Summary Of Tv The Plug In Drug By Marie Winn

It has become so common in our life that there is at least one television in every home. They have become an inevitable part of our lives. We have to admit that we live in a consumption society where we are always surrounded by technological devices. For instance, while we are sitting at home, we watch television shows, series and TV commercials in general. While watching it, we spend less energy than we spend while sleeping. We do not use our imagination because it is all ready and complete in it. The television affects us with its so-called beauty and supervising our lives by telling us what we should do and not do. Almost all of the things shown on TV are enforcing people to want, to consume or act according to the ideas on it without questioning. On the other hand, it blocks the communication between people because it is so absorbing that we cannot even turn our eyes from it. Hence, we start to behave and think only for ourselves. It drags the society to be an individualistic one where everyone seeks for his own pleasure and be selfish all the time. We are being pushed to create unnecessary needs and wants. Some may think that we can shut television down any time we want and stop its effect on us. However, as it is some kind of addiction, certainly people will not be able to get rid of them right away. Some see it as their “family” which may sound creepy but even if one will

In "TV," Mary Pipher claims that television has had a significant impact on modern society. She argues that TV cause people to become delusional to the point that they have a hard time distinguishing "reality and fantasy." She points out how the dramatized television world disturbs people ability to differentiate persona and person, fooling people into believing that the TV characters and real characters are the same. Pipher claims that TV can cause isolation. She illustrates this problem by giving examples of social isolations; people are more likely to watch music videos instead of making one with each other; people now prefer to watch "international cable networks" than to drive to their neighbor for cards; women would rather watch dramas

The spread of television has affected American households universally, which started in the 1940s but has continued to make a dramatic surge. There is a trend at that is being captured across televisions in households everywhere. Politics, reality television, social media and public information is being broadcast from household to household. Television has in a way become a mode of how we think and interact with each other. Television is starting to leave that bubble where it was strictly entertainment, now television is becoming a source of what we must believe. The consumer demand for television as spiked dramatically, in the way we view ourselves and perceive others in the world around us is through a television screen. Although we are

     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.

In the book, The Worst Years of Our Lives, Barbara Ehrenreich describes the current American response to the modern television. She believes that television had changed overtime as over a decade ago, a majority of things shown on television were things people could do themselves. Today, however, television is full of violence, close-range shooting, racing, etc. This worries her because today's people are unable to do what they see on television and eventually become "couch potatoes" when they watch for hours at a time. Her belief is that there's no reason for a person to continue watching television due to the boredom and jealousy it causes.

Television is something most average American families have in their home. It will often bring families together because they are all in one room

“Televised events like the Super Bowl, the Olympics and the World Cup give us a rare opportunity to share a moment in time with the world,” proclaims Tim Leberecht of www.designmind.com (Leberecht). With our busy lives, we almost never take out time to spend with our loved ones, and these televised events are when the majority of people meet up and have fun. “Millie? Does the White Clown love you? Does your ‘family’ love you, love you with all their heart and soul, Millie?” Montag asks Mildred (Bradbury 77). Guy Montag is questioning his wife out of desperation, and is extremely curious to know if she believes that her fake TV family really loves her. From this we can see that he is truly disappointed with life and his wife’s immoral addiction to television. We must keep in mind that our society today is not as dumbed down and obsessed with fake parlor shows that spread real, tangible people apart as Mildred is. TV today is a source of knowledge and learning, and creates the perfect circumstances and settings for the getting together of the people that really matter the most. One of the most important aspects of television is its ability to strengthen democracy and teach the law. “Seventy-two percent (of the US population) learn about elections and candidates from TV news,” states www.designmind.com (Leberecht). TV brings us information that is essential to maintaining our freedom and our guaranteed

The American family has gone through monumental changes throughout the past century, or perhaps it is merely society’s perception that has evolved. These radical changes in American family structure can be seen as a result of socialization by entertainment media, particularly television programming. Since its inception in the late 1920s and especially since the 1950s when it began to overtake radio programming as America’s number one form of home entertainment, the television has provided individuals with a window into worlds beyond their own (Stephens). As a result, these other worlds then begin to slowly seep into everyday practices and beliefs. Many Americans may look to television programs as an example of how their own life and family

Almost everywhere people go today there are TVs: in restaurants, schools, doctors’ offices, and homes. There is no way to escape the reach of technology. Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of The Worst Years of Our Lives, believes that people are becoming couch potatoes because they are not going out and doing the activities they see on TV. Generally, Ehrenreich is correct in her belief; people spend more time watching TV, than living a healthy lifestyle and interacting with the people around them.

Furthermore, The book by Mares (2006) outlined how TV could have played a profound role within the families and influencing how an interaction between families functioned. As television tries to portrait the exchanges and unrealistic scenarios within the families it does not representative how real working families relationships. It gives the viewers a fabricated interaction,

Stronger bonds of affection and shared interests would form whenever the family gathered around the television sets. Media Historian Lynn Spigel states that,” Not only was it shown to restore faith in family togetherness,” Spigel notes, but TV did it “in splendors of consumer capitalism.” (Edgerton, p. 92) Postwar television promoters pushed the new “family togetherness” that TV viewing would generate within the family. The era of viewing TV in public setting did influence stations' early programming decisions and civic discourse about the new medium and its audience but it was brief. As stated by Edgerton, “By 1950, 45 percent of families who lived in those areas in which TV was available had purchased television sets. The camaraderie of watching in a bar was outweighed for many men by the convenience of watching it at home.” (Edgerton, p. 97) This supplements the social change of family togetherness in the early period of

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 people are more inclined to spend their time watching television than they are spending time with others as they believe that television can help fulfill their lives while books cannot. This is shown in the conversation that Mildred and Montag have, “‘Will you turn the parlor off?’ He asked. ‘That’s my family’”(pg. 48-49).

In her essay, “Television changed my family forever” (2003), Linda Ellerbee narrates her family’s experience with owning a television. She talks about how the television have affected her and her family so badly. At first, her family stopped eating together. Her parents stopped buying and reading books. Secondly, her mom quit taking her to the movies.

Televisions became popular in the late 1940’s and it was said to bring families together. It brought families together because before families were not as close as they were when they did not have televisions. According to a quote on the book Major Problems in American Popular Culture, by Kathleen Franz and Susan Smulyan, it said “It keeps us happier. My husband and I get along a lot better.

A major research concern for behavioral psychologists and sociologists today circles an integral part of the American family routine and life. Something that has become so inset into homes that it would be rare to find one without it. Research has shown a hidden danger lurking in our homes, and the origin may surprise you. Television has been around since the early 1950’s but behaviorists have just recently begun to start studying the effects these machines may have on children, social interaction and families. Research has begun to show negative consequences of television on children’s development and socialization proving that it does reduce and affect social interaction.