Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/vol14num1/winkegasssydorenko.pdf February 2010‚ Volume 14‚ Number 1 pp. 65–86 THE EFFECTS OF CAPTIONING VIDEOS USED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING ACTIVITIES1 Paula Winke‚ Susan Gass‚ and Tetyana Sydorenko Michigan State University This study investigated the effects of captioning during video-based listening activities. Second- and fourth-year learners of Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Spanish‚ and Russian watched three short videos with and without captioning
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The Effects of Horror Movies on Children By Timothy Sexton‚ eHow Contributor The implicit‚ and often explicit‚ intention of horror movies is to scare people. The fright engendered by horror movies can have residual psychological effects for years. Two studies‚ "Tales from the Screen: Enduring Fright Reactions to Scary Media" and another‚ funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)‚ both concluded that exposure horror movies may have long-lasting adverse effects on children. 1. Anxiety
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The Effects of Violence on Today’s Youth In recent years‚ the advancement in entertainment technology in the field of and the increasing liberalization of America and its media have led to the creation and marketing of violent forms of entertainment. This includes such technologies movies‚ TV shows‚ video games‚ and news outlets. Today’s youth have easy accessibility to many of these violent forms of entertainment and are increasingly exposed to them at younger ages. The exposure to gore and violence
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sold to the adolescent demographic ages 12-20. Teenagers watch more movies then any other age grouping‚ and more then 4 million adolescent girls have monthly subscriptions to magazines like YM‚ and Seventeen. After adding internet usages‚ newspapers‚ videos‚ and books‚ the sum adds up to media being a significant part of the adolescent experience. Recently there has been a debate on the effects of mass media on the youth of the United States. This refers back to the nurture verses nature theory
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and above these other influences. Since they can’t do cancer experiments on people‚ they use animal studies. These are artificial‚ but they tell us something about short- term effects of tobacco that can’t be found from co relational studies. Putting the two types of research together‚ we now have powerful data about the effects of smoking on the development of cancer. Similarly‚ media violence researchers do long longitudinal studies of children’s media exposure and look at the types of behaviors
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Proposed title The meaning of Twitter amongst the youth and the effects on their social lives Introduction I have chosen to investigate what the social media “twitter” means to our youth as well as the role it plays in the lives. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you answer the question‚ "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length‚ called "tweets"‚ to your friends‚ or "followers" You can send your messages using the Twitter
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Donqua Williams Effects of Horror movies in the society If you were to take a survey of how many people like to watch horror movies‚ I’m pretty sure most people wouldn’t choose horror films. According to Sparks‚ watching horrifying films will cause physical reactions such as sweaty pants‚ tense muscles‚ a spike in blood pressure and/or an increase in heart rate. Some people don’t like to watch horror movies because they have bad dreams or don’t like sleeping in the dark alone. Parents
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The effects of indiscipline among the youth are manifold. Indiscipline is defined as a lack of discipline. Some of the effects of indiscipline among the youth include lack of respect for teachers‚ parents and other senior figures. It could be argued that the indiscipline of certain individuals has reduced the morality and ethics of many young people. The effect of the downfall in morals and ethics are caused‚ in part‚ by the education of the young people‚ in that teachers are no longer responsible
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The Effects of Technology on Youth Video games on any console‚ whether it is PS3‚ XBOX‚ or on a PC‚ are very popular in today’s world. The genre that is obviously the most popular in games is about war. Now many people (especially moms) badger‚ and constantly criticize these games‚ saying that they are ruining their kids’ lives and may even be leading them to become killers. Which is the most common reason of hatred; if you know what to look for‚ games can be a powerful tool to teach kids certain
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