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    basketball, and hockey. Out of the four, hockey gets the least amount of respect. This is something that bothers me as hockey player and fan, and it also bothers other hockey fans around the country. They way that hockey is covered in the newspapers, on television, and not just professional hockey. It goes the same for college hockey and also high school hockey.      Lets start at the top with the NHL. The NHL has a TV deal with ESPN and ABC so that the two companies share the Stanley

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    There are benefits to watching TV like gaining minimal knowledge, but in comparison to how harmful it can be that small amount of knowledge isn’t worth it. Also television can harm a child’s development, encourage laziness, and cause you to obtain an addiction to it. There are so many things that you can damage when you watch TV on a regular basis, why do this to yourself? To begin, the first few years of life are very critical for a child’s development, why ruin it by using a TV as a

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    Television has a tremendous impact on the American culture. Even though television has positive effects, the negative effects of television outweigh the positive effects. The majority of television watched is through advertisements. Television advertisements have a great impact on Americans, especially the youth. In fact, a young person views 40,000 television advertisements per year (Committee on Communications). Concerning a child’s developing cognition and social pressures, television advertisements

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    The article "Reinvent the Movie Theatre" written by Hunter Walk proposes to fans of movies being traditionally watched that the limited movements spectators can act out inside a movie theatre is the reason the capacity of audiences who come to watch the films have not increased. Walk investigates deep into a spectator's mindset in regards to how they may want to behave in a movie theatre if that particular individual is similar to him who wants their "media experience plugged in" (Walk) during this

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    Television invented in the late year of 1927. One of the world’s greatest inventions, but just because TV is a great invention, doesn’t mean it’s always the best thing for the audience. Here are some pros, cons, and my opinion on TV. First, pros, why not start off with the good attributes of TV. In the article “The Box That Changed America” it mentions that TV has a powerful cultural force that people bonded over. People witnessed the same TV shows whether they lived in humongous cities or tiny

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    (AGG) How can a book written about 63 years ago capture the struggles and problems we run into in our daily lives today? (BS-1) Fahrenheit 451 clearly showed the physical and scary ways technology affects our brains through the members of society. (BS-2) Bradbury demonstrates the emotional trauma of TV and technology on us and the characters throughout the novel. (BS-3) Our future of the children in both societies have been proven to be altered by growing up with technology. (TS) Ray Bradbury, the

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    kids should be outside playing too, it doesn't mean they should pick one or the other. It is proven that kids who watch television with their parent's it reduces fear, anger, and increased learning. Honestly, the main reason i know that is true is because when I watch television with my parents, it reduces anger and fear. There is a catch to watching too much television. It disrupts sleep, saps mental energy, and it also can give you depression. It also can affect you at a young age, preschoolers

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    Palmer asserts the negative aspects of the popular television show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” which claims to benefits lives on the participants' lives but this is a lie. There are many unsavory aspects shown through the need to generate television revenue through rating and marketing, production process and looking at the consequences that post-filming events that negatively affect the lives of show participants. The lack of corporate sponsorship also runs into a problem by asking money where

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    Advancements in the television of this era, has expediently evolved since it's inception. Various inventors that have thought of ways to use this technology to the advancement of information, culture, and entertainment. Developing the boundaries that have great introduce a way of communication, though 2008 has been identified as the “Golden Age” for this specific gravitational tech trend has left many to implementing this in the day-to-day functions of most work productivity. The title in which suggests

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    viewership of consumers. At its simplest form, this new rule would allow television consumers to have the option to pick and choose the individual television channels they desire to pay for, instead of having to pay for an entire cable “package”, while still including the “basic” cable service. Essentially, this new regulation would force cable TV providers to allow the option for an à la carte pricing rate for expanded cable television services. While the proposed rule would make cable providers “deviate

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