...the small ones tend to induce obstinate, if the merchandise isn't bought for them. 2) youngsters typically tend to misinterpret the messages sent in commercials. They overlook the positive aspect and condense additional on the negatives. 3) several advertisements within the gift times contain unsafe stunts, which may be performed solely by specialists. even if the commercials broadcast the statutory warnings with the ad, youngsters typically try and copy the stunts reception, with deadly results. 4) Flashy advertisements broadcast in idiot box generate impulse looking in youngsters. 5) youngsters, once look the gleam of commercials, typically miss the power to measure a life while not materialistic happiness. 6) youngsters most frequently get additional attracted towards high-ticket branded merchandise, like jeans and accessories. They ignore a budget, however useful ones that don't seem to be shown within the commercials. 7) Advertisements have AN indirect result on the behavior of youngsters. they may project temper tantrums, once bereft of the newest toys and garments that ar shown in...
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...An Idiot Abroad The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington Publisher: Canongate Year: 2011 Number of Pages: 225 Genre: Comedy ‘An Idiot Abroad – The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington’ is a written accompaniment to the hit television series ‘An Idiot Abroad’. The book not only re-tells the TV series, but also sports new, unseen parts from the series and offers a fresh, simple perspective on the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’. I think it’s reasonable to say that those who find themselves reading this book will have seen the Sky1 series, ‘An Idiot Abroad’ of which this book accompanies and thus, not much of an introduction to Karl is required. However for the purpose of this review, Karl Pilkington is an English television personality, actor, author and former radio producer. Karl met Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (Whom sent him on his travels) through gaining prominence as the producer of their show on XFM. Karl tends to be the butt of Ricky’s practical jokes. The book begins with an illustrated conversation between Ricky and Steve that was filmed for the TV series and sets up the entire premise of the project. The book comprises of seven chapters, each consisting of one visit to a ‘wonder’. Countries visited in the book are: China, Jordan, India, Egypt, Peru, Brazil and Mexico. The chapters are presented in chronological order which differs from the show, but makes sense from a narrative point of view as you see Karl’s attitude to each trip change. He goes from careful excitement...
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...part of today’s society, and is a convenient way to get information out to users. It’s hard to say whether tv makes us smarter, but two essays that have very different views on this topic are “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson and “Thinking Outside The Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens’. Steve Johnson goes into detail about how modern television has the ability to allow viewers to grasp many abstract ideas at the same time. On the other hand, Dana Stevens believes the opposite. Even though watching too much TV can distract you from other tasks, tv can allow an individual to grasp multiple concepts at once, and watching certain television shows have the ability to increase intelligence. In Steven Johnson’s article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” he goes into detail about how television is not necessarily responsible for “dumbing us down” like many would believe. Johnson goes into detail about the sleeper curve and how society is growing as the years pass. He suggests that TV forces an individual to think, stimulates the brain and forces our mind to focus on the plot. He suggests that TV shows we watch today help us analyze certain situations and increase our intellectual capabilities leading to an increase of intelligence. Some believe that Reality TV can help engage our mind and even teach us street smarts. Johnson believes that the true test is determining if the TV shows sedates our mind or engages it. To “determine what really is cognitive junk food and what is generally...
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...The Effect TV Has On Its Viewers In Dana Stevens’ article, “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box,” she summarizes Steven Johnson’s argument that “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” Johnson argues that understanding the complexity of today’s TV shows makes viewers smarter. Stevens disagrees with Johnson’s statement saying, “watching TV teaches you to watch more TV”(296). Both authors discuss the issue of television and its impact on viewers’ intelligence; they share a common topic but utilize very different literary elements. Stevens and Johnson both employ different tones, themes, and dialogue to prove their arguments on the effect that TV has on its viewers. While both authors discuss a similar topic, they utilize different themes. These themes are made clear through the examples that both authors incorporate. In Johnson’s article he uses examples from popular TV shows such as 24, The West Wing, and E.R. He uses 24 as an example of how we use our brain in order to navigate through the intricate information and grasp the important concepts in order to make sense of an episode. Another example that Johnson shows us is the dialogue between characters on shows like E.R and The West Wing that do not talk down to its audience. “ The characters talk faster in these shows”(287) and use much more scientifically language which most viewers do not understand. This complex language requires the viewer to pay closer attention to the context in order to make sense of the words being spoken....
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...Cause-Effect Essay: Effects of watching too much TV. The television is commonly called the 'idiot box' by critics. It is a box of sorts that produces a variety of entertainment programmes. It has been around for decades and nearly every household there is at least a television set to be found. Today, hundreds of television channels available and millions of people around the world spend a lot of time watching them. Many people view television as a tool of education. However studies have shown that excess television exposure is unhealthy, waste of time and brainwashing through lots of advertisements. Researchers found that the more hours a person sit in front of the television, the higher chance of he getting heart disease. This is because human body evolved to move, not to sit still for extended periods of time. Additionally, when a person watching television programmes, he will tend to eat more and eat unhealthy snacks due to advertising and other foods shown in television. Soon or later, the body weight will increase with no doubt. Besides, watching too much television is bad for the eyes, especially in a dark room. Most expert agree that staring at the television won't cause permanent damage to a person's eyes, but focusing on television too long can cause eyestrain, an irritating problem. Another obvious result of watching television is the time it takes away from doing other things. There is always something on the television for everyone. There are cartoons for different...
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... all these above changes become the cause of collapse of children's moral and mental basis. Children, nowadays, are deprived of the love and affection with their grandparents and teacher’s both. We can generally see in metropolitan areas parents do not have time to spend with their children mostly when they go to the office or on their works their wards are in bed and when they come back from their work at night their wards are in deep sleep. So the most of the parents feel that they are not able to spend their valuable time with their wards in formative years as a result students are spending their time with idiot box. To make the worst situation, the idiot box (the so called color TV) spreading its fast impact on younger minds in every home and every ones study. This problem has become more serious by using cable network in the form of TV, Radio, Internet, mobile TV etc. The role of media has also become important while talking value education with changing technological world. This has ultimately led to deterioration of social and moral values. So there is urgent need of value education. It is a historical need of the hour that education itself has to bear the cross for the well being of students. The Parents and their wards 1. Now a days, parents are not worry about tendency of their wards to show off their prestige, status and wealth by using cars, mobile, clothes and jewelry. 2. Parents are fewer concerns towards their way of performance. 3. There are no monitoring by...
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...those who are ill or housebound, television provides them with a company while they are alone, whereas others just enjoy the entertainment factor. Entertainment in the home can be very challenging for the most loving families; therefore television can be a good thing as it can provide parents with a "babysitter"! For those older folk who can no longer cope with going out for shopping, TV is the answer! Not to forget the teens who simply can't seem to have enough of Hannah Montana or the lovely middle-aged ladies who love watching their favorite series of either 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Sex and The City'! Though, actually going to a concert has a better atmosphere than just watching it on television, some people praise this as it is much cheaper than buying a ticket to go to the venue itself. TV has brought the education at viewers' door-steps. It has encouraged formal and open education in a big way. Well, those were just the 'WOW' factors of Television. However, its not all good! For instance, while I was in middle-school, I had this unforgettable poem on a couple who was highly addicted to TV. They watched Television for days and nights together; never did they make a single movement! It seemed as if Television was the one and only sole reason for them to stay alive. Suddenly, after a few days, the electricity went off making the screen go blank. Its just at that point of time that they looked at each other for the first time ever and exchanged some warm 'Hello's and 'How...
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...The Media Classmates, I am going to talk about the negative factors the media has on teenagers in the 21st century. I say 21st century because that’s essentially when the media flourished into an “entity”. It influences the lives of billions and enslaves the lives of millions of teenagers. But first we have to ask ourselves, what is the media? It is the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively. Nowadays for our generation the media is a vast form of communication that permeates nearly every aspect of modern culture. We depend on the media for information on everything from finding out what the latest gadgets are to looking at the latest fashion trend or finding out what our favourite celebrity is up to. Media’s effects on teenagers are significant. “It almost controls the minds of teenagers like a giant remote control”. “Studies have shown that certain groups of teenagers are prone to act out violently/aggressively because of media influences”. This is because we, as a society glorify negative behaviours. Movies and television programme often show characters using drugs and alcohol and engaging in violent behaviour. At a developmental stage when teens seek greater freedom and independence, the glorification of drugs, alcohol, risky sexual and violent behaviours in the media make it challenging for teens to make responsible behavioural choices. Furthermore according to Ofcom programmes that caused the most concern to parents...
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...The Power of TV Commercials The power of pop culture has an enormous influence on the minds of the youth. TV commercials are powerful tools that are used to portray an image, change an idea or shape an attitude. These thirty seconds or more of flashy attractions draws viewers in on the attitudes and values of which people hold in society. It promotes particular beliefs and ways of thinking. Such beliefs that are promoted through TV commercials can be the encouragement of changing one’s appearance in order to look similar as a certain celebrity. On the good side, TV commercials display positive behaviors and role models that young girls and adolescent girls can aspire to be. In contrast, many of these TV commercials have a negative influence on the life of young girls and adolescent girls. TV commercials targets young girls and adolescent girls through the use of different outlets that glorify unrealistic expectations, distorted body image and sexualization in which leads them on a path of self-destruction. TV commercials can promote positive behavior. Dove is the first “beauty” company to promote to young girls and adolescent girls that they should be comfortable with their own body. Their marketing campaign helps to establish self-esteem and a good body image. It shows “real women” as role models who are happy with themselves even though their body may not be what is typically thought of as beautiful. According to the article, “The Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty”, Dove...
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...those who are ill or housebound, television provides them with a company while they are alone, whereas others just enjoy the entertainment factor. Entertainment in the home can be very challenging for the most loving families; therefore television can be a good thing as it can provide parents with a "babysitter"! For those older folk who can no longer cope with going out for shopping, TV is the answer! Not to forget the teens who simply can't seem to have enough of Hannah Montana or the lovely middle-aged ladies who love watching their favorite series of either 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Sex and The City'! Though, actually going to a concert has a better atmosphere than just watching it on television, some people praise this as it is much cheaper than buying a ticket to go to the venue itself. TV has brought the education at viewers' door-steps. It has encouraged formal and open education in a big way. Well, those were just the 'WOW' factors of Television. However, its not all good! For instance, while I was in middle-school, I had this unforgettable poem on a couple who was highly addicted to TV. They watched Television for days and nights together; never did they make a single movement! It seemed as if Television was the one and only sole reason for them to stay alive. Suddenly, after a few days, the electricity went off making the screen go blank. Its just at that point of time that they looked at each other for the first time ever and exchanged some warm 'Hello's and 'How...
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...is something which takes time, even years perhaps. One has to wait for the right time. But then, how does one know when the right time has come? There, I came up with this philosophical gem! The right time is when you decide its the right time. To tell you the truth, this is harder than it first seemed, but necessary. So, without further ado, let me just get down to it. As preparation for this article, I decided to do some research, I watched some interviews on YouTube to see what exactly interviewers asked the interviewees, to broadcast their life to a wider audience, but then I stumbled upon the Arnab Goswami-Rahul Gandhi interview and decided that I had had enough. I felt as though I had suffered from loss of IQ (We Indians who watch TV - popular victims of this disease). The person that Swami is - an engineer, currently employed at TCS, graduated from NIT Durgapur with a degree in Information Technology in 2014, MBA aspirant - Short story. Long Story Born and raised in New Delhi till the age of twelve, I spent my teenage and adult life in the enchanting...
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...THE BI-POLAR BOX: TELEVISION’S INFLUENCE ON AMERICA Michael S. Barrett ENGL101- B18 May 29, 2012 Television is a powerful tool that can be used for good or for evil, and in and of itself cannot be good or bad any more than a hammer can be good or bad. In the early sixties, during television’s infancy, there only a handful of televisions manufacturers and the sets were costly to own. Most families had only set if they had any. Ever improving technology and access to programming has created a tremendous market for producers of televisions. Technological advances in electronic circuitry have allowed televisions to be manufactured less expensively opening a flood gate of companies that sell sets. Owners of “smartphones” can even view the same programming on their telephone that they see at home. This provides yet another avenue of influence for television programmers. Americans have an average of three televisions per household according to surveyor and television ratings company A. C. Nielsen in a study released in 2010. According to Nielsen, 54 percent of American homes have at least three televisions while only 18 percent of homes had one or less sets. This number is up 43 points from a similar survey conducted in 1975. Clearly, television has become one of the dominant forms of media in the United States and probably has some effect on viewers but whether the effect is negative or positive is yet to be determined. Also according to Nielsen more people will be cutting...
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...Emotional Appeal in Jennifer Pozner’s “The Unreal World How many times have you seen a reality TV show that pans out the exact same way as others you have seen before? These shows claim to be unscripted yet almost always have similar characters that act the same way. This is because Reality TV executives cast people they know can be easily manipulated into entertaining television. By using diction and figurative language in “The Unreal World”, Jennifer Pozner arouses fury from the audience that helps prove reality TV forces an idea of unattainable beauty on women and creates hurtful gender and racial stereotypes. To elicit anger from the audience, Pozner uses diction to demonstrate how Reality TV gives women unachievable standards for beauty. Pozner explains how Reality TV has this idea of a “perfect ten” (445). The use of a numbered scale implies that women are constantly being judged on their looks. It also insinuates that women can achieve a perfect score on this scale even though perfection is unattainable. A scale implies that everyone is judged the same way; however, beauty can come in many different forms. Both of these implications are incredibly hurtful to the young women watching these shows because it puts an onus on external aspects of the human body rather than the internal. Shows exist that are completely devoted to finding flaws in women such as “Are you Hot?: The Search for America’s Sexiest People.” This show uses a laser “flaw finder” (446) to rate women...
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...To Entertain or to Learn? That is the Question. In her essay, “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box,” published in Slate on March 25,2005, Dana Stevens argues against what Johnson has to say about how television makes us smarter. Stevens explains how television is just a way for Americans to become overly obsessed with shows that have no value to the way our brains work. She wants her readers to know that television is just a form of entertainment and that there are more things to life than just a couch and remote. She explains how Steven Johnson is wrong about how TV is making Americans smarter. Parents used to make their children go outside and get exercise, but now they just put their children in front of a TV with an “educational” show on. Ultimately what is at stake here is that children and adults are using TV to get smarter. Stevens is persuasive by using a sarcastic tone that some readers might not appreciate but she gets her point across, logic on how television really is, and refuting the opposing argument. By using these points the reader is able to see how television is not making the brain work more or less, it just entertains. From start to finish, Stevens applies sarcasm into her essay by picking at Johnson’s logic on how television is making the world smarter. She states, “If watching TV really makes you smarter, as Steven Johnson argued in an article…then I guess I need to watch a lot more of it because try as I might, I could make no sense of Johnson’s piece”...
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...Speaker, honorable opponents and distinguished judges. The resolution before the house today is be it resolved that reality TV shows reflects real life. First let me list a few reality TV shows you guys may watch at home- Dragons Den, Jersey Shore, Survivor and Big Brother. Now, what do all these shows have in common besides all being reality TV shows? They all have normal everyday people, real reactions and the people who watch these shows can relate to them. Yes some people may argue that some shows are over-done and the actor’s reactions are fake but the truth behind the matter is that everybody has a different opinion on what over-doing a reaction is. If reality shows didn’t reflect our lives, then nobody would watch the shows. We watch reality shows because they are entertaining, and they put people like us in situations where their actions are being watched 24/7. If you were offered a role in a reality TV show such as Big Brother, at first you’d be careful of what actions you make on camera knowing the world is watching. But how long can you really keep acting fake? The real you, the real reactions when you are put in a hard situation will come out. This is why reality shows such as Big Brother reflect real life because it’s based on real reactions of normal people like you and I. The opposition may argue that the editing if what makes reality TV look fake but remember that the camera doesn't lie. No matter how much editing is done to compress and provide a story line...
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