broadsheet which is targeted for the middle class‚ middle aged and well educated audience. The point of this article is for the middle aged classes to wonder‚ and be convinced that the use of the abbreviations and made up words by youth and media are ruining the English language. We can tell that the text is targeted to these groups of people as this is a criticism towards the modern language that the youth has created. This was mostly due to the use of technology in young people’s lives‚ such as texting
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Throughout this essay the sociological imagination is used to analyse the historical‚ cultural and structural reasons for drug use and abuse. Within this parameter the sociological imagination is applied‚ using studies research conducted in the United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Russia and the United States. The sociological imagination was defined by Charles Write Mills as a ‘quality of mind’. (Mills quoted by Germov‚ Poole 2007: 4 ) It is stimulated by an awareness to view the social world by looking at
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Consumerism is Ruining the World Every commercial on television has one thing in common: its purpose is getting you to buy the product at any cost. This is the reason that there are more toy commercials around Christmas time than any other time throughout the year. Why do retail stores advertise patio furniture and grills at the beginning of summer? It is the time which people will most likely buy them. The same concept has been applied to food. Food companies will do whatever it takes to get their
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sociological imagination must be applied. The sociological imagination “enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society” (Mills 1959‚ p. 37). The reason why children have such an intolerant attitude to colored people cannot be analyzed and understood only by looking from one perspective. To apply sociological imagination means to shift from one perspective to another‚ to analyze interconnectedness of the individual and society. The sociological imagination is also
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TELEVISION-BOON OR BANE Since the invention of the television by John Lagie Baire in 1920‚ television has been one of the most widely used equipments in households all around the world. People have been amazed by the wide reaching capabilities of television. However‚ it has been argued that the invention of the television was a mistake and that television has become one of the most baneful machines that man has created. Television has led to a new era of knowledge. Television has helped in spreading
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Imagination brings new inventions and ideas into ours world. Without inventions America would be nothing‚ our day to day lives would be harder‚ and more of a strain. Some of the inventions that made America are cars‚ airplanes‚ and the steam turbine. They changed America by bringing us at the peak of our game and making us a dominant nation. Cars for example were invented because people wanted to be transported faster. Now we don’t have to take a tiresome horse carriage ride everywhere we go. Pursuing
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telephone‚ television is a wonderful gift of science after the invention of electricity. Today‚ television is an important means of entertainment and education. It has the advantages of both radio and cinema. We can see pictures and listen to their conversations simultaneously. Television was first invented by John Logic Baird‚ a famous scientist of Scotland. Mr. Baird demonstrated his invention at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in 1926. The television mechanism is very complex. A television camera
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The Usefulness Of Television Television is one of the greatest achievements of the twentieth century. Mass can easily access it hence influencing society instantaneously. Television may provide unrealistic messages such as violent ideas. So does television only have its bad sides? Firstly‚ television helps us to learn more about the world and to know and see many new things. Television can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can. For example when the national servicemen
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------------------------------------------------- Television is the leading cause of violence in today’s society. Television. This word associates for us with "violence"‚ "crime"‚ "pornography". And this becomes usual in today’s society. And possibly‚ it is a reason why many people don`t find the cause of violence in TV‚ because it is usual situation for them‚ when they see bad scenes on the screen‚ they just don’t pay attention on it. And this is the source‚all we became "cold". For us it is
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Negative Effects of Television In recent years‚ many people are often watching television‚ but you do not know that it cause some bad effects to us. For example‚ television broadcast false information ‚ fall down your ability‚ and lessen communication with your family and friends. Bad effects arise all people: man‚ woman‚ old‚ young and especially children. So you need to notice risk of watching television‚ and watch for it. In order to learn the details of it‚ you must focus on three main
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