... less per day) and heavy viewers (4 or more hours per day) of television. Heavy viewers seem to put in less effort on school work, have poorer reading skills, play less well with friends, have fewer hobbies and activities, and are more likely to be overweight (Children and Television). Second ... many successive hours, the child is entertained, but he is not thinking. Information is spoon-fed to them, so when it comes for reading a book in school, some children will have difficulty in grasping ideas. They are used to having images flash before them to provide understanding ... , much mor...

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... books. This new realism in literature for children and adolescents has explored topics formerly reserved for adult audiences. Such themes as one-parent households, divorce, estranged parents, living on welfare, death and dying, homosexuality, drugs, and changing sexual roles are representatives of the candor displayed in contemporary literature (Day 364). Of course, within this plethora of ... for teenagers, the movie ratings have at least served as a warning to parents and adolescents. This rating system grew out of the ashes of the movie code, which by late 1960's was considered by H...

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... beneath a fallacious image of civilization and humanity. The romanticized image of the "Old West,"" made popular through the adventure and danger of late nineteenth century dime novels as well as the sex appeal and grit of contemporary actors like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, is replicated through ... Feaster 81). The "Blue Hotel,"" or the centerpiece of the town, is described in the opening paragraph as "a light blue . . . shade that is on the legs of a kind of heron- (325). Crane's comparison of the hotel's hue to a heron, or a bird that acts as an overt representation ... for the...

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... , however the key factor in reducing the harmful effects of violence on TV is parental control. Even though people might not be aware of it, their lives are greatly affected by the media. Americans have replaced reading storybooks and playing dress-up for the new world of media, ... swearing, and acts of social misconduct as children's entertainment. Many research studies have shown that cartoons are the most violent form of entertainment on network television today (Greenspan 2). Prime-time TV contains about five violent acts per hour compared to an average of 26 violent acts per ... ...

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... gang and killed a rival gang member. The detour he deliberately took was a conscious decision and not provoked by the environment - hence nature's toll on his aggressive act. (3) Aggression is usually associated with negative aspects of the world. (3) This is not necessarily true, though. Negativity is but half ... Solution" was implemented. The thoughts of hatred at the beginning of the platform were just as dangerous and aggressive as the gas chambers of late WWII. These aggressive feelings allowed the Germans to desensitize each other to a point of genocide. (11) By solely disliking so...

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... gang and killed a rival gang member. The detour he deliberately took was a conscious decision and not provoked by the environment - hence nature's toll on his aggressive act. (3) Aggression is usually associated with negative aspects of the world. (3) This is not necessarily true, though. Negativity is but half ... Solution" was implemented. The thoughts of hatred at the beginning of the platform were just as dangerous and aggressive as the gas chambers of late WWII. These aggressive feelings allowed the Germans to desensitize each other to a point of genocide. (11) By solely disliking so...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate