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    The television show “Roots”‚ a miniseries airing in the late Seventies‚ provided gripping and emotional insight into the lives of a fictional family victimized by slavery. This controversial project attempted to depict some semblance of the horrific history of the American black community in a way that the primarily white population would willingly consume. Unfortunately‚ this depicted the African-American involuntary “immigration” experience as one that was terrible yet palatable‚ tying it up nicely

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    All good television shows have to be intelligent and thought provoking. Grey’s Anatomy is a thought provoking television show. The episodes are based off of actual medical cases. The show also makes someone think about the controversial/ ethical decisions‚ such as cheating to get a patient at the top of the organ transplant list by cutting his LVAD wire so his condition would worsen. Another show that is thought provoking is Mythbusters. The show makes someone think about how/ why something

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    Point Of Entry Through our exposure to television‚ we learn about the world and are able to observe how people interact and live their daily lives. Through these representations of the real world‚ television subtly shifts individual beliefs about the world through consistent misrepresentations of the world and groups of people that live within in. One group of people that has been consistently found to be misrepresented and stigmatized by television is individuals with mental illness. When investigating

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    I’m here to speak to you about the topic of ‘Whether or not television ruins children’. I’m sure we all know what a tv is and im pretty sure every household has at least one form of it. Ever since the television was invented‚ it has become one of our favourite pass-times. A lot of our daily routines are based around the tv. Mothers may iron clothes or cook while watching tv and sometimes many families eat in the living room and watch tv together. Although tv’s are considered as a positive and one

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    The Effects of Computers and Television on Children These days televisions and computers are all around us. They can be accessed by children at school and in most homes. The effects of these on our children can be positive or negative depending on how they are used. There are four areas of development that are affected by children’s home computer use: physical‚ cognitive and academic‚ social and relationships‚ and reality perception. Some studies have shown that children who spend more time on

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    Television news vs. Newspaper When it comes to finding about the news of what’s going on in our world‚ we want details and facts. We want the juice of what’s actually going on. The debate between the efficiency of newspapers and TV news‚ TV news is a lot more effective. Watching the news on TV is a lot easier for people to understand and is more convenient than reading it on paper. For the people who are always in a rush in the morning‚ it’s more convenient to turn on the TV and listen to what’s

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    Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): Is it Beneficial or Detrimental to Human Capital Managers Touro College Graduate School of Business Critics would suggest that the prevention will only help to remedy problems that the healthcare systems are presently facing; in particular‚ the enormous costs and a population in poor health. Without a doubt “President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama have both expressed the belief that a focus on prevention will afford

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    sitcom‚ Ellen. The episode was very controversial in the industry and caused ABC to place a parental advisory in beginning of each episode. This was a revolutionary moment in television history and reassured the audience that it is okay to be yourself. In that moment Ellen became the first leading character on a television series to be openly gay and coming out to the audience. Every time I switch the channel to The Ellen Show‚ a wave of happiness washes over me. Seeing her dancing‚ laughing and

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    June 06‚ 2013 By: Hager Samin Negative Effects of Reality Television I know for a fact that reality T.V shows are negative on teenagers. To start with‚ the shows for example jersey shore they do not emphasize education and responsibility. All they care for is partying drinking and smoking weed every single day. The characters in the show think its no big deal to show what they doing in daily basis on reality TV. They don’t care a bit for what kids might be

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    SM Family Television Review The comedy show that my family and I enjoy watching is House of Payne‚ which airs on TBS every Friday at 8pm. “The Paynes are three generations living under one roof. The story begins when CJ and his family move into the house of his aunt and uncle‚ a fact that no one is really happy about. CJ has two children‚ and his aunt and uncle have very different ideas about raising kids. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to the Paynes”. (http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0

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