Literature review 12-11-12 * While the likelihood of participating in organised sport or dancing did not differ significantly between young children aged 5-7 years and those aged 8-11 years‚ it did differ for older children. * Too much technology? Spending a lot of time watching TV‚ DVDs or videos is associated with lower participation in organised sport or dancing. In 2009‚ children who spent 40 or more hours in the fortnight watching TV‚ DVDs or videos were 10% less likely to participate
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In the last 50 years television has entered the home and influenced the life of virtually every American. This incredibly powerful invention has affected our social lives‚ ways of learning and entertaining ourselves‚ family relations‚ and lifestyles. Americans are almost literally glued to their sets. In the average American home‚ the television is on for seven hours each day. Approximately 75 million sets are tuned in each weeknight‚ and 40 to 50 million people are watching at any time
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Case Study #3: Contract for the International Sale of Goods A chip off the new block Semicontronics is an Australian manufacturing company that has been in the business of semi manufactured electronics for over a decade. Semicontronics has a solid reputation for meeting customer demands for quality products on time and on budget. The majority of Semicontronics customers are international‚ mid-market manufacturing companies that produce generic electronics such as cell phones‚ digital media
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English Writings The Greatest Scientific Invention Of The 20th Century 5E Yuen Ho Ting In the 0th century‚ there were many inventions‚ such as televisions‚ flight machines‚ computers‚ etc. Among these inventions‚ some people think that the television is the greatest invention while some others may think the flight machine is the greatest. As for me‚ the computer the greatest scientific invention of the 0th century. Originally
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Too much of anything can be harmful for an individual. In “The Worst Year of Our Lives” by Barbara Ehrenreich clarifies this allegation. The “television” has been around for many decades‚ just consuming each person who takes notice to it. For the audience who watches television “day in” and “day out” they would become induced with what society portrays as righteous and imitate what they see (Ehrenreich). Ehrenreich states Americans will “begin to notice something eerie and unnatural about the world”
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In "Crack and the Box" Pete Hamill explains why he feels that watching television in excess has the same effects on you as doing drugs. He begins to state that both drugs and television have the effect of escaping a person from reality. If you are blocking everyone out while your watching television you are doing pretty much the same thing as you would drugs because using drugs make you feel like you are in your own little world like television can make you feel if you let it. Hamill’s idea is
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After reading the information about "Shut Down Your Screen Week?"‚ I have decided to support the idea. Even though I really enjoy playing on my electronic devices‚ spending more time with family is more essential to life. Electronics also distract someone if they are used too much. Even worse‚ too much electronic stimulation can dull the brain. Numerous scientists have studied how electronics affect our everyday lives. We need to analyze our lives and see if electronics is taking up to much of it
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Human intelligence has brought about remarkable technology that we use every day. Two of the most used items by college students are the PC and the Mac. A PC or a Mac can seem very expensive to a person who is buying one for the first time. They have great features and are used by many companies and business. While these two technological marvels are similar they are also different from one another. The most important part of a computer is the operating system or OS. This has all the code built
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Television is a great invention Some people say television is the worst inventions of modern times. They make this assertion for some reasons. The following points are some of them. First‚ they think that televisions make people more passive than before. Second‚ they think televisions contribute to the fact that people are more distant to each other. To begin with‚ I must admit that the first point is reasonable. With a television all you need to do—and all you can do is to sit on a comfortable
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Should adolescents own mobile devices? In the recent years‚ the usage of mobile devices has sharply increased among adolescents. There is a significant rise in the number of teenage who own at least one mobile device. Mobile device refers to a small electronic device which can be hold in hand. It is usually come with a display screen with touch input or a keyboard. The widening popularity of electronic gadgets has been debated as it has its own benefits and drawbacks. This paper is going to analysis
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