First‚ TV is a good source of information. It allows people to have different kinds of information in easy way. For example‚ people could watch different kinds of programs that let them know different kind of information in different fields such as health‚ education‚ technology and so on and so forth. Besides‚ television allows people to discover other unknown cultures‚ traditions‚ and religions. For example‚ through some documentary programmes people can discover the culture of the Iskimo community
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is a waste of time. Do you agree? Nowadays‚ television has become a major part of our lives. Almost every home has a television. In fact‚ even restaurants‚ grocery shop‚ clinics and also mamak stores have televisions as a way to attract customers. We are now a television nation but this is not something that we should be proud of because television is not a vital necessity in our lives. Furthermore‚ too much television is eating our life away. Watching television is a waste of time. When we watch
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human kind. It’s also the indispensable device in our daily life. By watching TV‚ we can see many things happened in the surrounding world around us‚ therefore it help us to catch and avoid being dropped back from the world of information. Everyone must agree that the advantages of watching TV are very considerable .But beside those benefits‚ there are some disadvantages that we must notice to be sure that we watch TV most effectively. I must say that television is one of the most important
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waste of time. When we watch television‚ we give it our visual and audio attention and there is very little we can do while watching television. We may enjoy a snack or two but that only ad up to the television does not allow us to do something else beneficial. A huge percentage of adolescents have started developing unhealthy habits in front of the television. Watching T.V. can really pack on the pounds when exercising is seldom and snacking is often. It has been proven that the more time a person
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Read the text. TV or no TV? That is the question. Bess TV is an important issue for us‚ because over three quarters of British teenagers have a TV in their bedroom (pretty antisocial if you ask me!)‚ and they watch TV for an average of 14 hours a week. In the USA‚ it’s over 20 hours a week. In my research for this debate‚ I’ve discovered some amazing facts. For example‚ 57% of programmes contain what is called ‘psychologically harmful’ violence. That means‚ according to the experts
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Submission date: 11/04/11 Student number: Module: SC4001 Discovering Sociology Task: (E) 2‚000 word essay‚ 500 word self-evaluation of learning Assignment: To what extent do the media distort reality? In your answer explore this in relation to the concept of moral panic. Contents page: Page 1 Submission page Page 2 Contents page Page 3 The media Media in relation to reality
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main source of entertainment. Statistics say that there’s t least one TV in every American house. It has many benefits and also negative effects on children such as makes the children’s health bad‚ brain damaged‚ and learns children aggressive behavior. The first negative effect of watching TV is that it can make the children’s health bad. The body needs physical activities to burn calories‚ but most children watch TV for long time and tend to eat snacks while watching television‚ and forced their
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The media distort our understanding of what is happening in the world? Discuss. Justify your answer with the use of examples. Discussing whether the media distorts our understanding of the world creates the question of what the actual role of the media is. In a democratic society‚ the role of the media is to provide the public with enough information for them to be able to elect a government. As well as this‚ the role of the media is supposed to be to represent the public and act as a watchdog
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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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Facebook distorts self-perception and identity The number of Facebook users have been growing drastically over the years. Everyone is using Facebook be it‚ for social or and business. Even young people‚ adults in their late 40’s & 50’s also uses Facebook to communicate with friends and family. Some people may or may not realized that Facebook actually do brings some impacts to our live‚ happiness and self-esteem. There is link between Facebook usage and self-esteem. Where it show negative relationship
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