Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children and adolescents. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. By the time of high school graduation‚ they will have spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom. While television can entertain‚ inform‚ and keep our children company‚ it may also influence them in undesirable ways." (AACAP‚ 2001‚ p. 1) Even though parents are conscious that the media can affect their
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Television Censorship WHAT IS CENSORSHIP? "Censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times‚ censorship refers to the examination of books‚ periodicals‚ plays‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ news reports‚ and other communication media for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts thought to be objectionable or offensive. The objectionable material may be considered immoral or obscene‚
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the world spend most of their free time watching television. No one can deny the fact that‚ there is a television in almost every home. It is one of the most common entertainments for people all over the world. However‚ since its arrival‚ television has brought to man‚ many advantages. First and foremost‚ television plays an important role in our daily activities. It keeps us informed of all current affairs in the world. Events through television are more vivid than those through books and magazines
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Most people agree that television is one of the most important inventions of the past century. Opinions vary as to its value‚ but no one can deny the great effect that television has on society. Many people in the world cannot live a day without the television. I think watching television can be beneficial if we do not abuse using it. All people have a leisure time. Some people prefer multitasking rest that is to spend their free time efficiently doing more than one thing at the same time‚ for instance
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Television‚ TV‚ the tube. All these words are one thing that consumes people’s lives. Many inventions have come about in order to allow us to watch all our must see shows. Everything from TiVo to Netflix allows us to watch movies and shows we otherwise would have missed in our busy lives. It transports us to a different world for a few minutes or hours. The role of Television is that it allows everyday people to be transported to different worlds thus forgetting‚ if just for a couple minutes
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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 is one of the most useful devices that 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
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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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Newton Minow spoke about the power of television to influence the taste‚ knowledge‚ and opinions of its viewers around the world. Minow is correct in his assertion that television has “limitless capabilities for good – and for evil.” The good qualities of television include educational television and weather channels; however‚ the bad qualities are also relevant‚ such as violence and mind-numbing stupidity. Newton Minow accurately analyzes the influence of television on viewers around the world. Readers
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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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