theory asserts that local cultures are changing to some extent but never been eroded or disappeared. The issue arise here is whether local culture are being hybridized or homogenized. There are many studies relevant to this issue because it actively affects the daily lives of people. Recent studies (The UN‚ 2003; Arnett‚ 2002; Morris‚ 2005) have examined the effects of globalization on local culture but they have divergent perspectives and positions. While Arnett focuses on the psychology of young people
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their body image to the image of those on television and magazines. Past research has studied the relationship between mass media and the dissatisfaction of with body image among males and females. The media continues to use slim bodies to portray what some people see as the ideal or perfect image of what the body should look like and this is affects people starting at a very young age. Advertising in magazines and televised commercials‚ characters in television shows‚ and the influence of peers are
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How Television and Computers Affect Kids Have you ever felt hypnotized‚ entranced or transfixed? Television (TV) and computer consumption by children in today ’s society is felt in this way by an overwhelming majority. Many people get many different kinds of things from watching television and using computers including education‚ violence‚ world issues‚ and child development. Television has become a replacement for family interaction. Family dynamics could be suffering from these programs
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Children’s literature can be defined as good quality trade books for children from birth to adolescence‚ covering topics of relevance and interests to children of those ages‚ through prose and poetry‚ fiction and non-fiction. Children can connect with the characters‚ events‚ places‚ and problems in literature on a personal level. Such affective responses to literature provide opportunities for students to become personally involved in reading and learning. For children to be successful they should
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Nisha Gajjar AP Lang Affect of Media on school violence. Whether or not exposure to media violence causes increased levels of aggression and violence in young people is the perennial question of media effects research. Some experts‚ like University of Michigan professor L. Rowell Huesmann‚ argue that fifty years of evidence show "that exposure to media violence causes children to behave more aggressively and affects them as adults years later." Others‚ like Jonathan Freedman of the University
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MEDIA VIOLENCE: LEADING CAUSE OF VIOLENT AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN YOUNG CHILDREN Introduction For many years‚ media violence has been a popular topic in terms of its influence over children. Exposure to violence can have significant effects on children during their development and as they form their own intimate relationships in childhood and adulthood. Researchers have that found nonaggressive children who had been exposed to high levels of media violence had similar patterns of activity in
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ASSIGNMENT 1 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ID: S99003183; URIAM ROBATI ABSTRACT Domestic Violence has a great effect on children. Domestic violence also known as domestic abuse‚ spousal abuse or child abuse is recognized as a pattern of abusive behavior by one or both partners especially those in marriage. This coercive behavior is used against another person to obtain power and control over the other party in a relationship. Domestic violence takes many forms such as physical violence which includes kicking
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Marketing Literature Review This section is based on a selection of article abstracts from a comprehensive business literature database. Marketing-related abstracts from over 125 journals (both academic and trade) are reviewed by JM staff. Descriptors for each entry are assigned by JM staff. Each issue of this section represents three months of entries into the database. JM thanks UMI for use of the ABI/INFORM business database. Each entry has an identifying number. Cross-references appear immediately
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Effects of Television Violence on Children In our society today‚ it is extremely important to pay attention to what influences children. One of the biggest influences America’s youth may have is the television. It is possible for children to be pulled into the television’s realistic world of violence with sometimes devastating results. The impact of television violence on youth behavior has been an issue for many years. Violent programs on television lead to negative behavior by children and
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Video Game Violence Increases Violence in Children A pair of parents in Reno‚ Nevada‚ is being put away behind bars after neglecting to feed their two young children because their attention was being consumed by video games instead (Lee and Finley 2). People have raised the question of the appropriateness of video games and how psychologically influential they are on a child’s mind. The effects of video games manifest themselves in a variety of ways‚ including psychologically‚ emotionally‚ and
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