period English 11 Summary In this excerpt‚ Steven Johnson takes a look at the development of television narratives over the past few decades. In this‚ he argues that many of the shows that our population deems bad TV‚ are relatively healthy for our brains to watch. Johnson compares hit TV shows like Dragnet and Starsky and Hutch to that of more recent shows like The Sopranos. He explains how early television like Dragnet and Starsky and Hutch follow a strict linear narrative with little variation
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A lazy day of summer just there with the sun shining and a breeze ever flowing in peace. Usually the noise would be present and clear‚ but the sound of nature coming together and slowly disappear. Trying to close your curtain where it shows a bit of sunlight. Your alarm going off and you keep waking up to switch it off and‚ you still go back to sleep. As you lay in your blankets you feel so warm and cuddly. You have this feeling where you know it’s one of those days where you don’t want to get
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Television Violence on Children In our society today‚ it is extremely important to pay attention to what influences children. One of the biggest influences America’s youth may have is the television. It is possible for children to be pulled into the television’s realistic world of violence with sometimes devastating results. The impact of television violence on youth behavior has been an issue for many years. Violent programs on television lead to negative behavior by children and teenagers who
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and there not to be a TV. TVs are everywhere‚ they are a part of life. Watching TV is often seen as not helping‚ just something teens watch and is considered a waste of time. I believe watching TV‚ and the shows on TV are often overlooked for the information they give to the people and that watching TV is better for teens than most think. Watching TV can be good for you. When watched in moderation‚ the shows provide us information we might have overlooked‚ they can actually make us smarter as they
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channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” Johnson states that; "For decades‚ we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common-denominator standards‚ presumably because the "masses" want dumb‚ simple
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to the possible magnitude. ------------------------------------------------- Causes of Earthquakes Most earthquakes are causally related to compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving lithospheric plates that make up the earth’s surface . The immediate cause of most shallow earthquakes is the sudden release of stress along a fault‚ or fracture in the earth’s crust‚ resulting in movement of the opposing blocks of rock past one another. These movements cause vibrations
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The Hillsborough disaster of 1989 and the “phone hacking” scandal by the News of the world is an essential fail of British media in terms of investigation the truth. The Hillsborough disaster was investigated by Independent Police Complaints Commission and The News of the world phone hacking has been under police investigation by the London Metropolitan. This essay will examine how the events occur and why it has taken so long for the media to publish the truth. The semi-final match Liverpool
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strong evidence pointing towards him. The Olivia Pope associates agree to take on the case under one condition-“do not lie.” The use of imagery‚ repetition‚ and contradictions are techniques Rhimes uses to create a strong‚ convincing TV Show. Rhimes begins the TV show with the image of a desperate man covered in blood and crying to convey her overall message. This acclaims to the fact that at first James is in need of his innocence proven right but later seeks a different route. This imagery strongly
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s1001218 Course: Composition II Instructor: Dr. Tseng Due Date: 03/11/2013 TV Watching or No TV Watching for Children‚ Which One is Better? Nowadays there are many experts and parents have discussed whether it is good for children to watch TV‚ some of them approve of keeping children away from TV because of the inappropriate information or the harm to kids’ eyes‚ however‚ others prefer to let the children watch TV as long as their parents accompany them‚ because by doing so‚ kids can learn plenty
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Should children watch a lot TV? I think children should not watch a lot of TV. Though TV in moderation can be a good educator as there are a lot of good educational programs which help children to learn the alphabet‚ numbers‚ about wildlife‚ time spending in front of TV should be supervised and limited depending on the age of child. To begin with‚ unlimited time spending on watching TV has negative influence on children health: less physical outdoor activities‚ sore eyes. A lot of children
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