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    Soma Thapa Eng-11 05 Prof. Cannon 8.March.2016 Watching TV Makes You Smarter In the article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” the author Steven Johnson explains how watching TV enhances the intelligence of people. He asserts that TV shows are currently giving a good cognitive workout to the viewers. There are many intellectually challenging shows and some of the shows he mentions in the article are 24,The West Wing, The Sopranos, and ER. Throughout the article Johnson debates on the topic how

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    Screen Time Limits

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    Problems that researchers link to heavy television viewing are more likely results of these demographic factors than of a TV habit." (It's Time to Let Go of Screen Fears). As a child all of my surrounding peers had alot going on throughout the day, this made it hard to have friends to play with

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    Modeling Violence There have been many experiments to show how children can model violence after what they have been shown. One of the most famous models involves “Bobo the doll”. A group of twenty four children were involved in this experiment, some were shown aggressive behavior, some nonaggressive behavior, and some were shown no model. The children who were involved in seeing the aggressive model were more likely to repeat the aggressive behavior they were shown. Most involved hitting or shooting

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    Watching Life Lessons Through Netflix The prominent actress Kirstie Alley once said: “I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.” What her interpretation of this quote, and what I interpret are two completely different meanings. As I binge watch Netflix basically on the daily basis, I can most definitely say that I am very knowledgeable about what to watch and what to not watch on Netflix. As a matter of fact, from all of the shows that

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    ways to watch Fear the Walking Dead. Stream AMC with Sling TV Sling TV is a fantastic option for those that want the best parts of cable without paying the hefty monthly some. For $20 a month, Sling TV provides subscribers access to a slew of cable networks including AMC. This will provide you access to not only Fear the Walking Dead, but every show on AMC, TBS, TNT, CNN, Lifetime, and a host of other channels. If interested, Sling TV is currently providing a free Roku Streaming Stick when signing

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    Declaration of Independence Do you like The walking Dead? Well that is what I feel like- I have become a zombie. But unlike your normal zombie- I am addicted to watching Netflix, not the flesh of the living. Netflix has ruled my summer. Netflix is awesome. There are so many great shows to choose from: such as, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breaking Bad, Parks & Rec, plus the cartoons- Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. Netflix can cover and support my every mood. For example: when I am

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    Did you know too much TV can cause 10 different diseases or can raise the chance of someone laying in a hospital bed because of it? As we all know TV is addicting ,but is it worth the risk? Is watching TV benefitting the world for the better or the worse? Its obvious TV can draw your eye's attention but what most people don’t know that it can cause Aggressiveness, lower people's self-esteem,cause health problems minor and severe, but can it cause the monkey see monkey do theory? First off

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    of televisions shows that have come about in this century, but the two that come to mind as my favorite and that consist of significant ideas are “Dexter” and “Shameless.” As a matter of fact, when I am not in school I would binge watch these shows and finish a whole season in just one weekend. “Dexter” is crime-drama mystery show while “Shameless” is more of a comedy-drama. These shows consist of fantastic backgrounds and content, including amazing actors. The main actor in the television show

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    Hulu Versus Streaming TV

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    channels you would like. Online streaming of television shows is now offered, and that is more on the cheaper side. There is a few different apps that people choose from. The two most popular in this time are Netflix and Hulu. Having to choose if you want to use Netflix or Hulu all comes down to what each of them offer. They offer almost the same thing, but as well have a different programming system. ”Streaming television will soon take over cable television in the US, and things are changing rapidly

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    Topic American television has many different types of programming, both good and bad. How does television programming affect children? In America, every family has a television. No matter how many different programs they have for their television, some of that programming could be good or bad. The bad shows could possible affect the children’s behavior. Also the television could affect the children in other many ways like their health, education, etc. I want to explain several bad ways American

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