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Television used to act 0 ...a uniquely unifying national phenomenon. Never before 1 ... so many people had so common 2... core of shared cultural experiences. People might not know the names of their next-door nightbours, 3 .... they probably watched many of the same programmes.
4.... days, however, with the vast expansion of television programming, everyone can watch 5... different, just as each Internet user can explore a different selection of websites. Even so, programmes aimed at international markets generally 6 .... to be less popular (with the partial exception7 ... those from America) and people still often choose to watch their own national programmes. In 8... if television develops along similar 9... to the movie business, with a few blockbusters attracting vast international audiences, people may even 10... up watching a narrower range of programmes. But 11... patterns of viewing habits develop, televison will almost certainly become a personal 12 ..... of equipment, more 13.. like a mobile phone than a communal source of entertainment. Armed 14... a credit card and a remote control, viewers will be able to pick their programmes from wherever they choose. Nelevison will then have become truly global.15 ...perhaps, will the culturul values it instils.
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