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    Summary of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” Author Steven Johnson‚ of the article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚” argues the evolution of modern television programming has intellectually challenged audiences‚ rather than stifling complex thoughts—and more‚ that audiences are craving a more cognitively demanding‚ complex plot line. Johnson uses multiple examples of drama type shows and even draws positive conclusions from many of the reality shows that are so popular now. He focuses in on a few

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    According to psychological research‚ violent media (including cartoons) affects children negatively. Effects may be long-lasting and noticeable in a person’s further behaviour‚ even as an adult. It is proved that the violent occurrences displayed on TV cause desentizing effects and makes youngsters less sensitive to pain and suffering of others. It is not very suprising‚ seeing that an average American child (at the age of about 13) has watched over 100‚000 acts of televised violence‚ including 8000

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    several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry. The Mayor of the city actions are self-serving.‚ for he is receiving all the benefits. The greater good is not being served here because small businesses may not be able to pay the Mayor for city contracts. Because of this‚ outside organizations are benefiting with city

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    Group 1 Events Management Group members: Gelyn Gudes Charmaine dela Peña Mara Joanne Angeles Rodilyn Bengado Bahan Golda May Descargar Jelie Ruth Villahermosa Daphne Ofilas Aloha Grace Supatan Jerome Carabeo Clejever Cabreros Section: BH802E Submitted by: Mrs. Berodita Prestoza EVENT MANAGEMENT Aims & Scope Event Management‚ an International Journal‚ intends to meet the research and analytic needs of a rapidly growing profession focused on events. This field

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    Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought

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    Sport events are such events where people get a huge rush of adrenaline‚ they get excited‚ sad‚ exhausted‚ angry‚ etc. All of these are difficult emotions to deal with. Therefore‚ in many of us those emotions lead to violence. Is it alright to create a conflict because we cannot figure out a way how to become calm? Definitely not. There are many causes why people go into violence. If we talk about sports we also talk about competitiveness. People‚ or teams‚ get sometimes extremely competitive

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    Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks to the local community of staging a major cultural and/or sporting event. This essay will evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of Glastonbury Festival to the local community. It will mainly focus on the economic impact on the local community of Glastonbury‚ Pilton and Mendip but will also examine the social impact of the festival. “Festivals may be recurrent events (at intervals of a year of more) such as Glastonbury or one-off affairs like the Armada celebrations

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    Tv Manipulation

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    modern world the media acts as a major influence. The media is generally made up of television companies‚ news companies such as CNN‚ the government in some respects‚ and pop culture. The media provides the public with information regarding current events however the media tends to submerge the information given and thus manipulates the public. Through false television portrayal‚ biased news coverage‚ and wrong stereotypes‚ the manipulation of the media is beyond belief. The question is what’s manipulation

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    Tv Is Educational

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    TV is educational Today is appearing more and more variable modern gadgets. Television is one of them. However‚ TV leads to lots of arguments. Some people think that it is really useful stuff which has lots of advantages. Others think that it is just a wasting of time. Obviously‚ the most important question is should children be allowed to watch TV if it has a harmful effect on them. Albeit the majority of people consider that TV is educational. Personally‚ I believe that TV is educational. Firstly

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    fact‚ it is so common that it is difficult to imagine a household without TV. This shows just how important television is. To understand how important television is‚ we can look at the variety of programs and valuable content it offers and the purposes it serves in daily life. First of all‚ there are many different types of programs on television. The viewer can watch a weather report to prepare for the day. Cartoons and sport provide relaxation and fun. School programs‚ documentaries and the news

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