ENG 102 March 8‚ 2014 TV Addiction Quite a few people jokingly say that they have a friend or family relative who is addicted to television. What they may not realize is it may in fact be true. In Marie Winn’s “The Plug-In Drug”‚ she implies that television addiction is much like a drug or drinking problem‚ and is difficult to stop. Winn writes her essay in a very simplistic manner‚ and focuses on the destructiveness of an addiction; she illustrates and compares the destructiveness of addiction
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elevision - In Living Color Everything people eat‚ wear‚ or use is pushed at the public through commercial advertising. Whether it is the fertilizer that the farmer chooses to put on the vegetables he grows‚ the clothing that is chosen at the department store‚ or the pen to write a report‚ it has been advertised. Advertising occurs even in the packaging of a product. From the colors the manufacturer chooses to use on the wrapping‚ to the multi-million dollar expense of television‚ everyone
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will find up to three million viewers tuning in to watch the show Teen Mom‚ which is a spinoff of the reality show 16 and Pregnant that started in 2009. The girls on the show have volunteered themselves to put their lives on television and have people across the nation watch them struggle to survive as a teenager with a child right by their side. Today’s pop culture celebrates teen pregnancy by having shows on television like MTV’s Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant‚ not to mention‚ the stars on the show
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Teen pregnancy is an issue becoming increasingly more popular. Or is it? Many people believe that because so many teenage girls are getting pregnant nowadays that we live in a country where there is a “baby boom” so to speak. However‚ this is not the first time there has been an increase in the teen birth rate. It could be that our country will go through periods of “baby booms” and it is not so abnormal after all. But one question that is probably often asked and given many different answers to
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Research Paper: Teen Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy has long been a societal concern‚ but in the past decade‚ this issue has become one of the most frequently cited examples of the perceived societal decay in the United States. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world with approximately 1 million adolescents becoming pregnant every year (National Women’s Health Information Center). Teenagers are engaging in sexual activity‚ and at the same time they are choosing
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English 1010 Cause/Effect Final Draft 15 November 2004 Lactating Teens While several teens that engage in pre-marital sex never become pregnant‚ some are not as fortunate. Teen pregnancy has become all too common in this day and age. Some teens think it will not happen to them and do not use necessary precautions to protect against it. There are several causes for teen pregnancy and the effects can be life changing. Several causes for teen pregnancy are: the need for
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7 March 2012 Real Virtual Reality: The Psychological Effect of Excessive Online Gaming in Teens and Children Droning away on the computer next to me‚ my friend is able to completely zone out his surroundings; with each click of the mouse‚ he is exclusively in the virtual world he creates. His constant need to disappear from society and to construct his own‚ compels me to question the reason of why he’s doing what exactly he is doing. I do not have an answer why he does what he does but at least
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Running head: Effects of excessive use of the TV. Effects of an Excessive Use of the TV Yarina Veras Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra The television has been one of the most revolutionary inventions ever made. It’s an indispensable device in our daily life. Through the TV people find out what’s happening around the world and also gives one pleasure to relaxing after a long day of work. However it could cause many harmful effects like mental fatigue‚ addiction and insomnia
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The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy Daniel E. Asante English Composition Strayer University North Charlotte Campus The Effect of Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that has existed for over a century and has always been a great concern to every nation due to the numerous adverse consequences it brings on both the economy and society at large. In the middle of the 70s‚ teenage pregnancy had reached an astronomical
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Teen Pregnancy “Teen pregnancy is commonly defined as a pregnancy by a woman who has not reached the age of majority in her country” (Qtd. in Reid 828).Sub-Saharan Africa is the country that has the highest “teenage birthrate” in the world at 143 per 1‚000women‚ and he United States has the highest “teen pregnancy rate” in the developed countries at 53 per 1‚000 women and also has a high rate of “teenage abortion” (Reid 828). In recent years‚ teen pregnancy has become a serious problem in
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