Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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It is a controversial issue that whether children should be allowed to play computer games. Some people believe that computer games have no value in the growth of children‚ and so‚ of course‚ children should not be allowed to play such time-wasting games. While others insist that playing computer games can help children have a better rest for relaxation and release the pressure from daily study. However‚ from my personal angle alone‚ so objective are the computer games that the impact‚ positive or
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In the essay “The Net Is a Waste of Time” by William Gibson‚ he talks about how he is an “avid browser of the World Wide Web.” While people find this to be odd and his wife finds it positively perverse‚ Gibson thinks differently saying “I‚ however‚ scent big changes afoot‚ possibilities that were never quite as manifest in earlier incarnations of the Net” (Gibson 691). While some people think he is wasting his time with the web‚ he believes it will be the tool of the future. Even though the internet
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knows what’s on at a specific time on any given channel. She has the channels of different stations in different areas of service memorized. She could tell you what channel MTV is in Blue Bell. She could tell you what channel USA is in New Orleans. She could tell you what channel TNT is in Georgia. My sister has memorized practically everything there is to know about television. Yet‚ she has difficulty memorizing her multiplication tables‚ all due to the effects of watching far too much television.
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“In 1948‚ Candid Camera aired for the first time. Alan Funt was thought to be the originator of what we now call reality TV. In the 1950’s‚ came Truth or Consequence. In these programs people were recorded in their natural surrounds and their reactions to different situations. In the 1970’s PBS aired what would be the reality programming of our time in a show called An American Family. An American Family followed a family around in their real life and watched every personal moment unveil in front
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Nowadays almost all schools include such subjects as art‚ drama‚ and music in their educational program. Therefore‚ by the time when children graduate school they have general understanding and basic knowledge in all of them. In my opinion‚ it is a positive tendency and these subjects should indeed be a part of every child’s education. I would like to introduce several reasons and examples that I believe will support my viewpoint. First and foremost‚ teaching of subjects such as art‚ drama and music
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TV : is it a good thing ? Introduction: Mass Media are one of the most characteristic features of modern civilization. People are united into one global community with the help of mass media.People can learn about what is happening in the world very fast using mass media. The mass media include: newspapers‚magazines‚radio & TV.The most exciting and entertaining kind of M.M. is television .It brings moving pictures and sound directly to people’s homes.So we can see events in faraway
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counts for the strongest television channels in the market. Their success‚ unlike their effect on the viewer‚ is in arguable. Salman Rushdie‚ in his article‚ Reality TV: A Dearth of Talent and the Death of Morality argues that reality television is a deterioration of mass entertainment‚ whereas in James Poniewozik’s Television‚ Why Reality TV is Good for us‚ reality television is viewed in a more positive light. Although both articles deal with the issue of reality television shows‚ they take different
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were invented. TV has much use for many people but some of the people abuse it. TV was also invented with positive thoughts in mind – there would be no national borders‚ education and communication‚ it would be easy for the people to know what was happening in the Philippines and also worldwide. However‚ there are some effects of television in the lives of the viewers. One of the effects of watching TV is problem in the eye. It is true that there are specifications for watching TV; TV should be 5 m
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