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    of a television on children In today society‚ every American house have at least one television. Television can be both a valuable asset as well as a negative influence for children of all ages. There is always an on-going debate whether the television influences the children. But there isn’t a doubt that the television has an impact on a children. According to a study of American Psychological Association shows that television viewing has led to shortened attention spans in children. When

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    ChildrenTelevision‚ and Violence ChildrenTelevision‚ and Violence TV violence may influence children more than most people are aware of. The amount of violence on TV is an important topic in today¡¯s society. One of the reasons it should be so important to all of us is because almost everyone in America today has a television set‚ and because of it¡¯s availability‚ children are viewing disturbing images everyday from the comfort of their own homes. Television is all about ratings. To keep

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    The Effects of Television on Children Raed Zeabi 12 B Ms. Gina Udrea Sharjah American International School - Dubai Abstract Every day for the few decades; children have been subjected to the harmful messages of advertisers on television. There is some discussion in the literary works over the years at which adolescent children can distinguish television broadcasts from programs‚ and when they can conjure up and want what they lay their eyes on and when they are able

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    youth vary by who is speaking. John Holt‚ author of the essay‚ “School is Bad for Children‚” makes a plea in his essay to‚ “Free children from the classroom‚ a “dull and ugly place‚ where nobody ever says anything very truthful”(72). Throughout the essay‚ he expresses his emotions clearly against sending children to school. He believes that sending and having a child taught in school is the wrong thing to do. However‚ young children need some type of schooling to help develop their mind‚ body‚ and soul

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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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    The invention of television is one of the major achievements in human history. Televisions have changed people’s entertainment‚ their views of the world‚ and their lifestyles. Nowadays‚ people spend‚ on average‚ three hours and forty-six minutes every day watching television. When they reach the age of sixty-five‚ they will approximately have nine years facing those dramatic screens (“Television Statistics and Sources”). “Television is the first truly democratic culture-the first culture available

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    Media & Society group 1 Yugay Mikhail 20061624 Reaction Paper: Is Television Harmful for Children The reaction paper is correlated to the “Taking Sides” issues‚ this is the 2 issue. I have chosen this topic‚ because I found it quite interesting and argumentative. But as I have understood part “NO” (Jib Fowles from The Case for television violence) does not provide clear opposition‚ but mainly criticize part “Yes” (W. James Potter form On the Media violence). Many argue that the reason

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    In the essay‚ “School is Bad for Children”‚ John Holt concludes that students learn better by themselves and with other students instead of going to school. In the beginning he explains how a child is excited to learn and discover many new experiences at school. When the child enters school‚ the first thing the teacher teaches is that “learning is separate from living” (72) and that there is a certain way to learn. Holt gives many reasons why school doesn’t teach children the right way to learn and

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    Children and the Effects from Television Rebecca Cagle Com/156 November 10‚ 2012 Instructor Roland Children and the Effects from Television Television programs were created for children to learn everyday skills‚ but it can come to start affecting children today because they watch too much they start lacking in physical activity and some can become distant and violent. Studies have shown that children

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    There have been thousands of studies done on the effects of television on children. Most of these studies have leaned toward the negative effects that television has on children. According to a study by the University of Michigan‚ even though television can have positive effects it can also affect the health‚ behavior and family life of children in negative ways. Also while studies have been done on the effects that television has on children under the age of two there has been no clear evidence on

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