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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March 12‚ 2014 Defending TV In her essay “Television addiction‚” Marie Winn considers TV to be very addictive. She compares watching TV to taking drugs. She also never mentions any of its benefits. Television is one of the most important inventions of our time‚ and it certainly had benefited mankind. Watching TV causes no chemical substance addiction. Still‚ Winn thinks that‚ the level of addiction from excessive television viewing is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction. She states‚ “In a
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Television Violence and Its Effect on Children The children of today are surrounded by technology and entertainment that is full of violence. It is estimated that the average child watches from three to five hours of television a day! (Neilson 1993). Listening to music is also a time consuming pastime among children. With all of that exposure‚ one might pose the question‚ "How can seeing so much violence on television and video games and hearing about violence in in music affect a child’s behavior
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two essays ; Shooting Dad and TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ both show what being a family is like for different people. Each essay shows pathos‚ ethos‚ and cause and effect in both different and similar ways. TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ by Marie Winn‚ is about televisions “taking over” quality family time. Winn uses pathos by talking to different types of people who come from different types of families; this way you get to hear from other people how the television is taking away from precious memory making. Trying
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“Television is doing irreparable harm” Television‚ one of the most popular and used media‚ is accessible to a considerable number of people nowadays. Although it is an important medium of entertainment and knowledge‚ I believe that their inappropriate use can be dangerous. In the first place‚ the programming many times is not good or interest at all. There are many dumb programs on TV. Though they‚ frequently have a big audience‚ their contents are quite superficial and in poor taste. In addition
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One Nation Under Drugs This problem has been going on for decades and still going on till this day. Should the U.S legalize every drug‚ would that be the answer? Do we continue with this twenty-five year plus war with drugs. The use of illicit drugs is illegal because of their intoxicating effects on the brain‚ damaging impact on the body‚ adverse impact on behavior‚ and potential for abuse. Their use threatens the health‚ welfare‚ and safety of all people‚ of users and non-users alike. I am against
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marvel of human engineering – the color television. We can trace its origin to the beginning of the 20th century‚ and can witness that during the latter half of the 20th century‚ the development of television was completely in color. The Early years The French engineer Maurice LeBlanc‚ initial gave the suggestion of transmitting color images way back in the year 1880‚ when he also proposed the image scanning mechanism‚ which was later used by the other television inventors. Jan Szczepanik‚ the Polish
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most kids start‚ because my friends were all doing drugs. My drug abuse started really getting bad at about fourteen years of age. At 14‚ I was using marijuana about three times a day and I was using LSD at least once every two days. By the time I was 17‚ I was no longer using marijuana and LSD. I had moved on to harder and more destructive drugs. I was using amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis by the age of 17 years of age. I was abusing drugs behind my family’s backs for years. I stayed clean
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A Presentation on Drug Abuse in Bangladesh Course Name : Composition & Communication Skills Course No : ENG 102 Section : 17 Prepared for : Shakil Sarforaz Rabbi Lecturer East West University Prepared by : 1. Segupta Kabir Nodi ID No : 2010-3-10-216 2. Sharmin Khanam ID No : 2010-3-10-224 3. Rehnuma Rahman Anchol ID No : 2010-3-10-108
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Television Is Good for Young Children Our topic was "Is Television good for young children" Obviously I say yes its good for young children. Television helps to develop the young children’s mental health. Nowadays television is not only for entertainment but also for education. Television is the most powerful and easiest way to learn. A major research study has found that children in low-income communities‚ some of whom speak English as a second language‚ significantly improve in several keys
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