... obsolescence. How often have we noticed that after the peak season is over the same shirt which cost you Rs. 700 is suddenly "on sale" at Rs. 250. The same DVD player you bought for Rs. 12,000 is available for Rs. 7000. You wonder to yourself , did they make great advances in shirt design or ... DVD technology to justify huge discounts?. The answer alas is "no" . The design or technology remains unchanged but they add in a few improvements and features and tout it to the core. ... ...

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... we affectionately call the internet, where with one fail swoop of the mouse we can instantly access topics of interest ranging from which movies Saddam Hussein keeps in his vast DVD collection to the most current death tolls of the S.A.R.S. epidemic. The Issue "Well, so what," some might say, "what's the problem with letting the media spoon feed us what we ... ...

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... be called live when it can be manipulated in such a way? It can't. Tivo can also record any program you tell it. Now, combined with the growing popularity of the DVD player, this can make the VCR a thing of the past. This will in turn put a number of companies out of business. Also as this contraption grows in popularity, what happens ... ...

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... carry larger profit margins. It has invested heavily to produce cutting-edge designs, from flat -panel TV monitors that can be hung on walls like paintings to an elegantly thin DVD player. But just as critical as the turnover in product was the face-lift Samsung gave to its brand. Last year it took its first steps at creating a new image ... ...

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With and Without Media Paper Growing up in a home where we had no television channels or cable and very few selected videos and DVD's, I was exposed to very little mass media. Also, being home-schooled up until high school exposed me to even less mass media because I was not in a public school around kids ... ...

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... we affectionately call the internet, where with one fail swoop of the mouse we can instantly access topics of interest ranging from which movies Saddam Hussein keeps in his vast DVD collection to the most current death tolls of the S.A.R.S. epidemic. The Issue "Well, so what," some might say, "what's the problem with letting the media spoon feed us what we ... ...

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... buy what they think their neighbors will approve of. According to The Simmons Market Research, 2002 survey, Asian Americans are more likely than other groups to own handheld video games, DVD players, camcorders, video cameras, and multiple VCRs. They also have a higher propensity to won or lease cell phones. Asians are significantly more likely than the average American to have made ... ...

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