Precedents for television that portrayed people in unscripted situations began in the 1940s. Debuting in 1948‚ Allen Funt’s Candid Camera‚ broadcast unsuspecting ordinary people reacting to pranks. It has been called the "granddaddy of the reality TV genre." Reality shows in India date back to the Channel V’s talent hunt for making of a musical band. The band of girls called Viva that emerged from this show enjoyed short-lived popularity but marked the beginning of reality shows in India. Superstar
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IMPORTANCE of TELEVISION Today it is very common in industrialized countries for a household to have at least one television. In 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
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The American Psychiatric Association refers to problem gambling as pathological gambling. There are generally speaking two different types of problem gamblers; action problem gamblers and escape problem gamblers. Gambling addiction is just as valid of an illness as addiction to alcohol or drugs. Its prevalence is linked directly to the ease of access of gambling in our society. However‚ just like drugs and alcohol‚ only a small percentage of the population is prone to this illness. Gambling addicts
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Competition for Viewers and Advertisers in a TV Oligopoly Hans Jarle Kind Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Tore Nilssen University of Oslo Lars Sørgard Norwegian Competition Authority Abstract We consider a model of a TV oligopoly where TV channels transmit advertising and viewers dislike such commercials. We show that advertisers make a lower profit the larger the number of TV channels. If TV channels are sufficiently close substitutes‚ there will be underprovision
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your kid only learns between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.”(qtd. in Alexis 247) .The connection between the desensitized youth of our nation and the American mass media is undeniable. American Children spend more than fifty-three hours a week watching TV or using video games‚ cellphones‚ and computers (Kaiser Family Foundation). That is an incredible amount of time for anyone‚ let alone a child. Sociologists believe that the media is used as a means to educate youth in regards to beliefs and values
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Digital Media Centers (2003) statistical findings show that 43 percent children under the age of two watch TV every day. By the age of two‚ 74 percent of all infants and toddlers have watched TV. On average children under six spend two hours per day in front of the TV screen. About the same amount time the children spend playing outdoors. Comparing TV watching to reading or being read to‚ TV viewing time is three times higher. According to Gordon (2009)‚ young children’s aggression increases by
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SHOPPING ADDICTION Name: Course details: Date: Shopping addiction is a behavioral addiction often referred to as `shopoholism` and also known as oniomania or compulsive shopping. This condition was identified in the nineteenth century and marked a psychiatric disorder in the twentieth century. [1]It normally begins in the early adulthood and is experienced by teenagers in their late teens .it mostly affects females as compared to males. Like any other
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Webster’s dictionary defines addiction as a habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s voluntary control. The essence of all addiction is the addicts’ experience of powerlessness over a compulsive behavior‚ resulting in their lives becoming unmanageable. The addict is out of control and experiences tremendous shame‚ pain and self-loathing. The addict may wish to stop --- yet repeatedly fails to do so. In this sense‚ there are many things that can
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Drug Addiction Among Young People Many young people today get addicted to drugs – they become dependant on various types of mind-altering or stimulating medicines or illegal ones. Addiction often comes hand-in-hand with narcotic effects‚ whether they are strong or light. It is only a question of time when you get addicted. You gradually become destroyed on all the levels of your health. And this is sad. It turns out to be sadder when you come to know that typical age range of drug addicts is
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Influence of Indian TV Channels Indian TV channels have been telecasted for many years in Bangladesh which really has had a bad impact on our society‚ culture and traditions. Many people of our country are watching these TV serials and they are very fond of these programs. In my opinion‚ Indian TV channels should be banned. Indian TV channels are affecting our culture. First of all‚ people of our country are now following different cultures and traditions so that our culture is about to be extinct
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