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    TV Violence: Friend or Enemy? Television violence is a contributing factor to aggressive behavior in children. Recently focus has been placed on this issue‚ since the majority of violence occurs during prime time and in cartoons. "It’s not watching that’s bad for kids‚ it’s what they watch and how much." (Seplow 2) Parents must accept television into their home and explain the violence that is occurring. TV and TV violence are not new‚ we have been hearing about TV’s affects on children for quite

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    The Negative Effects of Television In the argumentative essay “T.V. Addiction” by Marie Winn‚ Winn relates watching television to having an addiction with drugs and alcohol. The television experience allows us to escape from the real world and enter into a pleasurable and peaceful mental state. When it comes to television‚ Marie asks the following question: Is there a kind of television viewing that falls into the more serious category

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    They go to work‚ come home and make dinner‚ and sit down and watch some television. For kids it would be to come home from school‚ and watch television. Television has become a major power in our culture. It is our way to watch the news‚ hear the weather forecast‚ and to sit down and relax watching our favorite show or movie. But is the television really that good for our society? In 1884 the first ideas of the television came to an inventor by the name of Paul Nipkow. It was called the scanning

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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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    The Effects of Computers and Television on Children These days televisions and computers are all around us. They can be accessed by children at school and in most homes. The effects of these on our children can be positive or negative depending on how they are used. There are four areas of development that are affected by children’s home computer use: physical‚ cognitive and academic‚ social and relationships‚ and reality perception. Some studies have shown that children who spend more time on

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    Cause & Effects of Excessive Television Viewing Is television good or bad for your health? What effects does TV have on children‚ teens and adults? It’s a good thing to watch TV‚ but it has to be for a certain amount of time. There are many adults who let their young children watch TV only‚ because they want to keep them entertained while they are busy. One thing that the parent doesn’t notice is that they are hurting their child more than what they think. Many teenagers these days get home

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    Effects of Television Commercial Repetition‚ Receiver Knowledge‚ and Commercial Length: A Test of the Two-Factor Model Author(s): Arno J. Rethans‚ John L. Swasy‚ Lawrence J. Marks Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Marketing Research‚ Vol. 23‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1986)‚ pp. 50-61 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3151776 . Accessed: 31/01/2012 23:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at

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    ENGL 101-B33 February 19‚ 2013 The Effect of Television in American Culture The television has positioned various issues pertaining to the lives of the general public in a number of ways. Undoubtedly‚ views and opinions of the public may be easily controlled and influenced through content of various commodities of television. People opinions may perhaps form by their views on certain subjects. Starting slightly beyond infanthood‚ children learn to engage in‚ duplicate‚ and imitate the accessories

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    Hemingway’s "In Our Time": Lost Generation "The times‚ they are a changing‚" famous words spoken by Bob Dylan‚ a king of his generation. "Lost generations‚" is an interesting phrase‚ but what kind of meaning should it hold? Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time is a true representation of a "lost generation" for the simple reason that all generations are eventually lost as time goes by. Hemingway focuses on a generation he knows a great deal about- his own. It becomes apparent throughout the novel

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    screen. Believe it or not‚ some of these programs contain valuable lessons in trust‚ fairness and on-the-job success. Other People Are Reading The Effect of Reality Television Shows Cons of Reality TV How To Give and Accept Criticism We ’ve all winced or gaped at the cut-to-the-bone comments of former "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell or shook our heads over the exuberance of Bruno Tonioli of "Dancing with the Stars." However‚ there is a constructive way and a hurtful way to give criticism.

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