there comes the blood. The opponents of video games‚ including anti-violence activists and some parents and educators‚ imagine the former when they hear the phrase “video games”. The latter is pictured by the proponents of video games‚ which include gamers and the addicts. The dawn of these pros and cons can be attributed to the increasing number of gamers‚ which accounts to around 500 million people around the world‚ according to Jane McGonigal‚ a game researcher‚ in her 2010 TED conference. Additionally
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Title: Pregnancy among Teenage Girls General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform students about teen pregnancy and prevention Introduction: According to a study of thirty-seven developed nations published by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in 1985‚ the teen pregnancy rate in the United States is more than double the rate in England‚ nearly triple the rate in Sweden and seven times the rate in the Netherlands. Each year‚ more than 1 million American teenage girls become pregnant‚
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Purpose statement: To inform my audience about the health benefits of drinking different types of tea. Thesis statement: Drinking brewed teas‚ such as green tea‚ black tea‚ and white tea has health benefits that many people are unaware of. Pattern of Organization: Topical. INTRODUCTION 1) Whether you prefer your tea to be piping hot or ice cold‚ are you aware that it is one of the best things you can drink? a) According to an article from Sciencedaily.com‚ tea is the second most consumed
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Name: Pham Thi Hong Ngoc (49952) Class: GMA03-04 Topic: Walking workout If any of you are anything like me‚ you tell yourself all the time that you are going to start exercising more and get back into shape. But then comes the excuse that you just haven’t had the time. Well I am going to tell you how you can do this simply by walking. You probably are an extremely busy person and by the time you get done taking care of your parents‚ boyfriend or girlfriend‚ you have forgotten yourself. In general
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INTRODUCTION Picture this you just got finish eating a huge meal and an hour later you’re having some weird cramping pains in your chest. You head over to your computer and type the symptom "chest pain" into your preferred search engine. The first result to pop up is heart attack. Your curiosity escalates into anxiety as you scroll through pages that list heart attack symptoms as the exact ones you’re having. More than likely‚ what you’re experiencing isn’t a heart attack at all but maybe something
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Immediately‚ I had my topic chosen for the Oral Communications second speech‚ the Informative Speech; usually it takes me ages to come up with a subject‚ so it was nice to get the most difficult part of it out of the way straight from the get-go. I was prepared well in advance and had an extravagant introduction and conclusion planned. My outline and sources were finished and put together before many of my classmates that I knew of‚ and I was rehearsed and felt confident. It was an interesting
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Video Games 1 Sean Preci 1/17/13 9:25 AM Comment [1]: the words Running Head need to appear in the header Video Game Persuasive Cecilia Ramirez COMM/215 Jan 11‚ 2013 Sean Preci Video Games Video Games Effects 2 In 1972‚ the Surgeon General issued the following warning on violent TV programs: "It is clear to me that the causal relationship between televised violence and antisocial behavior is sufficient to warrant appropriate and immediate remedial action…there comes a time when
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Video Games: Exploring The Influence of Gender Within Society Throughout this paper‚ I will be exploring the spectrums of femininity and masculinity within video games in the American pop culture. Since video games were first marketed‚ a theme has been prevalent till this day: the notion of masculinity (how to be a man) and the sexualization of females (sexist portrayals of women) in video games. This profound issue affects the younger generation within gender socialization‚ gender stereotypes
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Don’t Blame the Video Games The video games have been a source of entertainment for many over the past few years and over the years its consumers are growing in number. It is a source of digital entertainment and does not trigger violent behavior or the violent crimes. It is not a new trend anymore as the games have been around for as early as the 1990s. Parents and guardians strongly believe that most games have violent content thus prohibit their children from playing as they believe it might
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Positive Effects of Violent Video Games Contrary to popular belief‚ violent video game actually has a lot of positive effects. According to studies done about the relationship of violent of video games and violent crime‚ this form of popular media has reduced the amount of violent crime. As stated in the journal written by Benjamin Engelslatter‚ “... video game play is generally associated with reductions in the violent nature of the crimes commited.” (Engelslatter). Also‚ based on information
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