The Impact Of Television And Its Impact On Society

In the article “The Trouble with Television”, Robert MacNeil explains how television is destroying our society. He states in his article that television is a narcotic, not a stimulus. He also says that it encourages us to apply no effort. He says in his review, television results in inefficient communication. His prospective is that people would rather watch television than talk to others. He also says that we don’t talk as much when we watch television, so therefore talking is in the past.

When it comes to family and television shows, there are a lot of different theories that could be used in showing the theoretical point of view of the family. A healthy family would need to sustain and create environment which endorses physical and emotional health and psychological happiness for its members. To achieve this purpose, families will need to recognize how to support, nurture, encourage, protect, connect, generate structure and boundaries, have fun and work together as a group. Does a family have to have a certain look and to the television shows depict this certain look? The response to that could be as diverse as there are families; nevertheless there are shared features that can be originated in various types of families. With said, this essay will discuss four different shows the depict a family.

Television has progressed and advanced over the years to become the cornerstone of leisure and entertainment. Television is an advanced method of storytelling and storytelling has existed since the birth of humanity. As opposed to storytelling, television allows us to experience stories for ourselves without leaving the comfort of our homes. It essentially allows us to simulate and experience human interaction without actually interacting. As a result, television has become embedded into our daily lifestyles. It has become a source of influence so much so that according to Robert MacNeil, “by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of television. Robert MacNeil wrote the article “The Trouble with Television” as a way to persuade the American people in recognizing the negative effects of television on society and its future.

The 0th Century Invention that has had one of the most radical effects on people's lives is the television. During the 1950's, America witnessed the beginnings of a cultural revolution. The era of Populuxe instigated a `must-have' ideology in the nation and the most important `must-have' was, of course, the television. The presence of television has brought about several crucial trends in our culture: the mass culturization of various grupes, the commercialization of our lifestyles, and the rapidity and breath of the information that reaches us. Gathered around the tube, the American family learned the `ideal' way of life.

     What role does television play in society? For decades we have seen many parts of our world rapidly going through changes in technology. Today’s society has been transformed by means of communication and the available information through mass media. Most Americans rely on television for news, sports, and entertainment. Television is just one of the many examples of how technology has changed our lives. Since the invention of the television in the early 1900’s, it has played a very important role in our lives. Having a television set in the home has become very essential in today’s society. We depend on it to entertain us with its sitcoms and to inform us about current world issues. The

The invention of television has impacted American society positively, because it helps spread information faster and influences the way people think about important social issues. It is estimated that about 15 million Americans watch the Cable News Network, CNN, at least once a day and millions more tune in abroad (Stark). In the news culture, information has become presented to the public quicker throughout the years. This causes news to be digested faster as well. In fact, events, such as election results or political choices, have become frequently analyzed before they even take place. For example, the effects of Clinton’s bombing of Iraq, in the summer of 1996, were being explored before a weapon had even been fired (Stark). The spread

In the New York time’s I found an article that talks about the trouble social scientist must go through to get their clinical studies approved. “Some Social Scientist Are Tired of Asking for Permission,” by Kate Murphy focuses on the why social scientist shouldn’t have to get all their clinical studies approved by the institution review board (I.R.B) a committee used to formally approve, monitor, and review studies that involve humans. Kate Murphy focus her article on the why social scientist don’t need approval for their clinical studies. Therefore, I believe her desire audience is those who work for the I.R.B. And the purpose of her article is to pursue them into changing the rules.

Fox’s television shows, Glee, was an introduction to the frequent ‘social issues’ teenagers in America faced daily. Glee is a musical comedy drama. The cast are majority Caucasians and addressed topics commonly faced by children such as “cyber bullying, schools shootings, suicides” are just to name a few many issues. Once Glee’s season ended, Fox has always been a trendy television station. Fox needed an innovative television show to satisfy their audience. The entrance of Fox’s television shows “Empire”. “Empire is a powerful drama about a family dynasty set within the glamorous and sometimes dangerous world of hip-hop music” 1(Fox.com/Empire). Like ‘Glee’, Fox’s drama show Empire addresses a number of social issues as well that ‘currently plague America’s society’, specifically the African American community, such as ‘homosexuality’, ‘mental illness’, and ‘police brutality’.

For millions of years, messengers (or now days reporters) have told the events of a war to people on the home-front, but in all of that time, never once did it change the war’s result. Not until the introduction of newspapers, televisions and the internet, has any media had enough of an impact to alter the conclusion of a war. As the industry of newspapers and posters started to boom during the Second World War, reporters and media companies began exaggerating the story or even exacerbating the story because this fabrication made money quickly and easily. The lies and exaggerations of the media bring fear and strike panic across the nation. With advances in technology the nation introduced the television and, nearly a decade before the Vietnam War the television rose in popularity and became commonly seen in American homes. By the time the war began, almost every American household owned a television. Every family had a daily routine of watching the news and/or their favorite show. The huge rave about televisions made it easy for the media to predict that televisions would be the most effective way to report news. Since every American owned one, the news reached every home. The formerly uninformed got instantly bombarded with information, but unfortunately more often then not it was false.

Its 2015, the news is covering a monumental occasion. Rainbow flags flow in the breeze. People are cheering, crying, and shouting out words of happiness. Men stroll down the street kissing and holding hands. The news camera zooms in on a woman, her face is flush with red a wide smile spreads across her face as she talks about how happy she is to finally marry her long time girlfriend. I watch the news with a smile on my own face. I'm truly happy for them, because this decision hits close to home. I know a secret that the rest of my family doesn't. “ This would have never happened in my generation, this display makes me sick.” my father grumbles next to me. With a sigh I glance over at my little sister whose looking down with pain in her eyes.

About 65% of the households in Untied States have three or more television sets, but the average has about 2. Television is a highly entertaining, and relaxing commodity. Americans are so attached to a screen that shows their favorite series and become basically in love with it that they spend countless hours watching it. During the story Harrison Bergeron, it’s shown that the society watching TV is manipulated into thinking the opposite way that today’s society is. Modern day society has many bright and creative thinkers that think outside the box with creative ideas that further improve the society.

Can T.V. shows be the reflection of our society or influence the behavior of the members of our community? Since 1936 when television broadcasting begin, it priority was to inform and to entertain our society; subsequently, a massive amount of rules and regulations were created to control the material presented in TV, which principal goal was to safeguard the moral and ethical standards of it time. Nevertheless, from its beginning to the present home entertainment television standards contents have change; likewise, the moral an ethics values of our society have change and continuing changing from generation to generation. TV shows from the 50’s, 80’s, and the present exposed many changes in the way human role are exposed, the language

Television has been an everyday experience on most people’s lives for the last 80 years. Over these years it has changed the way people see the world and how people got their news. It has changed people socially; it has sparked fads and fashion. With radio people were not worried about their appearances or how the listener saw things. All of the radio listeners had were their imagination, television helped conceive what characters actually looked like on the shows. People, including myself, have their favorite programs and enjoy talking about them with others.

When an individual would like to be informed of the vast social, political and economical events of the world they naturally turn to television news outlets or their favorite internet news source. We humans as seekers of knowledge and truth, would like to think the objective of news media first and foremost is a matter of keeping individuals properly informed. This may very well not be the case. Popular television news, as most of the population can agree, has become a polarizing, dramatic and opinionated trainwreck. With that truth achknowledged, aside the large number of events on the planet, major news networks should highly consider discontinuing their programs as a consequence of their toxis level of bias and their seemingly infinite perspective imperatives. News used to be an apparatus intended to inform people about current events, however its present status is begging to be proven wrong.

Over the last forty to fifty years, television has been a major topic of discussion. Specifically, many debate societal benefits to television watching. One widely accepted opinion is that watching TV makes people dumber. People have referred to it with terms like the “idiot box” and do not feel that watching TV has any benefit at all. They feel that it is a waste of time and people need to spend their hours more wisely. Others are of the opinion that TV is actually has societal benefits. From this perspective, they claim that the development of the structure of the programs now requires one to intellectually participate in watching television. Essentially, the argument is whether TV is a beneficial societal force or is it simply a