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    Impact Of The Television ​How may hours a day‚ a week‚ a year‚ do you spend watching television? Everyone enjoys his or her fair share of TV—it’s relaxing‚ and provides the occasional leisure time. The technology of television has been a recent phenomenon that is arguably one of the most influential innovations of the 20th century. Television may have had a rough start‚ but nowadays it is a constant presence in a vast amount of American lives. Once a luxury item‚ TV’s can currently be found in nearly

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    VIOLENCE IN TELEVISIONMOVIES‚ AND VIDEO GAMES SHOULD NOT BE CENSORED Televisionmovies‚ and video games have a great influence on the minds of today’s youth. But‚ what exactly are the effects of such an influence? Certain people have exaggerated the effects that these media have on today’s youth. Many people‚ including government officials‚ have singled out these three media sources as the cause of some types of violence simply because it is an easy target for laying the blame. The truth is

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    Warfare shaped several countries over the years in different ways. World War II had a great impact on Japan as a nation. In 1941‚ Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor of the US causing them to enter the war‚ which resulted in an immense clash between both countries. In August 1945‚ the US dropped two of the most dangerous bombs‚ the atomic bomb‚ on Japanese cities‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those bombings changed not only Japan‚ but also the entire world. The US had introduced a new weapon to the world‚

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    What matters most to you and why? I must confess that‚ until I read this application question‚ I had never given much thought to determining exactly what I consider most important in my life. I believe I am one of many applicants who confront this question without a ready-made answer‚ and I am astonished by the realization that so many of us lead our lives without reflecting on our roles. That is all the more perplexing when we consider that many of these individuals are businesspeople‚ that is

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    Essay #2 Television: The Downfall of American Society Televisions have only been around since their debut in the middle of the 20th century and have since become a huge part of everyday life here in America. Originally having good intentions‚ the television and watching of television in the last couple of decades has changed greatly. The amount of time people spend watching their televisions has also changed in the sense that people spend much more time in front of the television than they used

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    Television is a cultural reference point for most of us‚ a type of shorthand that makes it easy to carry on a conversation. Columnist Ellen Goodman wrote that to those born since the baby boom of the late ‘40s‚ “All history begins with television.” We compare ourselves to those on TV; we change how we dress and cut our hair and talk based on the latest television trend. Viewers pick up catch phrases and turn them into side-splitting party parodies that in turn become part of our culture. For decades

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    In the 1950’s‚ television‚ having been introduced to political coverage as a new medium‚ surpassed the dominance of newspaper and radio media as the primary public source of information regarding politics by 1962. Political processes and events of various measures were all soon televised in recognition of overwhelmingly positive public feedback. By the 1970’s‚ live coverage of major political events were as common as seeing grass on the ground. Through the impact of television‚ political campaigns

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    today’s society live a daily life that a basic person could map out. They go to work‚ come home and make dinner‚ and sit down and watch some television. For kids it would be to come home from school‚ and watch television. Television has become a major power in our culture. It is our way to watch the news‚ hear the weather forecast‚ and to sit down and relax watching our favorite show or movie. But is the television really that good for our society? In 1884 the first ideas of the television came to

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    These days‚ we are seeing an increasing amount of violence on television‚ and this is having a negative impact on children’s behaviour. At present‚ television plays an important role in everyone’s lives‚ especially in children’s lives. Television has become a "member" of almost every single family on our planet. And not just an ordinary member‚ but a very important one‚ because the time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. Gone are those days‚ where

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    Film’s Impact on Society Film has played a huge part in American society since 1878 when Edward James made the first real motion picture. Ever since Edward’s first movie production‚ film has made many technological advances that change the way we look at film today. This is obvious when you go to a local movie theatre today rather than looking at movies from the 1900’s. I am very interested on finding out information about the impact of film on society. I personally think that today’s film has many

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