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    addictive drug encapsulating its users from a young age. Also it has cause increased sleep deprivation in many individuals who participate in these activities. Furthermore‚ it has caused extreme dissatisfaction for consumers by raising one’s expectations for what life has to offer too high for reality to compete. Thus‚ entertainment in the form of advertisement‚ gaming‚ media and electronics negatively affects the individual

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    The first essay was written to focus on negative criticism on television‚ “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn‚ was about the influence of television on family life and parent-child relationships. Author of children’s books‚ Marie Winn sees only a negative outcome with television and family. I did not like her article because I think that it’s good to watch TV. You are informed about your surroundings‚ you learn a lot of things and it doesn’t change family relationships. Winn says that

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    the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn‚ the author explains how television separates people from each other. Television‚ she claims‚ replaces the human contact by keeping the television viewers interested in the television programming instead of having a human companion. In the essay "Dearly Disconnected" by Ian Frazier‚ the author describes the cell phone as an object that will take out the payphones‚ increase human contact and decrease privacy. For example‚ televisions and cell

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    TELEVISION Are people nowadays addicted to TV? How does TV influence people’s behavior (particularly young people’s? Is violence on television a problem? What kinds of programmes do you enjoy? Do you think there should be more control of television programmes? I think there are many programmes that could offend certain members of the public‚ for this reason certain measures should be taken. The government should have the means to control TV programmes but‚ without being a kind of censorship.

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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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    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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    English 1113 Sex‚ Drugs‚ And Violence On American Television Not very many parents would think that the television set would be their worst enemy located in there very own living room. More than seventy-five percent of our American television shows contain sexual and violent content‚ as well as drug and alcohol use. MTV‚ TLC‚ and TBS are some of the most popular channels that contain sex‚ drugs‚ and violence. Adolecents and children of many ages watch and learn from these television programs. Pregnancy

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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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