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    Television Stereotypes

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    There is no doubt that television has found its way into the lives of the everyday‚ average American. Television has become our go-to. It’s our stress relief after a long day of work; it fills voids that our actual lives cannot; and it has become the framework of the world we know today. A popular‚ if not the most popular‚ type of television that has filled the hearts of its viewers would have to be Situation Comedy- or Sitcom. Sitcoms tend to involve lovable actors‚ playing even more lovable characters

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    Evaluative writing Advantages & Disadvantages of Television Television: source of entertainment‚ communication on a wide scale and source of information & news Advantages: Updates about the outside world Information about the happenings in various parts of the world Enhance knowledge about current affairs‚ encouragement via quiz shows for younger lot Provides a platform to bring forth and showcase people’s talent to wider audience Learning food recipes from various cookery shows Disadvantages: Affects

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    Harmful effects of television. Television is a medium of communication‚ information‚ and entertainment. It is the most popular system for transmitting images and sounds to people. In fact‚ television can have negative effects due to radioactivity‚ falsehood and obsession. First of all‚ television releases radiation. A lot of people believe that television is harmless. However‚ scientific studies prove that unlike any other household equipment television sends out a lot of radioactive rays. Indeed

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    Watching television has many pros‚ such as entertainment and laughter‚ information on current events‚ how to guides‚ and alerts; but along with the pros‚ there are some very serious and dangerous cons. Television shows‚ including commercials‚ have a propensity to show their creative works on us and show us their ideas and opinions; which isn’t favorable on us because it can lead to a decline in our own imagination and creativity and make it so we cannot think on our own since creation is readily

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    Television has been a large part of American lives for decades. The content that is shown on television influences‚ persuades‚ and fosters conformity in U.S. society. Males‚ females‚ the young‚ and the old are all impacted in some way by watching television. Over time‚ society has changed because of television and society will continue to change because of television. Over the years‚ research has been done to determine the effects television has on people and their behavior. According to Myers

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    The Reality of Reality Television Jacqueline Knudsen ENG122: English Composition II Jenna Fussell February 2‚ 2013 The Reality of Reality Television Have you ever set there watching your favorite reality television show and wondered what effects it could have on you‚ your family or your friends? Truth is most people do not think about the effects television shows can have before watching them or allowing their children to watch them. This

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    Television and Education

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    UGC’s use of Television for Education For over two decades University Grants Commission (UGC) of India has been using television for higher education. In 1984 UGC launched “UGC Countrywide Classroom” on Doordarshan –the National Network of Television in India. Specially designed educational television programs‚ either imported or locally produced‚ were telecast for the benefit of undergraduate and post graduate students across the country. The need for using television for higher education

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    Television news[edit] Main article: News program Television news refers to disseminating current events via the medium of television. A "news bulletin" or a "newscast" are television programs lasting from seconds to hours that provide updates on world‚ national‚ regional or local news events. Television news is very image-based‚ showing video of many of the events that are reported. Television channels may provide news bulletins as part of a regularly scheduled news program. Less often‚ television

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    The Age of Television

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    It’s an apt metaphor. When it comes to the traditional screen that families gather around‚ live television is competing against a growing array of self-selected content. Given the amount of high-quality shows idling in my DVR and on-demand queue‚ channel surfing for live television seems very last century. And our television is Web-enabled‚ so a vast treasure of other goodies awaits from Netflix‚ Hulu Plus and Apple TV. (Our house is part of a rapidly growing trend: online viewing is up more

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    Influence of Television in Politics Kendra Harris Brigham Young University- Idaho Author Note This paper was prepared for Professor Kiersten Lee’s FDENG 201 class. The Influence of Television in Politics “Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least-informed people in the Western world.” (Postman‚ 1984‚ p. 2) While this statement is painfully ominous‚ its message is one that has been debated tirelessly since the dawn of technology. The influence of television in politics

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