Addictive or Not Addictive? That Is The Question Marie Winn‚ author of “TV Addiction” states that‚ “television viewing‚ for those vulnerable to addiction‚ is more like drinking or taking drugs- once you start it’s hard to stop” (609). Winn strongly believes that television is so addicting that it can and will ruin people’s lives. The meaning of addiction according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin‚ nicotine‚ alcohol)
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Reality Television Reality TV is the number one most watched type of show. In fact‚ reality TV episodes have increased to 57% of all television shows that can be found on your screens. Many people have different opinions on reality TV‚ usually love or hate. Some shows‚ influence people to be aware of their own problems‚ teach valuable tips and lessons or help people pursue their dreams. Although most big reality TV shows do include some form of humiliation as well. The society also is negatively
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TV AS A CULPRIT Our minds are rotting away and we might not know it. This is due to a destructive invention‚ a culprit known as television. Though television has kept families in their homes with countless hours of entertainment‚ it has also ended up destroying family ritual‚ affecting academic performance‚ and promoting sex and violence. One effect of television in our current time is the destruction of family ritual. Once upon a time‚ so we have been told‚ families talked with each other
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An example for the essay about a TV show Check‚ Please! Check‚ Please! Check‚ Please! Bay Area is a local TV program‚ which reviews local restaurants. During each episode‚ three guests introduce their favorite restaurants to the television audience. Each guest also has to review the other two restaurants that are being featured on the show. Together with the host‚ the three guests gather around a table and talk about their experiences. The host of the show‚ Leslie Sbrocco‚ who has blond hair
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The Effects of Video Games on Children Video games have always been under constant scrutiny by parents‚ doctors‚ and the media‚ just like anything in history that has had a profound impact on society‚ especially on children. Video games became an immediate attraction since the moment they were introduced into the world. The games can allow the player to become any character they could ever dream of‚ whether the character is from their favorite sport or from their favorite movie. It allows a child’s
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Do you like watching TV? It is all around us. People spend a lot of time watching it. There are three main reasons why TV is good: you can get information‚ you can get enjoyment‚ and you can learn. First‚ TV is good because of information given. There are some great channel on TV such as weather channel and discovery channel and culture. For example you can check the weather by TV and know about how the weather is change not just in area you live event about around the area you live. Another thing
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popping up every day‚ increasing viewer 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
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seconds‚ most children can mimic a movie or TV character‚ sing an advertising jingle‚ or give examples of what they have learned from the media. Sadly‚ these examples may include naming a popular brand of beer‚ striking a sexy pose‚ or play fighting. Children only have to put a movie in the VCR‚ open a magazine‚ click on a website‚ or watch TV to experience all kinds of messages. Media offers entertainment‚ culture‚ news‚ sports‚ and education. Media is an important part of children and teenager’s
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Violent Video Games Are Stealing the Innocence of Young Children Violent video games are harming children‚ and they need to be stopped. Many parents allow their children to play violent video games‚ but they probably don’t know the consequences. The time in a person’s life when she/he is a child is one of the most important time periods of his/her life. It’s the time when they absorb knowledge from everything around them. Their surroundings and what they see and hear are what shapes them into what they will become. Children play violent video games and kill
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It seems that almost every TV channels has their own reality TV show. It’s crazy what they do on those shows‚ most of the episodes on Jersey Shore the cast drinks so much that they black out or Chef Ramsey cusses out one of the contestant’s family because they didn’t cook the fish properly. The negative aspects exceed the positive one vastly. According to Google the definition of a reality TV show is “a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations”
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