Watching television 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
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Persuasive Speech Hello. Today I’m going to explain how the representations of Australian Culture in TV are accurate. I have here with me three sources: The Castle‚ Kath & Kim and 48 shades. These all have a fairly accurate view on what it’s like in Australia (mostly Logan)‚ although some skits are a little far fetched. In each show they have their own kind of representation‚ The castle represents the racism‚ Kath and Kim represent the bogan image and “48 shades” shows us the wild side of it all
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wages‚ that is extreme in an area of business. 3. Tv adverts. - They are simply terrible and time consuming. - Not watched by nearly 3/4 of the worlds population. - Make people angry who are watching the programme and feel the need to change the channel during adverts to a programme that has less adverts. - Useful in some ways‚ such as getting something to eat or getting a drink during a film. But now-a-days people have the ability to pause the tv. The topic I have chosen to talk about as something
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individual racism‚ as Wong (1978) suggests‚ as it is the institutional barriers which bar Asian actors from major roles‚ relegating them for the most part to extras…” This theory aligns perfectly with Dev’s experiences in the episode Indians on TV. This article goes on to talk about the impact that this representation has on Asian Americans‚ and non-Asian Americans.
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Response “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by‚ Steven Johnson. A. Comprehension: Steven Johnson argues about watching TV shows makes us smarter by developing our brain. He compares the current TV shows and earlier TV shows. B. Response: Johnson explains about how TV shows has changed over a decade. He explains how the show Hill Street considered to be a complicated TV show but that perspective has changed over years and comparing to current TV shows Hill Street could be considered
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TV‚ Movies and Music Online Over the years‚ much has changed about the Internet. Its uses have changed as well as the general amount of access to it. In developed countries‚ it is very uncommon for a household not to have internet access. The age at which children start browsing is 5 to 7 years old (Poulter). With this great change‚ the internet has become an important tool for file sharing‚ “the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information” (File Sharing FAQ)
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openly gay person on television (Matheson). Unlike other stars‚ reality stars like Lance Loud “outlive their shows‚ and sometimes find ways to defy them” (Van Elser 96‚ Matheson). Because of this‚ Matheson depicts Lance Loud as the world’s first reality TV star. It wasn’t until 1992 and the debut of The Real World that shows started to resemble An American Family (Sanneh). The Real World combined both fiction and documentary forms by filming the lives of a house full
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References: Adubato‚ Steve (2007) Reality TV Leaves Out Reality of Plastic Surgery‚ Retrieved August 22‚ 2010 www.msnbc.com Hoffman‚ Claire‚ Los Angeles Times (2006) Baby‚ Give me a Kiss‚ retrieved August 22‚ 2010 articles.latimes.com Jagodozinki‚ J. (2003). The perversity of (Real)ity TV: A symptom of our times. O’Guinn‚ Thomas C. & Shrum‚ L. J. (1997). The Role of Television in the Construction of Consumer
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How the TV Affects Children Kimberly Nelson January 24‚ 2011 Kaplan University CM220- Professor Barton True‚ media violence is not likely to turn an otherwise fine child into a violent criminal. But‚ just as every cigarette one smokes increases a little bit the likelihood of a lung tumor someday‚ every violent show one watches increases just a little bit the likelihood of behaving more aggressively in some situations. (Bushman and Huesmann‚ 2006‚ p248). The topic of the effects of the media
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Why is it that in TV shows and in so many movies that women are almost always objectified in one way or another? There are so many television shows and movies out there that undermine women in so many different ways. Darren in “Bewitched” is also trying to suppress Samantha’s magic to make her the perfect house wife and she doesn’t try to stop him. In fact‚ she does everything she can to follow his every wish just so he’ll be happy. In “The Client List”‚ Riley is portrayed as a sex object. It
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