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    by storm with the unscripted‚ outrageously unpredictable stories of ordinary people from around the country.Americans spend 33% of their free time watching television and 67% of the shows are reality television(Reality Television:a Shocking Statistic).The average American watches five hours of television a day‚ that means they spend three and a half hours a day watching reality television.This shows that reality television is affecting everyone’s everyday lives.Reality television is harmful to our

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    escape from camp 14

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    Journal 5 Jodie Wang (D) When we talk about something about concentration camps‚ we all consider that the Nazi concentration camp‚ former Soviet Union political labor camps‚ and even in China we have the storm which blew throughout China and left with a social memory which is now called “Ten –year Calamity” .Every country has their own blemish‚ in China we missed a major development opportunity because of this huge policy mistakes which is called the ten-year-long “Cultural Revolution” ‚ but anyway

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    Reality TV Why is Reality Television (TV) so popular? What is it about shows in which they take normal people like you and me and put them on TV and expose every aspects of there lives. The personal‚ emotional‚ and physical characteristics of these people’s lives are broadcasted for millions of people to watch‚ as they compete to win a large sum of money. But in every show there are only one winner and the rest of the people going home usually empty handed. What is it that people find so entertaining

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    Academy of Management Journal 2010‚ Vol. 53‚ No. 6‚ 1474–1498. FROM RITUAL TO REALITY: DEMOGRAPHY‚ IDEOLOGY‚ AND DECOUPLING IN A POST-COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AGENCY ´ ANDRAS TILCSIK Harvard University Decoupling—the creation of gaps between formal policies and actual practices—is ubiquitous in organizations. Yet little research has examined how decoupling unfolds over time. This qualitative case study of a post-Communist government agency develops process models of what precedes and what follows

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    What impact does Reality TV have on its viewers? Cynthia M. Frisby an associate professor of advertising at the University of Missouri School of Journalism‚ Columbia‚ and coeditor of Journalism Across Cultures. Answers the question in “Getting Real with Reality TV” on September 2004 in USA Today magazine. Cynthia M. Frisby validated the appeal of Reality TV to viewers. Television networks are providing more dramatic‚ hilarious‚ and shocking content. Based on what is socially acceptable‚ and entertaining

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    Over the years‚ hundreds of reality shows have been created as television networks advances‚ the popularity of reality TV increase. Many people like that reality TV shows were about real people with real life situations. In this article‚ “Getting Real With Reality TV‚” by Cynthia M Frisby‚ the associate professor of advertising at the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism Across Cultures. Wrote this article in 2003 and it appeared in the September 2004 issues of USA Today magazine. Frisby begins

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    “The Appeal of the Real: Why Reality Television is so Popular”‚ the author‚ an undergraduate in an academic writing class seeks to argue that reality television benefits both its participants and viewers more than it harms them. However‚ the academic writing is ineffective in conveying the arguments the author wishes to present. The essay presented by the author lacks characteristics of an Aristotelian[Truly Aristotle?] academic writing‚ The main source of noise comes from the fallacies and weak or

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    Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a reality television show that has aired on E! for the past seven years. It has filmed eight seasons focusing on the lives of the Kardashian and Jenner families. The reality show focuses on both the private and professional lives of the Kardashian sisters Kourtney‚ Kim‚ and Khloe‚ with additional emphasis on their brother Robert‚ mother Kris‚ stepfather Bruce (Robert Kardashian passed away before the show aired and Kris got remarried to Bruce)‚ and half siblings

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    and plan their next vacation.The point is we still always tune in.Why is reality T.V. so popular? The history of reality television is actually not very long.In 1971 PBS decided to film a documentary called "An American family revisited".It was aired in 1973 and is widely considered to be the first reality television show.The internet was to follow the life of an American family.It was very much like that of today’s reality television

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    Escape By Hereward Carrington All day long Orloff had paced his cell. The blackness of the sky outside was equaled only by the blackness of his thoughts. The deep rolling of the thunder reverberated through the thick stone walls of his prison‚ and every now and then a fitful gust of rain swirled through the tiny broken window‚ wetting his face as he stared out into the night. Orloff cursed‚ wiped the water from his face with his grimy fingers‚ and turned to pacing his cell once more.

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