When it comes to watching and keeping up with sports it can be watched anytime of the day and almost anywhere. With how technology is sports can watched online on a computer, IPad, and a smartphone where before sports was just watched on TV and read about in newspapers and magazines. ... Not only does the media effect how someone can watch sports, it also helps influence the way someone looks at a sport and the expectations on athletes. ... The Curse of Social Media While social media was meant to help fans enjoy sports and for athletes to enjoy it as well, there have been negative incidents ...

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Or by watching the same shows, like Duck Dynasty or Game of Thrones. ... They could play games that they all enjoy and have a blast doing so. ... Watching movies at a movie theater could also provide entertainment. ... "As an American, I absolutely refuse to have my private entertainment dictated to me...That's what our Founding Fathers fought for, and that is one of the core freedoms we fight for to this very day-- the right to watch whatever I want to.... Like parents can restrict what their children play, do, or watch. ...

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When I am sitting down just to watch a TV show, I usually have nothing on my mind. ... This figure does not include time spent watching movies, listening to the radio, watching music videos, playing videos or computer games, or surfing the Internet for recreational purposes. ... Ironically that number matches the same results that an average child spends watching television. ... If it were not for the media, we would not be able to choose some of the activities that we enjoy doing. ... Without the media advertising which movies are showing, nobody would know which movie to go watch. ...

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When I am sitting down just to watch a TV show, I usually have nothing on my mind. ... This figure does not include time spent watching movies, listening to the radio, watching music videos, playing videos or computer games, or surfing the Internet for recreational purposes. ... Ironically that number matches the same results that an average child spends watching television. ... If it were not for the media, we would not be able to choose some of the activities that we enjoy doing. ... Without the media advertising which movies are showing, nobody would know which movie to go watch. ...

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Pee Wee Herman is teaching us how to deal with the "abnormal", Ren and Stimpy deal with homosexuality, Beavis and Butthead teach us how to be critical of what we are watching on television, Madonna gives us an understanding of sex, and Rap is dealing with racial discrimination. ... I did enjoy Rushkroff's book immensely however it was very hard to follow sometimes. ...

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MTV: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly "Mom can I watch channel 19?" ... My mom would never let me watch MTV when I was younger saying it had too much profanity and too much sexual orientation, yet that didn't stop me. Growing up, MTV was the coolest show to watch. ... I would bet that half of the people who tuned in to watch the Superbowl only did so to see the ads. ... It is still possible to enjoy the entertainment of programs such as MTV, we just have to be smart and know the difference between fantasy and reality. ...

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Today, people want a varied selection of information to read and watch. ... Instead of going to a newsstand and paying fifty cents for a newspaper, a person can simply go to their computer in their home or office and enjoy the same information at a lower price and with less work. ...

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Watch a few movies and get a few laughs and thrills. ... Empirically, entertainment is something that amuses or pleases and so we should enjoy the violence created for entertainment as it was meant to be. ... It is because for the exact same reason why we enjoy car explosions, combats, and firearms. ... There are many people who enjoy violence but do not take part in it. ...

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Children and young adults listen to music and watch television in extremely large quantities. ... Companies show violence because people are known to enjoy it. ... Children learn by observing the world around them and watching violent acts on television isn"t a beneficial observation. ... The more television they watch, the more they believe life to be like television. ...

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However, during the Romantic era, people became less susceptible in believing these imaginary myths and more interested in reading the frightening literature that was presented in order to enjoy a "good" fright. ... All of the activities that are prohibited by society and morals can be lived out vicariously through the evil things we read about and watch on the screen. ... Finally, the appeal of frightening media can be explained in a very similar fashion as explaining why people enjoy roller coaster rides. ... It was also stated that children enjoyed being spooked by movies or television. ...

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With the conveniences of modern technology, I watch American TV shows such as MTV, CNN news, and soap operas etc. ... Frankly, I personally enjoyed the lyrics of this song, Zuai sho si de mo sun ren, (translation: the closest strangers) very much and feel that it was something I would enjoy listen to more than once. ...

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Producers of media feed the public's desires of showing them the things that they enjoy watching. ... For example, when looking at the movie "The Godfather," a large portion of consumers (especially male teenagers and young adults) really enjoyed the movie and the connotations that were attached to organized crime such as Italian mafias, weapons, drugs, etc. ...

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People can then go onto media sharing sites such as Twitter and Tumblr in order to discuss a media product that they enjoyed, or otherwise wish to critique, participating in a discourse that can become beneficial for both consumers and creators. ... Researchers focusing on viewers of television have found that 'the more an individual deems a program as potent at contributing to stronger social connections, the more one would watch the program when it is freshly released' (Xu and Yan, 191). ... For everyday citizens who watch, comment on and reproduce copyrighted content, the umbrell...

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On the other hand a show that enjoys less popularity like 50/50 will cause a decline in advertising expenditures. ... Ukhozi Fm, Metro FM enjoy the biggest slice of the audience share and advertising on these radio stations will be much higher than on Classic FM or Goodhope FM. ... From the inception of television broadcasting in 1976, the SABC enjoyed a monopoly over broadcasting as there was no alternative and media users either had to purchase the service or relinquish it altogether. ...

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It started by way of messengers and scribes, evolved through the presentation of newspapers and radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us world-wide via the ever-popular Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of its existence, it has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and ways that deteriorate and perplex it. It is not a surprise to learn, then, that the mass media is the most powerful source of information we have, and nothing else in today's world influences public perception quite as heavily. Unfortunatel...

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Michael Howe states: "We have to remember that children and adults do enjoy and do choose to watch and listen to those programs and music that contain violence- (48). ... The child enjoys eating such foods, though they produce the harmful effects of rotting away at his teeth. ...

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The media has the freedom and has also to answer for enjoying it. Media has an obligation not to harm the welfare of the society. It is the communicator that has to inform and not to misinform or mislead. It has to educate, entertain and motivate. Media plays the role of a channel that connects the ...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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ABSTRACT This dissertation aims to study development and broadcasting in Zambia, to draw conclusions as to the present situation of broadcasting and the direction it should move in the future. The study of the development of broadcasting in Zambia and its current structure are outlined together with details of its structure, policy and the constraints placed upon it. The findings of this study show that broadcasting - radio in particular - has become the dominant news source for the nation, an effective instrument of propaganda for the government and a powerful influence in the political, s...

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