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  • Television Addiction Related to Children

    Television Addiction Related to Children

    According to Rita Dove, the author of “Loose Ends,” and “Television Addiction,” by Marie Winn. Both authors often share the same the views about television. But television addiction is more expressed in Ms. Winn’s essay. However, Ms. Dove speaks of a more personal experience with her daughter, and how the television is an issue in her household. Although, Ms.Dove says in her essay, “For years the following scene would play daily at our house: Home

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    Essay Length: 744 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • Self Harm

    Self Harm

    Self-harm is a growing and troubling trend. It’s a frightening disorder, most common among women, where hurt and alienation are expressed by injuring oneself. There are several kinds of self-harm. Self-mutilation and various eating disorders are among the most common forms of self-destruction. These forms of self-harm often lead to suicide. There are three types of self-mutilation. The rarest and most extreme form is Major self-mutilation. This form usually results in permanent disfigurement, such as

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • Sex and Nudity on Television

    Sex and Nudity on Television

    Nowadays, sex and nudity have become regular ingredients of the television programs. Sex scenes and nudity seem to be broadcasted more freely. Programs such as drama, talk shows, reality shows, commercials and other entertainment based programs often contain these two elements. The first part of this essay focuses on how sex and nudity became a trend in television programming. The second part focuses on how sex and nudity in television are said to be bad

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    Essay Length: 998 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: regina
  • Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and up Can Be Beneficial

    Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and up Can Be Beneficial

    Television Viewing for Children Ages 3 and Up can be Beneficial For years, parents have been placing their children in front of that black box sitting in the living room. Is it really helping the kids? Do they really process the information shown? These are some questions that many parents ask themselves when they place their child in the hands of the almighty television. Children who are ages 3 and up usually process the

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    Essay Length: 336 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • Warner Bros. Television Group

    Warner Bros. Television Group

    Warner Bros. Television Group The Warner Bros. Television Group oversees the entire portfolio of Warner Bros. television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution as-well-as broadcasting. It is divided into two category-leading distribution units: Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, which are responsible for distributing the Warner Bros. Entertainment content to television outlets around the world. As one of the WBTVG’ s missions is to be an innovative leader

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Max
  • With Careful Textual Analysis of Any one Media Text (for Example Television Advertising, Fashion on Film, Music Videos Etcetera...) Explore the Relationship Between Fashion and Mass Media

    With Careful Textual Analysis of Any one Media Text (for Example Television Advertising, Fashion on Film, Music Videos Etcetera...) Explore the Relationship Between Fashion and Mass Media

    “With careful textual analysis of any one media text (for example television advertising, fashion on film, music videos etcetera…) explore the relationship between fashion and mass media” The mass media can be described as a form of communication designed to reach a vast audience without any personal contact between the senders and receivers. This includes several institutions, including books, magazines, adverts, newspapers, radio, television, cinema, and videos that occupy a central and essential role in

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Television

    Television

    Television is something almost every household has these days. It is not something that is necessary and people can become unhealthy from sitting around for hours. People should watch not so much television. Television is an unhealthy obsession that is making many children depressed, obese, racist and sexist. Television does not only affect health and emotion, it affects children's school performance. Young children are very easily influenced by television characters, and many of these characters

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    Essay Length: 313 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Television Viewing Hours

    Television Viewing Hours

    .) The pearson’s r between the dependent variable television viewing hours a week and the independent variable the “female gender” is one of negative .238, the stat sig value is .095; as a result it can not be generalized to the population. 2.) The pearson’s r between the dependent variable television viewing hours a week and the independent variable “age range” is one of negative .003, the stat sig value is .981; as a result

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    Essay Length: 967 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Effect of Brand-Name Placement on Television Advertising Effectiveness

    The Effect of Brand-Name Placement on Television Advertising Effectiveness

    ABSTRACT: Is advertising more effective when the advertised brand name is revealed at the onset of an advertising message or when it is withheld until the end of the message? Given the propensity of advertising to withhold the brand name, advertisers apparently presume the latter, perhaps because they believe that the practice sustains attention to the advertisement. The network model of memory and related theories of associative learning imply superior advertising effectiveness when the brand

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Media's Decreasing Morals as Seen Through Television

    The Media's Decreasing Morals as Seen Through Television

    The Media’s Decreasing Morals as Seen Through Television In today’s world, it is not rare to walk into the living room and witness a man being violently shot in the head…in a television set. The general public seems to be constantly asking themselves where morality and values on television have gone. Taking a look back in time, it is easy to point out how violence in the media is much more evident than it was

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Current State of Philippine Television

    The Current State of Philippine Television

    The Current State of Philippine Television From meager beginnings, Philippine television has evolved through the years. Through the development of technology, Philippine TV has been given access to a plethora of international shows. Cable TV has paved the way for the Filipino audience to have the power to choose from numerous television stations to watch. In the local television scenes, we have seen the emergence of the “Fanta-Serye”, or series that now make use of

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Television and Control

    Television and Control

    Control “We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd be millionaires, movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”- (Tyler) We are a generation babysat by the television and raised by sitcoms. The remote, we are taught at a young age will perform the magic ability of changing the channel and we can hardly imagine a world in which we

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Victor
  • How Does Television Utilize the Components of Drama, Prose, and Poetry?

    How Does Television Utilize the Components of Drama, Prose, and Poetry?

    How does Television utilize the components of Drama, Prose, and Poetry? In "There's No Disgrace Like Home," Homer gets upset that his family isn't as happy and contented as the other families he sees at the company picnic. So he takes the advice of a TV commercial and brings the family to see media psychotherapist Dr. Marvin Monroe, who winds up wiring the family to devices that allow them to shock each other, only to

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Harmful Habits & Infectious Disease Prevention

    Harmful Habits & Infectious Disease Prevention

    Harmful Habits and Infectious Disease Prevention Second Hand Smoke Second hand smoke can be a serious concern for smokers and non smokers alike. When one thinks of smoking, they think of individuals who smoke and the effects of lung cancer that are attributed to smoking. One usually never thinks that second hand smoke can be harmful. After all they are not the ones smoking tobacco. Each day in America 1,200 people die from smoking and

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Top
  • Controversial Television Advertising

    Controversial Television Advertising

    It's well known that internet marketers are in the business of marketing. To become successful in business, it's crucial to actively promote your business to gain new customers. Let's face it... No promotion, no new customers. It's a simple as that. If you've ever spent money on advertising before, you will know that it can be a costly process. Whether the cost is measured in time, effort, money or a mixture of all three -

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Anna
  • Choose a Film or Television Programme and Discuss How Its Mise-En-Scгёne and Cinematography Operate to Create Meaning for the Audience.How Does the Visual Style Contribute to the Textвђ™s Overall Appeals and Meanings?

    Choose a Film or Television Programme and Discuss How Its Mise-En-Scгёne and Cinematography Operate to Create Meaning for the Audience.How Does the Visual Style Contribute to the Textвђ™s Overall Appeals and Meanings?

    Mise-en-scene was first used by early French critics and translates loosely into “setting in scene”. By which it means everything that appears in front of the camera and thus everything the audience will eventually see. Beyond this, the mise en scene plays the role of creating the environment in which the film’s world is set in. While making a believable world, production designers can manipulate aspects of mise en scene to create focus, contrast or

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Stenly
  • John Logie Baird and His Miraculous Television Advancement

    John Logie Baird and His Miraculous Television Advancement

    John Logie Baird and His Miraculous Television Advancement Born and raised in Scotland, John Logie Baird received a science degree and took an engineering job. At twenty-six years old Baird decided he didn't like his job, so he quit and decided to become an inventor. He spent nearly ten years producing failed inventions then he put full thought into television development. By the end of 1923 John Logie Baird, through sheer determination, had finally managed

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Harmful Effects of Smoking

    Harmful Effects of Smoking

    Every year thousands of people die because of lung cancer or other tobacco related illnesses. Everyone in the world comes in contact with smoke from a cigarette at least once in their lifetime, whether it is at a restaurant or at work. Millions of people are addicted to smoking, and thousands more become addicted every year. Cigarettes and other tobacco products are everywhere. Most of the addicted smokers started when they were young (Roberts 18).

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Censorship of Violence in Television Media

    Censorship of Violence in Television Media

    The Censorship of Violence in Television Media My topic is based on research in the United States regarding television violence and its impact on juvenile crime. Since the beginning of television broadcasts there have been investigations regarding television violence and its effects on juvenile who watch it. In the early 1950s the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency held a series of Congressional hearings to address juvenile crime. Because there is

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Artur
  • Television Violence and Our Children

    Television Violence and Our Children

    Society is faced with an overwhelming amount of media violence. Everywhere you look, you see shootings, stabbings, beatings, and some kind of violence. Television violence is the most common type of media violence. The gruesome things that children witness on television, shouldn’t even be viewed by the most qualified professional. The depiction of television violence can negatively affect the mental health of children. Families today are much busier than in previous decades. There is much

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Violence in Television

    Violence in Television

    When families sit down to watch television, they expect to watch family type of shows. Family type shows meaning rated PG or PG13, sitcoms and movies that do not include weapons, killing, foul language, and non-socially accepted actions. When children killing, they start to believe that it is accepted. Do children think that killing and hurting others and themselves have little meaning to the real life, children can become traumatized. Most killers or violators of

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Artur
  • Children and Television

    Children and Television

    Children and Television Television affects children’s lives. There are many facts to support this opinion. In the following paragraphs I will prove that TV affects children and their behavior. Also I will talk about things related to this topic. What children watch today affects their lives. Television has a powerful impact on everyone. Many people, even super stars like Madonna feel there children should not watch television. Many of today’s youth and family programs

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Andrew
  • What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?

    What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?

    Bradis McGriff Humanities 110 November 27, 2004 Dr. Privateer What is the cause and effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens In America? Introduction Usually when a child or a teenager commits a crime, it is never their fault. When a child or a teenager commits a crime, the responsibility never belongs to the parents either. Instead, when a teenager or a child commits a crime, the first thing that

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Sopranos Television Series

    The Sopranos Television Series

    Speech Outline #1 Topic: The Sopranos television series Subject Content: Primarily, I would like to focus on what made the Sopranos series such a popular and successful television program, and in doing so, recognize how it has influenced the standard for all subsequent drama series. My speech would include topics such as, the importance of dialogue within the series, the clever use of characterization, the use of several running themes (i.e. dreams, character ignorance, gangster

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Newest Harms of Technology

    The Newest Harms of Technology

    From television sets to computers, many original inventions have emerged from the turn of the century. Along with these fresh inventions comes a set of completely new types of danger from breaking up familial ties to easy access of drug related information. Media outlets, that were considered revolutionary a century ago, are beginning to show their harmful effects in today's society. Parents should find new solutions to these problems instead of ignoring them because most

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Kevin

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