Disadvantages Of Television

The world has grown and evolved in so many ways. One of the most revolutionary, man-made, everyday appliance for your house hold is the TV. The TV has brought so much more to a person’s finger tips at a click of a button and flipping to a channel to what they want to see. You can watch different food programs, where to buy things, what is going on in everyday American life knows as the “News”. Or just a show on TV for entertainment. And the list goes on and so forth.

Television has been a source of entrainment for many years but, the problem that comes TV shows and the commercials is that there is not much diversity when it comes to race and ethnic groups. Race are categories that are defined by society which typically are based on what is convenient for the dominant group. In society people believe that race categories are real which then comes with real consequences and causes many issues (chapter 8 lecture slide 7). People also use race categories to classify themselves and others based on characteristics such as; physical differences and moral differences (lecture slide 7). With there being race categories, many of the groups such as African Americans or Hispanic are either not shown much screen time or they are portrayed as “bad” or “struggling” people this is because of the category that society has put these ethnic groups in. Although, TV entrainment has started to change who the lead of their TV shows or movies are and how they are being portrayed, there is still much stereotyping. This essay will be discussing some of the TV shows that have been examined and what type of roles the racial/ethnic minorities played.

Television is a big part of today’s society. Everybody watches television, including the children. There is a potential problem with letting children watch television. Ask this question, would someone let their own child watch some of the programming that they watch, too? Some of these programs are intended for the adult generation, not young children. Violence has a major role in television these days. Letting children watch this violence could corrupt their minds and eventually lead to bad behavior. There needs to be a limitation on the types of television programming that parents let their children watch, because violence in television can negatively affect children.

Lastly, television takes away the time, children use to spend to interact with their families and friends. Young people, especially teenagers, tend to embrace new media, often employing them as tools for exploring and expressing their identity (Chernin 348). Nowadays, televisions providing so many good programs, twenty-four and seven days a week on TV, and watching one of two shows can be a healthy activity for children. However, children watch television continuously for three to four hours straight, even more, which is not only bad for kids but also affects their eyesight slowly. In addition, there is no longer having face to face contact, slowly occurs, isolation and children became sociably inactive” (Duran). The children get addicted to the television and spend lots of their time watching movies, cartoons, and TV shows, which let them sit all time in front of the television. For instance, they don’t get affected if their family members are not there with them to talk and spend time with them because they can easily pass their day by watching TV shows or the movies. Children tend to use what they see on television, through their interaction with others, and ultimately how they perceive themselves. On the top of it, the invention of the online game in the TV shows, video games which lead the kids to be in front of the TV all the time. Therefore, children spent all time by themselves, playing indoor games. They prefer to stay home in front of television either

Despite the degree of developments of the internet and its other associated facilities such as but not limited to WhatsApp, free phone calls and videos etc. I believe that the TV has very important and vital role in our life and society as well. It is main source of information’s for all categories, old people searching the news, young people looking for new movies and sport games and new generation looking for cartoon movies and plying games as well.

Over the years, the universal invention that has negatively affected our society is none other than the television. Although it wasn’t always so controversial, this contraption has become something that has in ways damaged the United States. Television came out in the 1940’s and it started as a way to entertain people and bring people a bit of joy to their stressful lives. It wasn't such a terrible thing when people could just indulge in one episode or two. Now, rather than using it as something to be entertained with every now and then, people have become addicted. Television can cause deep issues in America by giving out false information, increasing laziness, and decreasing communication in people’s households.

Television is a huge part of American lives. Our society today is very strongly based on the media especially television. We are not only always on our phones but the television is usually running in the background. However what most people do not realize is the effects of simply sitting and watching television can have the human brain. More specifically the effects it can have on the developing brain of young children. Television effects the three domains of development: social emotional, physical, and cognitive. Although a few experts disagree, the vast majority believe that television is harmful to the three domains of development in the growing brain in young children. Understanding the effects parents and care takers can prevent the exposure to kids and help find a healthy balance of “tv time.”

Everyone’s heard of Autism or Down Syndrome, possibly even Huntington’s Disease, but there are many different kinds of genetic disorders that most people have never heard of or have only seen on television. Ectrodactyly is a rare disorder most people wouldn’t know of, however if you’ve watched Ryan Murphy’s popular American Horror Story: Freak Show, you’ve seen it. It was formerly known as ‘lobster claw hand,’ and in Freak Show, Jimmy Darling, portrayed by Evan Peters, has this disorder and is known in the traveling show as ‘Lobster Boy.’ What it is, is a disorder that causes a cleft on the hand where the middle finger normally would be. This is just one example of a strange disorder that isn’t overly known in our culture, but has probably

Television has become a “member” of almost every single family on our planet. And not just an ordinary member, but a very important one, because the time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. You do not have to apply any efforts to talk or listen to complaints while “communicating” with it. It is so simple that it has become an integral part of the culture of every family. It is the only time, when a person can forget about all the family troubles and the failures of the day. The sofa opposite the TV set has become the place of “reconciliation and spiritual unity” of the family. And instead of playing together and having emotional talks people prefer to watch an episode from a thriller. It is senseless to deny the all-embracing negative effect the existence of television has brought to our lives. But to make our point of view ultimately convincing we will introduce to your attention certain facts that people do not want to accept and often try to justify. The base of the tomorrow’s society – are children today. And on the way they develop depends how are world is going to look like tomorrow. The television negative effect facts that are well known to every single parent, but are ignored by them in order to put the responsibility for bringing up kids and showing them examples through interaction on the shoulders of somebody else.

The early nineties thus emerged as a liminal period in the trajectory of media practices. Television shows during this period were forced to navigate the methodological shift from maintaining the myth of television as a living reflection of the movement of time to the imminent advancement of the spectacle. This intermediary condition of the period gave rise to shows with equally confused psychic realities, often appearing to straddle the thin line between real and fake, and highbrow and lowbrow.

Throughout the years technology has increased greatly which has caused great leaps for society as a whole. For example, television has become more assessable to many families. The usage of television has changed from being a way for a family to relax after a long day. Now many parents or care give givers use television as a tool to keep children occupied for long periods of time. The effects of children viewing television for long periods of time has increased recently. Children can have issues regarding socialization, loss of interest and commitment to their school work, vioence, awful eating habits, and attitudes towards themselves and others. How much television is too much? Television is becoming a major addiction among school aged children which is causing life time concerns.

A few countries began broadcasting, most experimentally, with limited numbers of television-sets in the hands of the public. (Television History - The First 75 Years)

The television is one of the means that is widely used all over the world for people to find out the happenings of their surrounding and the world. The global reach of the television is undisputed. Whether there is control of the content being aired in the television or not its influence cannot be ignored. In today’s world the television disseminates all over the world issues affecting policy making, economics and culture which affects the social agenda of societies (Wall, 2009).

Last month Annie, my cousin, told me with anticipation that she will be size zero next week by eating miracle herbal pill, which she ordered after watching its advert on television. I looked at her with a contemptuous smile, and said “You Wish”. She started explaining to me how in the advert her favorite singer lost 25 lbs. in just two weeks by using this overpriced herbal formula. After two weeks, I visited her to see the awaited wonder, but I realized that she is one of the victims of lured advertisements, which are now part of our everyday life. We see advertisements on the television showing new glamorous lifestyles, hear them on the radio, see slogans embellished on people’s shirts, on the side of the buses, on billboards, in fact everywhere. Companies spend lot of money researching for their target audiences to make their product appeal to as many consumers as possible. The wide variety of channels and print media makes it easy for advertisers to be specific about who sees their product. For instance, children’s channel like “Nick Junior” is packed with commercials for toys and games, whereas “The Cookery Channel” that have an older, mainly female viewership air commercials for perfumes, clothes, and holidays. The propaganda techniques are essential for the advertisers to create eye-catching adverts because they are in competition with all the other advertisements for the similar product. Examining advertisements closely reveals that regardless of the similarities and

Have we ever asked ourselves “Could we live without television? Do we know what kinds of programs our children are watching? How do they influence to our personality?”