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    The evolution of television content is currently steadily moving towards reality television shows. The shift from interest in fiction drama series to reality shows has turned the regular television viewers into addicted voyeurs. There have been diverse views on the effect of reality television shows ranging from support to criticism. George Will, in his article “Reality television: oxymoron” believes that reality television is making ordinary people degenerate morally and act stupid in the effort

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    Everyday we encounter the media in some form. It could be waking up to the sound of the radio, or passing billboards in the streets or simply just watching television. They are a lot of different forms of media, for example, verbal or written media, visual media and aural media. Examples of media would include newspapers, magazines, film, radio, television, billboard advertisements as well as the internet. Media studies came about because of the developments in mass communication and it provokes the generation

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    It's no secret that most of us are chained to our couches watching television. Instead of making better use of our time, we spend it in front of a big screen which causes some damage to us. Television can feed us false information, damage our health and appearance and the most obvious, waste our time. If you're at home switching between channels and you come across a news channel or even say you wanted to catch up on the latest news and intentionally open one, You may get incorrect

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    Watching T.V. may be bad for you, but admit it we all do it. When you turn on the television, you expect to be entertained or educated. But there are may show and movies that are not very appropriate. We are going to talk about if it is ok for younger kids to watch violent media. The newest forms of media violence are things that we use everyday like the internet, cell phones, music, even video games. Almost all youth spend more time each week watching TV. For example, about 90 percent of U.S. youth

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    Jonathan Vargas

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    Through his interest in radio and television Jonathan Vargas became a producer. John’s journey into production started when he was young as he grew up watching television series, and listening to the radio on a daily basis in the car or in his room since he had a small radio in his room. Jan slowly started to question how they were produced, and the process behind it all. It all started when he produced a show for kindergarten students during his elementary years at the age of twelve. Through his

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    There are countless numbers of people in the world who are of color, so why are they not on our television screens? Imagine watching your favorite show or movie, and not seeing anyone else of your race, that's the reality for people of color. As a result of this, children are growing up thinking that they are the wrong color and that their naturally dark skin should be lighter. A lot of the population has enough self-hate that they do not need any more of it. Our children to start learning to love

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    Best Binge Watcher Of TV

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    Throughout history, individuals have been given awards for unique qualities that person possesses. The people have been given things like medals, trophies, or rounds of applause from a large audience. Qualities such as courage, kindness, freedom, and bravery have all been given great recognition and seen as one of the best traits that one can have. But in this case, the award I am giving is not one of the above, but one that still deserves a little recognition. Thus, I hope that I will accept

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    Death of Morality” argues that reality television has a bad influence on society. Reality television today gives people another excuse to be lazy and not better themselves. He uses sarcasm through the article. Also, he spoke about how reality television only praises the bad and the devious. One of the strategies Rushdie uses is compare how similar reality television is to our own lives. Rushdie says, “And what tawdry narcissism is here revealed! The television set, once so idealistically thought of

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    families watching at home, you would expect to have appropriate content. Controversy was really what was going on it became difficult to control it. Many things put on television were really critical and complaints flowed in. television had a problem and sensitivity was the number one problem. What needed to be done was to change how television was presented. What families needed to see was a less controversial product that did not bring up any questions or problems. This may have proven to be difficult

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    children. This research tackles a lot of issues that is relevant in today when it comes to television, movies, games, and our interactions that bring out our

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