Steven Johnson‚ the author of “Watching TV makes you smarter” sheds light on the concept he calls the Sleeper Curve that essentially states that the cognitive complexity of today’s popular media is steadily increasing with passing time. And shows like Greys Anatomy and House clearly portraits the sleeper curve that Johnson is talking about when it comes to multithreading‚ flashing arrows and social networks. These shows are both medical dramas which use a ton of medical jargon which could make it
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I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster‚ 200 miles northeast of Anchorage‚ Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal‚ self-sufficent group‚ and count among our ranks five teachers‚ an architecht‚ two medical doctors and a dentist. Unfortunately‚ we are over three hours from the nearest city‚ limiting our access to most cultural events‚ athletics and other typical extracuricular
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believe that TV has gone too far‚ others say that TV has actually made the generation smarter. Shows that some people claim should be off air are talked about their intellectual points‚ and how society has gone downhill from reality on TV. Johnson‚ Steven. “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” They Say I say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.Eds. Gerald Graff‚ CathyBirkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York: Norton‚ 2009. 213-230. Print. In the article written By Steven Johnson‚ “Watching TV Makes
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for years and has had a significant change on everyone in some type of way. It is heavily influenced by technology. In some form of way technology has allowed people to gain more knowledge on general topics. “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal‚ and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson‚ both discuss how technology has had a huge impact on the way our modern day society works. Crystal argues the benefits that come with texting. He explains that although in many ways texting has tainted the English
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through the informative resources in search of the necessary facts to penetrate in the idea deeper. 31 Good Compare & Contrast Essay Topics IDEAS a liberal arts vs. a technical education two friends with different lifestyles watching a movie on tv vs. viewing it in a theatre the place where you live vs. the place you would like to live suburban
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Books had existed on this planet thousands of years before TV was. They are both valuable and have their own advantage. However‚ people tend to favor books more. Books are always the number one choice for learning and researching‚ especially if you are studying a subject. Even though it takes time and a lot of effort to read and research a particular topic. Books are the original databases that are always trustworthy. Even advanced computer databases such as Wikipedia do not have all the required
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Badminton is my favorite among all the sports that i know.Badminton makes me more healthy and more active in doing something that uses a speed and strenght.I think badminton is the most beautiful sports. It make me good as a healthy person because every time i play badminton my body feels good wholeday.It makeas you good also.And badminton have 2 equipment that you need only rocket and shuttlecock. I think that playing sports like badminton feeds my body to become healthy.Playing badminton
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SPEECH - “COOKING AS HOBBY” A very good morning to our respected lecturer’s‚ sir M. Kalidass‚ and my fellow friends. I am Nurin Jazlina. Today‚ I want to give a speech about “cooking as hobby”. By the way‚ let me explain the definition of hobby first. Hobby is something that one likes to do in one’s spare time. The Oxford Dictionary defines hobby as a favourite activity that a person does for pleasure and not as his or her regular business. In short‚ hobby is one’s favourite
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Effects of Watching TV before Bed on Sleep Quality Matthew Spector Palomar College Abstract There is plenty of research on whether or not watching television has an effect on the effectiveness of sleep. However‚ there is contradicting research‚ so the results are inconclusive. In order to study the effects of TV on sleep‚ I watched TV for half an hour before bed for a week straight‚ and recorded how tired I felt in the morning. I then recorded how I felt in the
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The most Unusual Hobbies in the World. What is a hobby? Passion? Work? Holiday? Or all together? Hobby is what a person likes to do in his spare time. Many people spend a lot of time and money for their hobby‚ but for someone a hobby is like a profession. And it even become a way of making money. The human imagination is truly boundless: people come up with all kinds of ideas and they do not hesitate to put them into practice. Here are the examples of the most unusual hobbies in the world.
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