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    Introduction The television has been around for more than 70 years since its first publication on January 1926 by John Logie Baird who first demonstrated how a television works (Christakis and Zimmerman‚ 2006). This small invention turned to be something that needed to be studied on 20 years later it was first publicized. It was also on the researches about the television wherein humankind was able to find out that it poses a threat to the society and mainly on the younger generation. To an

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    Boredom Is Bad

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    creative‚ to stay creative and safe. Think about maybe what would you buy if you won the lottery imagine all the things you could buy. There is a debate about if boredom is good or bad and researchers have studied that many people who can’t do boredom tend to fall into doing drugs and alcohol. Avoiding boredom can be a very bad thing. Your brain is not really fully developed as much as it could if you were thinking. But now in 2016 you are never bored because of iPhones‚ ipads and computers and now

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    Effects of Television Violence on Children Television is the mainstream of our culture. Violence on television has been a topic of conflict since before 1950. There have been repeated debates on how to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television. Television is one form of modern media that influences the everyday lives of people. Televised violence has a major effect on how children perceive the world and how they behave. "American television has become the most violent

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    BAD HABITS Most of our lives depend on the habits we create. Habits define who we are. Whether they are good or bad‚ it is our decision to decide. There are quite a few bad habits in our world that people get so addicted to doing that they suddenly can’t control themselves and their mind begins to think that it is part of what you’re meant to do. Some people confuse themselves about what is a habit and what is not. Smoking‚ drinking and doing drugs are bad habits but‚ they come under a different

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    Expository Essay on Television and Youth Violence There has been a lot of research conducted on the notions that violence portrayed in media - such as television‚ video‚ film‚ music‚ newspapers and books - can have adverse effects on the children viewing it. Many people have suggested that media has allowed violence to become so prevalent in our societies. It has also been suggested that media has been responsible in making the children violent as well. Statistics have shown that an average person

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    Trinh Pham Winter 2013 Instructor: Cooper J Assignment #1 Date: January 11th‚ 2013 “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” In “Watching TV makes you smarter‚” Steven Johnson makes clear his thesis statement to us that television programming today makes increasingly complex cognitive demands of viewers‚ and enhances people’s cognitive facilities. He uses the images telling us what the intellectual effect of television viewing. First‚ based on his theory called “The Sleeper Curve”‚ he talks about reality

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    The Effects of Television Violence on Children What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks‚ violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets‚ back alleys‚ school‚ and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many peoples ’ living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television‚ and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes

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    Television And It’s Effects on Children Have you ever wondered how television effects your children? The average child watches television 2 hours per week and most of this viewing is of violence or sexual acts. During this time there is a violent act shown every 6 minutes and on Saturday mornings there is 20 to 25 violent acts shown every hour on prime time t.v. especially in cartoons or animated programs. So no matter what your child is watching it is damaging their sense of imagination and

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    Effects of Television violence and Children Outline: I.THESIS STAEMENT: Although the television serves as a form of entertainment‚ when you abuse its use‚ and make it a habit to watch‚ it gives negative effects on the behavior of children especially in their brain’s development. II. PORPUSE OF THE RESEARCH III. INTRODUCTION IV. HIPOTHESIS & METHOD A. CHILDREN QUESTIONNAIRE 1. HOW IT CAN AFFECT VIEWER’S BEHAVIOUR 2. CHILDREN RESPONSES B. EFFECTS & RESULTS 1. NEGATIVE EFFECTS a. Behavior of

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    popular television shows in today’s society are The Biggest Looser‚ Jersey Shore‚ and Big Brother. These programs and many others are classified as reality television. Reality television’s main purpose is to attempt to portray ordinary people in unscripted situations. Recently‚ however‚ many of these shows have achieved in creating the complete opposite‚ and have earned an immense amount of criticism as a result. Reality television programs are detrimental to society because they influence bad behavior

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