The invention of the television revolutionized politics. Beginning with the Kennedy-Nixon debates in the 1960 election‚ and continuing on to the present day‚ how a politician comes across on television has become a central part of the election. More recently‚ the rise of the smartphone once again revolutionized politics by giving people instant access to news and political updates‚ as well as pushing politics into everyday conversation to a much higher degree. Now‚ politicians once again have the
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Adria Bello Period 1 12 English Mrs. Miller Has Reality TV Overrun Television? Thirteen years ago‚ the most popular television shows were Frasier‚ Friends‚ and E.R: fun loving sitcoms. The top rating shows currently on primetime television are American Idol and The Voice: reality shows (Fahner‚ par. 3). Television has become overrun by reality television‚ pushing sitcoms and other programs to the side. Reality television is infamous for its questionable depictions of life‚ and it id debated
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In “The Trouble with Television‚” Robert MacNeil states his viewpoints strong and thoroughly about how he thinks television is harmful to society. Many different things have gone wrong because of television. MacNeil states that‚ “Television is like a drug.” Once you watch so much of it‚ you get addicted to it and then you can’t stop watching it. This is making our world bad‚ and it keeps on going and it’s decivilizing a lot of the world. Television is taking over the world because say if someone
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101 September 3‚ 2013 Television as Teacher Television is the main source of entertainment in America and across the world. Television is how we get our information about such things as: weather‚ breaking news‚ politics‚ and even just the latest celebrity gossip. Adults and children alike‚ watch TV to relax and learn about the world around them; but how much of that information is being retained is the question Neil Postman longs to answer. Based upon his essay “Television as Teacher” not much‚
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Does television have educational value? Television‚ like anything else‚ has as much educational value as you allow it to. For example‚ television documentaries and sitcoms serve to reinforce or challenge societal norms and ideologies while reality television shows‚ in general‚ are intended to challenge long held beliefs and traditions. In contrast‚ Networks like as PBS and Nickelodeon educate young minds and the several hundred cable channels serve to support the education‚ whether easily apparent
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Effects of Television Violence on Children and Teenagers Does violence on television have a negative effect on children and teenagers? The violence shown on television has a surprisingly negative effect. Television violence causes children and teenagers to become less caring‚ to lose their inhibitions‚ to become less sensitive‚ and also may cause violent and aggressive behavior. Television violence causes children and teenagers to be less caring‚ to lose their inhibitions‚ and to be
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Women On Television The quality of American television has become a national disgrace. Young women in America who are displeased with their appearance more likely then not can trace those feelings directly back to images from the media on television. The unrealistic representations of women that the media bombards young women with indicates that the television has become a source for a distorted understanding of gender roles among adolescent women. These images warp young women’s views of their
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Television has a bad influence on teenagers. Do you agree? Television has become an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. It provides entertainment to people of all ages especially children. Not only children but teenagers also love to watch television and prefer to stay ‘glued’ to the TV screen all day‚ rather than socializing or doing some outdoor physical activities. It has been known that teenagers watch a lot of television. A recent research
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to find the family who doesn’t have a television in their living room‚ bedroom and even study room. Television is widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images with sounds. It was available to be set in homes‚ businesses and institutions since 1920‚ particularly as a source of entertainment and news. As the other technologies develops‚ the television also have been had huge developments. Just a few decades ago‚ television showed the color with only black and white
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People http://www.term-papers.us/ts/gb/pnl166.shtml Abstract Television violence is pure evil to the minds of children and young adults. A simple cartoon can probably have around thirty violent acts in it. A sit-com show can influence a kid to kill someone. Magazines and newspapers have articles of children imitating violent acts that they have seen on television. Psychologists and doctors have done a lot research to prove that television violence can affect a mind of a child or a young adult. Scientists
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