...Explain what types of addiction were addressed and how the film's characters became addicted, if known? Sugarbaby movie tells a story of an obese woman named Marianne Sagebrecht who was a mortuary attendant. Marianne’s problem is that she is unable to control her urge to eat food especially sweets (Sugarbaby, 1985). She suffers from binge food addiction. This type of addiction is where individuals consume a large amount of food such as carbohydrates, which leads to weight gain. The character in the film hides her addiction by eating at home or carrying food to work. How did this addiction physically affect the individuals involved? Marianne in Sugarbaby film is affected by her weight gain after her depression. The weight gain makes her unable to work for long hours without getting tired, walk for long distances and have normal breathing. Her increase in body size made it difficult for her to fit in her clothes. Although the character was...
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...The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical, symbolic, audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries, commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect, through film, with the social aspects of our age. Every story, every image, every sound has an impact on out society, either visually and/or emotionally. By the use of film we can communicate ideas, morals, ethics, facts, events etc effectively. Ever since the fist filmmakers shocked the world with their innovative art the impact of film on society has only advanced. New technology and contemporary techniques are forever developing and the will to influence, inspire and inform also progress. . This ability to powerfully impact our society is due to the blessing of film and its importance in the 21st century should never be under-measured. It combines primarily, both audio and video and is thus very appealing to the eyes and the ears. With the development of color cinematography, and stereophonic sound, it is certainly one up on other media. Motion pictures may provide the best evidence of what it was like to walk down the streets of Paris in the 1890s, what a Japanese tea ceremony was like in the 1940s, what the World Series in 1950 looked like, or how people in factories did their...
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...watching anime v. Scope and limitations……………………………………………………………. vi. Discussion………………………………………………………………………… vii. Summary and conclusion………………………………………………..……… f. Summary g. Conclusion viii. Bibliography………………………………………………………………………. Introduction On our generation nowadays most of the students get addicted on watching anime or reading Mangas (a Japanese term of comic books). If a person likes anime too much, he or she will be called as an OTAKU(is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly the anime and manga fandom.) Otakus follows their desire without thinking first. They also follows the anime series they wants. There are many factors that urge students to watch anime that leads to addiction. Anime itself serves as a great factor that let the students to watch, because anime became the latest trend for all teenagers. If students missed one episode, they will surely get lost and never get the drift of the entire series Body I. The effects of watching anime to the students Most of the students having a hard time to go to sleep because...
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...The Deadly Affect Alcoholism had a major affect on the life of the famous director/comedian Sherman Alexie. He grew up in a family that was addicted to alcohol, so he has always had a good understanding of how alcohol can affect a person and others around them. He put this knowledge into film in the 1990’s movie Smoke Signals. Statistically 58% of deaths are alcohol related. Alcohol has an affect on the lives of everyone. When it is consumed, people tend to do a lot of things they would never think of doing. It plays a major role on our life today. When under the influence the decisions made by alcoholics are sometimes fatal to not only themselves but others around them. In the movie Smoke Signals alcoholism is portrayed through a Native American Indian reservation. The main character Victor Joseph deals with alcoholism at its worst with an abusive alcoholic father. This movie shows how a family battles through alcoholism and how it affects them afterwards. In the 1998 film Smoke Signals, Victor grew up on an Indian reservation with his family. Arnold, Victor’s father, was an alcoholic who accidentally lit his friend’s house on fire. The parents of the house were killed, but Arnold managed to save their son Thomas. After he burnt down their house Arnold was never the same. He began to become more of an alcoholic due to his depression. One night Arnold and his wife decided to throw a party. Victor came outside while they were drinking and his dad came up to him and said...
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...The effects of Addiction Addiction becomes relevant to psychiatry as it enables one to understand how an addict thinks and acts according to his or her condition. If one will be able to evaluate and examine the conditions of addiction with the use of psychiatry, many will be able to come out with solutions and answers to such a problem. Finding solutions would not only help the addcits, be soft or hard, but would also help reduce the incidence of crime in the society. With this, many societies will be able to promote a unified and peaceful community, which are inhabited by productive and unified citizens. Many people say that soft addictions can turn to hard addictions. Once a person begins finding comfort in drinking coffee or staying on social media all the time, you wrap your entire life around it. Others also start their soft addictions by taking in sips of drinks to gain apetite before eating. All these can gradually degenerate in a hard addiction. Making it a psychiatric issue, very difficult to resolve. In their breakthrough work Dying to Drink, Harvard researcher Henry Wechsler and science writer Bernice Wuethrich explore the problem of binge drinking. They state, “Two out of every five college students regularly binge drink resulting in approximately 1,400 student deaths, a distressing number of assaults and rapes, a shameful amount of vandalism, and countless cases of academic suicide” (Wechsler and Wuethrich, 2002). There are many addictions that people are bedeviled...
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...CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction- Social Networking Sites few years back, usage of social networking sites became popular around the world. Social networking sites are also known as social networking website. Social networking sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers’ fascinated by their affordances and reach. Social networking sites are web-based service that building an online community of people that share same interest, or activities and explore others people interest. Social network sites (SNSs) such as FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MYSPACE, CYWORLD, and BEBO have attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their practices. As of this writing, there are hundreds of social networking sites, with various technological affordances, supporting a wide range of interests and practice while their key technological features are fairly consistent, the cultures that emerge around SNSs are varied. Most site support the maintenance of preexisting social networks, but others help strangers connect based on shared interests, political views, or activities. Some sites cater to diverse audiences, while others attract people based on common language or shared racial, sexual, religious, or nationality-based identities. Sites also vary in the extent to which they incorporate new information and communication tools, such as mobile connectivity, blogging and photo/ video-sharing. Besides that, a social networking...
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...fix. To satisfy their habit, teens have been known to borrow tens of thousands of dollars from loan sharks, sell drugs, and even steal money from parents, boyfriends or girlfriends."(Howey : 1999) At fourteen, an eighth-grader from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida became hooked on gambling. It all started with one bet on a jai alai match. Within a few years he was cutting class and spending 2500 dollars a week on jai alai. He even began stealing money from his parents and the theme park where he worked. By sixteen, Michael G. was an addict.(Nesbit : 1998) Compulsive gambling is an issue that is affecting millions of teenagers nationwide. The thrill of winning money and the attention gained from doing so is enough to cause an addiction. And since gambling is illegal for people under the age of eighteen, it seems more alluring to those who are not of legal age to play. Teens seem to think that gambling is harmless fun, but they have no idea of the problems that can come from it. "As more teens are being drawn into the culture of chance, gambling is influencing American society in deep and unexpected ways."(Morgan : 1996) In teens, at least five percent are problem gamblers and at least nine percent are at risk of having problems.(Franey : 2005) Time Magazine stated that one eight of the country's problem gamblers were teenagers.(Henry : 2003) Yale University concluded that teenagers who gamble are three times more likely to become addicted to gambling then adults...
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...Computer Addiction: Defining the Problem and Finding the Solution In today’s society, it is an acceptable idea for people to obtain information via the computer and the internet. With most things in life, there are disadvantages. Computer technology has shown that there are many disadvantages in using this device. Computer addiction, an ongoing problem, causes problems such as addictive behavior, obsession and multitasking dilemmas. What are the disadvantages of using the Internet? The internet teaches us how to interact with people and places all over the world. There are downfalls to this convenience that we are not told about beforehand. Some of these downfalls occur as psychological disorders, addictions, obsessions and in multitasking. Computer addiction is an ongoing problem in 2015. We need to find a solution. Computer addiction fits the definition of a psychological disorder, a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness. For example, Sharon Jayson in her article in USA Today refers to experts who think technology is “rewiring our brains.” Psychological disorders like anxiety, narcissism, addictions and compulsive behaviors that people have are due to excessive computer use. Mary Sykes Wiley, agreeing with Jayson, states that being on the computer is like Cybercoke. It’s an instant high, zooming from link to link. Emily Listfield also uses Jayson’s same words to indicate that the computer internet may even be “rewiring...
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...technological traditions call GUI widget—a control element in graphical user interface. This naming convention remains in continuing use (as of 2008) since then. The X11 windows system 'Intrinsics' also defines gadgets and their relationship to widgets (buttons, labels etc.). The gadget was a windowless widget which was supposed to improve the performance of the application by reducing the memory load on the X server. A gadget would use the Window id of its parent widget and had no children of its own It is not known whether other software companies are explicitly drawing on that inspiration when featuring the word in names of their technologies or simply referring to the generic meaning. The word widget is older in this context. In the movie "Back to School" from 1986 by Alan Metter, there is a scene where an economics professor Dr. Barbay, wants to start for...
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...Prescribed Into Addiction Our family will always wonder if a holistic approach to his back pain could have saved my brother from being a statistic of the opiate overdose epidemic. My brother, Jeremy, was one of over 125,000 people who have lost their life since 2000, to the epidemic of opiate overdoses. There are dozens of safe alternative treatments for chronic back pain that do not involve taking medication or having an operation. We will struggle the rest of our lives wondering if tried holistic treatment if he would still be with us. Jeremy broke his back skateboarding, when he was in 11th grade, which was the first time doctors prescribed painkillers. At that time, we were unaware of how dangerous prescription painkillers can be and how easy it is to become addicted. An alternative could be physical therapy, chiropractic treatment or medical massage. These treatments can be just as effective. Jeremy was a dare-devil, who never was afraid of any physical challenges whether it was skateboarding, snowboarding or many other sports. These sports lead to a lot of injuries and more painkillers. He was a Union Carpenter, which is hard physical labor, and it added to his pain. His biggest motto was no matter what you do to work. No matter the pain that he was in, he would go to work. Physical therapist should teach exercises to make his back stronger, than he would suffer less and not become addicted to painkillers. By the time he was 25, he was in a lot of physical pain, especially...
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...will define addiction through people's answers in the survey, if they think of themselves as television addicts, and what individuals want to get out of watching television (social interaction or to escape reality for a brief period.) The interviewees will add insight into the direction of the study and they will define television addiction and the level of television that will be a concern (addiction). Through the study more than half the subjects agreed that television has addicting powers, but it lacks withdrawal affects and it doesn't cause harm instantly it should be classified separately from other addictions. Through the results of the study were not conclusive. The people who thought of themselves as addicted the types of programs they watched varied along with their backgrounds. Further studies will have to be done to draw any correlations. Introduction With the amount of television stations broadcasting in the United States alone, there is no lack of programming or genre to watch. With how society views television as a norm and how individuals watch television every day it is important to understand why some individuals watch too much television and to understand their reasoning and logic behind it. It is also important to understand if television addiction is a mental state of mind or if television programs/channels make a product that is addicting and hard to resist. The study of television addiction is important for a few reasons. One, addiction should be considered...
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...top three answers were honesty, integrity, and a solid work ethic. Gambling is not an activity that could be described using any of these words. Gambling corrupts the values of the life, replacing them with greed and selfishness. It is a form of theft from taxpayers, encourages the neglect of children and jobs, attracts a criminal element, cultivates laziness and lends itself easily to other societal ills such as alcohol and drug use and prostitution. Gambling undermines the work ethic by offering a “something for nothing” attitude and leads people to profit by causing loss to others. Most proponents of gambling consider it to be harmless recreation. However, like the tobacco industry, the gambling industry relies and thrives on addiction. The bulk of the gambling industry’s profits come from problem and compulsive gamblers. In terms of casinos, they produce no wealth for anyone other than the owners. They do not produce a good to be manufactured or exchanged. Almost every dollar spent in a casino is utilized by the casino; -- it is sucked out of the community, not spent elsewhere, or put into a savings account. Gambling and casinos are not economic development. We, as a society, must choose to build a future on solid economic foundation, or build a casino economy where we say it does not matter. The social costs of gambling, the externalities, are hard to quantify. Every casino market has had to deal with rising crime, strained infrastructure, increased personal...
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...Introduction Teaser: Show a short clip from a poker movie. Internal Preview: In order for us to fully understand the benefits of playing Texas Hold’em, we must first explore the problems associated with gambling. Second, we’ll explore what’s causing everyone to play Texas Hold’em. Finally, we’ll offer some simple solutions as to how you can maximize your winnings. Transition Statement: So first, let’s discuss problems associated with gambling. II. Main body 1: Problems 1. Addicting Claim: Gambling addiction is a problem. Grounds: According to a 2011 article by Dr. Stanton Peele, Is gambling Addictive? What do addicted gamblers look like?, Dr. Peele claims that, “an activity not involving a substance can be addictive.” Warrant: Stanton Peele Ph.d, J.D. has written books on addiction and has credibility on the issue. Bad debt Claim: Gambling is not typically a good source of income and if not done responsibly, can lead to large debt. Grounds: According to a 2012 ESPN article, written by Bill Simmons, Charles Barkley admitted to squandering millions of dollars away at casinos. Warrant: Espn sports analysts are very diligent and professional. Transition Statement: Now that we have a grasp on the problems associated with gambling, let’s discuss whats causing the craze over Texas Hold em. III. Main body 2: Cause Popularity Claim: Texas hold em is becoming a world wide phenomenon, because it’s fun. Grounds: There are multiple major Texas hold em events including...
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...Are You a Shopaholic? 3 Steps To Fixing Your Addiction 1 Posted June 26, 2012 by Danica Saarah Nelson in Advice “The first step to recovering is admitting you have a problem,” is a cliché we hear all the time. But do you see overspending on constant shopping trips as a crucial life issue that’s nearly as harmful as drugs or alcohol? It can be! Spending your disposable income on unnecessary items (especially when they’re charged to your credit card) is a surefire way to an unsuccessful and unhappy future. Below are the first three steps you can take to curing your illness. Step 1 – Remove Yourself From ALL Mailing Lists It’s hard, but it’s the easiest way to avoid succumbing to the temptations of spending money on something you wouldn’t have otherwise if you weren’t victim to that specific e-mail. If you REALLY want to get exclusive information on a sale or get your hands on a coupon code, a simple Google Search will do the trick. Removing yourself from every mailing list you’ve subscribed to is your first step towards curing your spending habits! Step 2 – Ditch the Plastic. Adopt the Paper! This one is pretty simple. All you have to do is take your Credit and Debit Cards out of your wallet. People essentially spend less when they’re using cash because they can see for themselves how quickly it can decrease as opposed to when you’re using plastic, you just swipe and go. Ever change your mind about purchasing something because you don’t want to break your $20? Then...
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...We do it in bed, on the couch, in the car, and in the bathroom, yes you guessed right. (Hopefully) texting... I definitely agree that cell phone use is the leading drug, which the youth are addicted to. But not only young among teenagers, adults too. Just look around you as you walk through shopping malls or other public places, you will see people standing or sitting in a meeting with a group of people while they are on their phone. Your first addiction might have been sugar and treats, or you could never turn your head if Teletubbies was showing on TV. NOMOFOBIA is the constant fear of losing your phone or not be with your phone. It is now the most common phobia occurring among young people. Signs you are addicted to your phone: * The constant fear of losing your phone. * If you should charge your phone a few times in one day. * Mobile use in inappropriate places, such as in bathrooms and movie theaters. etc .. In several studies, they found that young adults experience, physical and mental withdrawal symptoms if they get separated from their phone. They also start to hear ghost’s sounds, gets very jittery and headaches. Odd right? Phone use can lead to accidents, indeed it is the most common cause of accidents on the road. Teenagers are already at increased risk for having a motor vehicle accident while behind the wheel–mainly due to inexperience—but, texting while driving significantly elevates that risk. Texting also causes tunnel vision, less personal...
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