way, TV has become an important mass media around the world. Sadly, this resource isn’t used in a way that people could get the best possible benefits from it. The purpose of this essay is to persuade the reader that people shouldn’t watch too much television because the content of many TV programs is not educational; it makes people waste time that could be used in more beneficial activities; and it negatively affects people’s mental development. The first reason why people shouldn’t watch too
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Abstract This study explores how and why people get addicted to television using a survey asking people about their viewing habits, and getting their opinions on television and television programs. It will explore topics such as why people watch television, what types of programs people watch, and how much television people watch on average. The study will define addiction through people's answers in the survey, if they think of themselves as television addicts, and what individuals want to get
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How TV Affects Your Child Television watching is becoming more prominent in America culture. Children are being plugged into the television at younger and younger ages. Each day after school, thousands of kids sit in front of their T.V. sets at their homes and kill their precious time watching T.V. programs when they should be active or doing homework, etc. Parents will want to get work done and the television is a very convenient “babysitter.” Parents do not have to pay the television to keep
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watching too much television has anything to do with her inability to complete the smallest of tasks. Some people think that children who watch too much television are likely to develop ADHD; however, it may be the opposite. The child who is prone to Attention problems may be drawn to watching television to sooth their minds (New Scientist, 2007). Is it possible that children too watch much television? According to Eric Landhuis of the University of Otago, children should not watch more than
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Why Television is OK for Children Why Television is OK for Children Tonia Boyett Grand Canyon University English Composition II 106 February 19, 2011 Why Television is OK for Children The views about children and television all seem to point to television being bad for children. According to Rose Bachtel text “Television: Destroying Childhood”, watching television does not allow children the exercise that they need to keep their bodies in shape and can lead to health problems (Bachtel
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linked excessive TV watching to weight gain. While watching TV, kids are inactive and tend to snack. They're also bombarded with ads that encourage them to eat unhealthy foods. The problem isn't just how long children are watching TV but, what they are watching. According to William H. Deitz, pediatrician and prominent obesity expert at Tufts University School of Medicine, "The easiest way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set. Almost anything else uses more energy than watching TV."
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How Too Much Television Can Harm a Child’s Development For the past 20 years, studies have linked excessive TV viewing to childhood obesity, poor brain development, lagging educational performance, sleep disturbances and diminished physical activity (Is Television Harmful For Children?, 2010). Children are very impressionable, so sitting in front of a television for long periods of time can have a negative outcome. While a child’s brain is being molded, they are more susceptible to act out
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Study Yi Long MISM 3301-H1 Professor Doug Cartwright Oct 26, 2013 Will TV Succumb to the internet? Summary: Internet Provides have adopted a business model of expanding select programming services while remain competitive with an increasingly digitized world. The online TV technology has became a threat to the future mainstream TV and more household have cut the cord and terminated standard TV service in favor of Internet programming.High-speed internet connections, powerful computers
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January 19, 2011 The disease that I chose was COPD, these diseases is very close to me because my mom die from this not even a year ago, What is diseases is called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, what is does to you, is take the oxygen out your blood, COPD will cause coughing that produces large amounts of mucus, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, hard to breath just walking to other side of the room. There are two different kinds of COPD; the two
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If I tell you : * Everybody’s got one. * Its presence is reassuring. * At home, it has an exceptional status. The answer is TELEVISION of course! Well, all these facts are real: Watching TV is the third activity in term of time for western population after working and sleeping. On average, French people spend 3.5 hours a day watching TV, 4 hours a day for American people. When I mentioned an exceptional status at home, I meant that it has pride of place on the best place of the
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