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The University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava Faculty of Philosophy Department of Anglistics and Americanistics MEDIA AND MODERN LIFE ( essay for Media in communication) Bc. NINA NOCIAROVà  1st year of external studies English and culture in professional communication 2011/2012 MEDIA AND MODERN LIFE The higher date the calendar shows, the faster the development of the society is. Every era of human beings has its most significant invention or progress that represents the base for further development, further inventions, further progress – simply, for changes. As the time goes the changes are more and more frequent and†¦show more content†¦And it is not only fairy tales – the TV programme offers more and more violence, more and more pointless serials and soap operas without any meaning. We have to admit that there are many channels that are really useful, informatory and didactic, but we also have to admit that it is nearly impossible to make sure that our children watch only the proper and adequate channels, because we cannot be with them all the time. That is also one of the reasons why the rate of criminality in society increases, why young people are less sensitive, less responsible for their acts etc. In the lines above, we mentioned more long-term inf luence on children, but we can also talk about more up-to-date situation – how do our children spend their free time and what are their hobbies? Think about our childhood – we played with peers and friends in the park, we played hide-and-seek, we played with dolls, we played football, hockey, when we were younger, we played in the sandpit, in winter we built snowmen and even if the weather was not good, we played with toys at home, we played with the boxes of bricks, with teddy bears, dolls or toy-cars. 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