Robert Mac Neil The Trouble With Television Analysis

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.

     But, for most part, author feel television is 'drug'; that is corrupting today's society. Many of us fail to recognize how it has caused the decline of family rituals, the avoidance of relationships and the destruction of the family. Our addiction to this daily habit cause us to escape the real world.

It's no secret that most of us are chained to our couches watching television. Instead of making better use of our time, we spend it in front of a big screen which causes some damage to us. Television can feed us false information, damage our health and appearance and the most obvious, waste our time.

Just how drugs and alcohol can become an addiction, television can be an addiction as well. Winn’s key elements are being stated in paragraph three “television experience allows the participant to blot out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state” (Winn). Comparing reading and television, reading can easily give you a return ticket to be part of the reality, but getting a return ticket from watching television will not be easy. Simply because some people find reading a book, magazine, etc. can be boring. Once you start watching television, the more you watch the more you become attached to the whatever the person is watching, the more it distracts you from things that are happening around you and putting aside important responsibilities. Just how Winn compares drugs and alcohol “once you start it’s hard to stop” (Winn). Another key element that Winn points out, is in paragraph six, talking about how watching television can also destroy relationships (family, friends, partners, etc.) by having lack in communication. “It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes elimination normal opportunities for talking, for communicating”

Privatizing the role of social services has become the position that the Extreme Makeover Edition, particularly the Miracle Workers have taken on. Stepping up to help people who are too ill, do not have the connections or money for treatment and hold their hand through the process of acquiring what they need, to the end. The act of human kindness, a helping hand and a source of support that they would otherwise be without. For instance the Gibbs family from Florida, where father and son had brain tumors removed and ABC’s team helped them through all degrees of support even asking questions that they didn’t think to ask “Reality entertainment” is how ABC’s Stephen Mc Pherson, president of ABC’s entertainment division, categorized

Did you know too much TV can cause 10 different diseases or can raise the chance of someone laying in a hospital bed because of it? As we all know TV is addicting ,but is it worth the risk? Is watching TV benefitting the world for the better or the worse? Its obvious TV can draw your eye's attention but what most people don’t know that it can cause Aggressiveness, lower people's self-esteem,cause health problems minor and severe, but can it cause the monkey see monkey do theory?

Television has been in American Society since 1920’s and has gradually been spreading around the world. Television is like a drug in American Society, it is addictive to all ages including children. It has the most effect on children that are young and do not know anything about television. As children grow older they focus

The television has become such an essential part of the modern household that we can’t imagine our lives without it. People of all ages spend a great amount of time in front of the TV. Except for entertaining purposes, TV is also a valuable resource of news, advertising and different types of programs - TV shows, television series and shows. A lot it’s been said and written about it but the truth is the TV has not always been what we know it today.

The air was cool and pleasant. Scarlet oaks sway gently with the tranquil air; birds chirped, and children heartily frolic amongst the glistening golden rays of sunlight. Detached from the lively world, however, was an isolated television addict. Sheets of unfinished work scattered across the stuffy and humid living room as random equations and expressions were scrawled on others. This was the product of TV influence. Television usage negatively affects one’s intellectual, moral, and future, and limited TV usage promotes a healthier lifestyle; thus, this practice should be established in homes and institutions.

Television is something that is widely known across the United States and many other countries. It is something that is used on a daily basis, whether it is to pass time, watch the news, or just spend time with peers with common interests. Television is something that is said to cause many harmful things to one’s health. For example, its link to someone developing antisocial behaviors, lowering verbal IQs, altering the brain structure, and obesity. Considering all of these things, television is still something that many people have grown to love, it allows them to access alternate universes, engage their imaginations with things they never thought possible, et cetera. Although these things are beneficial to artistic values, people do not consider the effects of sitting on the couch for hours on end having a binge session, watching their favorite show on Netflix or Hulu.

Many kids who watch too much TV also have problems at school with attention because of so much drama that they watch. Many teenagers enter drugs at such a young age, because they see the wrong things on television but do not see the consequences of those actions. Many adults also suffer from obesity and loss of family members because they don’t spend quality time with them. Many adults also have an early death, because they watch too much TV and they don’t have time for taking care of themselves or their

As a person who loves her TV marathons, I was quite interested in this topic when it got brought up. I was pretty pleased when I learned that watching TV really is not so bad. Here are some ways how: the first is that watching TV can relieve stress. A study done by the university of Rochester found that watching TV contributes to lower blood pressure and stress relief. TV is a way to distract ourselves for a little while from the daily stresses and worries in our lives. Another way that watching TV benefits us is that watching TV can actually boost your creativity. Have you ever found it useful to have the TV on in the background while you are getting some work done? According to a study published in “The Journal of Consumer Research” the sounds of TV can boost creativity even if you are not fully engaged in watching. TV also is not all bad for young teenagers to be watching either. Most

Americans clock in much of their free time watching television. Idiot box, boob tube, and time waster are just a few of the names that televisions have been referred to as, in the past. However, this so called, “bad habit” has been proven to have some beneficial effects. Television can be educational. It is also known to improve memory and intelligence, as well as allow you to live vicariously.

Television is everywhere these days, not just in our living rooms but in bathrooms, kitchens, doctor 's offices, grocery stores, airplanes, and classrooms. We have access to TV virtually anywhere and as American 's we are taking advantage of it. Adults aren 't the only ones watching TV; children today are watching more TV than ever before. TV has even become known as "America 's baby-sitter." (Krieg). Meaning that parents are now using the television as a way of entertaining their children while they attempt to accomplish other things such as cooking and cleaning.

Why It's Dangerous: The more TV you watch, the less physical activity you're getting, increasing your odds of being overweight and developing type 2 diabetes. A large-scale study of over 9000 people found that those who watched more than two hours of TV a day ate more, while downing more sugary soft drinks and high-fat, high-calorie, processed snack foods than those who watched less. If television is replacing time you'd spend on an old hobby,