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Momma told me to come here...the scavenger hunt. It’s of course because of the money, but she doesn’t care if I win or not. It doesn’t matter if I lose, this scavenger hunt is a viral TV show meant for entertainment. Entertainment meaning even if I don’t find that mone- the reward, I sti- we still get paid. I tried to explain to my mother that entering this show is dangerous, last episode a thirteen year old girl was caught on fire, and she passed away. The sad part about it is that she…

Interviews with children who have witnessed traumatic incidences can be very difficult to conduct because the objectives of identifying an accurate incidence without false accusation are hard to control. Upon looking at the interview conducted by Kathleen MacFarlane, a few issues stand out. One issue in this interview is that Macfarlane, begins the interview with the following statement, “Mr. Monkey is a little bit chicken, and he can't remember any of the naked games, but we think that you can…

had over the last few decades has made America as a whole dependent on the concept of images and television, she also states that “We must recognize the trade-offs we have made and take responsibility for the society we have created” (p. 205). To provide evidence and research throughout her essay, Thoman uses quotes from a magazine to help further her explanation of American’s dependence on television. The most effective aspect of Thoman’s essay is her use of examples and scenarios that help the…

I had a conversation a couple of weeks back with a friend in the entertainment business about the current state of late night comedy. We both grew up during the age of Jay Leno and David Letterman. For the most part we discussed why Leno always beat Letterman in the ratings and part of the reason we discussed was the fact that Leno appealed more to the classical late night audience. If you remember late night during those days the structure of a show was pretty simple. 1. Opening Monologue 2.…

The origins of television can also be traced to science. Television was a visual extension of a radio. The first attempts at commercial television emerged in 1925 in both the United States and England. By 1946, synthesis of four different designs led to a much better receiver. Televisions could be found in eight-thousand American homes in 1946, one million by 1949, ten million by 1951, and forty-five million- 90 percent of all homes- by 1960. In 1967, 95 percent of American homes consumed an…

Bed Bugs are staging a comeback throughout the UK, and this has become a major source of concern for its citizens. Authorities and local communities are reporting a staggering rise in the number of infestation cases over just the past few years. However, in the recent times, the problem has reached an alarming level. Almost every locality of most of the major cities in UK and even some of the suburbs has reported a rise in the number of bed bug infestation cases. Homeowners have reported that…

In a society where celebrities are the star of the show and people care more about the number of likes they have on social media than showing the people they love how much they care about them, it is easy for anyone to forget the impact they have on our society. Every person was put on this planet for a reason bigger than we can imagine, but it is our job to put in the hard work and effort to make the most of ourselves. I constantly hear people making remarks like, ¨how am I going to make a…

Is Technology Interfering with Reading? Literacy begins at different levels. Some learn to read and write from their parents at a very young age, and some learn from TV shows or from hearing other kids speak at school. We all have our own story when it comes to how we adapted literacy as children. However, there could very well be a completely different story for today’s modern kids than kids in the past. With all of the distractions from the new waves of technology, they simply do not read…

for years, is electronic media harmful to society? It can be said electronic media has brought the world closer together, sharing information and ideas from all over the globe, and better yet, screening them on a medium to give us the surplus of television channels and internet websites that we love. However, though it poses many ‘’benefits’’, electronic media is negatively affecting certain aspects of society. One such…

this writing; and in the writing the author goes into not only the consumption of television, but also the issues that said consumption is causing. Jeffrey Sachs states in this writing “in the 1950’s, fewer that 8% of American households owned a TV, but by 1960, 90% of homes had one” (441). Sachs talks about the fact that Americans are the highest consumers of television watching on average five hours of television per day (441). This writing uses the rhetorical triangle to influence the…