English Comp I Kayal 11/5/13 TV Does Not Make You Smarter There is no doubt that television holds a purpose in our society today, but is that purpose brain-numbing or actually beneficial to our brain development? The television, also known as: TV, the boob tube, the idiot box, as well as many other nicknames, has been around for almost a hundred years. Ever since cable TV became popular in the 1950’s, there has always been a worry that people watch too much TV. Most people believe that with exorbitant
Watching TV Makes You Smarter In his essay “Watching TV Makes You Smarter", Steven Johnson - an author specializing in media, pop culture and technology - claims that watching TV is actually healthy for the viewers ' mind as contemporary television requires more cognitive thinking than it did previously. Johnson supported his claim by explaining about his sleeper curve throughout the essay. “The most debased forms of mass diversion – video games, violent television dramas and juvenile sitcoms that
popular culture in our society today. It is everywhere. From watching TV, to reading magazines, being on social media, and just browsing the internet. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture. The question is popular culture good or bad? Pop Culture has a great impact on our society of today. The main problem with pop culture is that some people think that it can dumb us down, and also that it promotes
the younger generation, and in the 90’s the public began to blame rap music for various violent atrocities. Recently, there have been a few articles that have been written discussing TV’s influence on society. Two such articles are “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson, an article written for the New York Times, and “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens, a movie critic for Slate Magazine. These two articles only touch on other outlets for pop culture, but look at a major source
Can Tv be Making You Smarter In Steven Johnson’s “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”, he argues the growing complexities of contemporary TV shows through time. Johnson explains, because of the developing intricacy of TV plot lines people are having to spend more time paying attention to the TV episodes. To show this, Johnson compared shows from the past and more recent shows to display how on screen intelligence and off screen intelligence of shows have developed to become more challenging and realistic
Reality TV does not always suck, and it may even make us smarter. Many debates have been going around on why or why not Reality TV makes us dumber and has a negative effect on us. Human beings who watch Reality TV should be mature enough to handle that type of content. I believe people who watch Reality TV can become Smarter than a Fifth Grader. After reading article one, Why Reality TV Doesn’t suck, and May Even Make Us Smarter, I can say I fully agree with this article. The writer of this article
Reality TV has not always imbibed, and it may even make us smarter. Numerous debates have been going around on why or why not Reality TV makes us dumber and has a negative effect on us. Human beings who watch Reality TV should be mature enough to handle that type of content. I have confidence in people who watch Reality TV can become Smarter than a Fifth Grader. After reading article one, Why Reality TV Doesn’t suck, and May Even Make Us Smarter, I can say I fully agree with this article. The writer
“The Evolution of Television Show’s” As television viewers, we tend to slouch in front of this electrical box after a long day’s work, many of us don’t think or know about how much television programming has changed since our parent’s childhood. In “Thinking outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson, both writers give their thoughts and opinions about how television programming has evolved over the last three decades. These gentlemen recognize that
The past generation has label the current generation the dumbest generation.thus making lots critics toward the current generations and with someone one the other side,Bauerlein . Mark Bauerlein in his book “the Dumbest Generation” says today's generation is the dumbest generation,this has been going on for millions of years in this world every old generation has labeled the current generation the dumbest.this is an ongoing debate.it lasted this the70s when the world was starting to modernize around
point in time. Today, reality television is a part of the society’s popular culture (Johnson 289). The question is why? Reality television is a genre of television programming that focuses on members of the public living in conditions made by the creator, and displays how people are intended to behave in everyday life (Johnson 290). Reality television is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether (Johnson 293). Reality TV is very dishonest (Cox). Reality shows make for corrupting