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    Evolution Of Light Waves

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    1. Doppler radar systems provide information about the movement and position of targets. They work by sending a beam of electromagnetic waves at a specific frequency, at a moving object. When a microwave bounces off the object, its wavelength shifts as the object moves (this is known as the Doppler effect). The radar detects the shift and calculates how fast the object is traveling, along with it's location. 2. Polarized sunglasses block reflected light (glare). Since polarized light waves…

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    Technology has greatly advanced since the 1950’s because now we can fall in love, online, and also learn how to fly an airplane, online, and or even buy yourself new family on amazon. It almost seems as if there is no need for anyone to have a family to come home to anymore when that home has a computer, flat screen TV, and a game system there waiting for someone to make use of it. The most important aspect of the 1950’s family was to spend time with one another. Back then dinner was served and…

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    Cell Phones, social media, television, spending nights watching movies and shows, whether with friends or alone, it feels like society have been doing it since forever. Has it become too late to quit? Television has become a huge heavy in families lives, preventing communication and even making ideas all blend into one. Two authors, Ellen Goodman and Ray Bradbury have been looking into this issue in their own style. In Goodman's factual article, “Primal Screen”, she explored how simple it can be…

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    In this article the author predicts that traditional television viewing as we know it where the viewer is required to tune in at a certain time and day in order to watch a particular program will soon become a thing of the past. In the near future, viewers will be able to select any program, at any time from platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, and Snapchat. As inevitable as this new television may seem, its arrival is slow in coming due to the fact that both distributors and networks…

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    Unplugging Research Paper

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    A Day of Unplugging from the Digital World I accepted the bold challenge of unplugging myself from the usage of any electronic devices over a time span of 24 hours during the last Saturday of April. Initially, I was hesitated to conduct the study as I have become progressively more reliant on technology for its great efficiency and convenience brought to my life. Therefore, I chose the option of 1992 in which telephone and cable TV still within the option of entertainment to increase my chance…

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    Making Life a Little Extra One Stick at a Time Often times people find themselves going home after a long day of school or work and relaxing on the couch, turning on the television to our favorite show. In the United States, Americans watch an average of five hours of television a day. In the average hour of television there are around fifteen and a half minutes of commercials and advertisements, which mean an American watches about an hour and a half of commercials everyday (Flint). The…

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    The telephone was needed to communicate with others at important times and at long distances quickly and cheaply. It also was used to talk with friends or family more often. The late 1800’s needed this invention because it was hard to get messages around the world so quickly before it. You also couldn’t see the faces of the person you were talking to, this was made possible after changes were made. There were many problems that came up though. A problem was that Bell made a telephone company…

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    As of late, broadcasting companies have gone under expanding assault for the fierce projects that fill their calendars. As we examined in class, clinicians and correspondences masters, for example, Dr. George Gerbner at the University of Pennsylvania, have planned scales to measure the passing and pulverization that comes into American homes day by day. Sociologists have examined the conceivable impacts of this circumstance on the survey open. One range that is presently accepting consideration…

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    The importance of television, which was always into discussion, has now in sparked the controversy from the last few years. Study reveals that for many people, television is not just a medium to spread news but also a companion.I personally agree with this notion but there are many drawbacks of this as well. Thus both sides of the contentious would be put under scruitny and my opinion to which holds the weight will be given. There are myriad of arguments in favor of my stance, but the most…

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    system radio scaring millions of citizens leading to chaos. Orson Welles is guilty of violating the clear and present danger clause because he broadcasted fake news, caused police lines to become jammed and created mass fear and panic. Only real news should be played on the radio. Judge Kennedy, who testified against Welles at trial stated that the broadcast was “fraudulent and illegal,” which it was. Heywood Brown, another witness, thought that “Only actual news should be played on the radio,”…

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