s and each generation more and more people now own a T.V. and watch more television. Most kids today even have televisions in their room. The same
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WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TELEVISION ? Television is an important form of communication and has been for many years. Television brings important historical events‚ both positive and negative‚ directly into our homes. People don’t just read about current events‚ they experience them in real time. Television can also be a fine teaching tool – there are many television shows on the air that are informative and educational. The right television shows can teach our children about morals
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EFFECTS OF WATCHING TELEVISION TO CHILDREN AGES 8-10 IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA LAGUNA IN THE YEAR 2013 A Research Paper Presented to Dr. Antonio Yango College of Business and Accountancy University of Perpetual Help System Laguna In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for Communication Arts 2 BY CAMILLE HERNANDEZ UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM LAGUNA JANUARY‚ 2013 Introduction In a study done by the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa Children’s
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Television Violence and Children Gregory Coryell General Psychology Dr. Warren Washington February 14‚ 2006 Television Violence and Children Does television promote violence and crime among children? Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time‚ some people think there is too much violence in television and it is influencing our youth into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. Now scientists have discovered that all the
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