Here is your prompt for e-journal #7, due Monday, 10/18:
In a well-developed paragraph describe the negative effects that Winn sees in habitual TV watching. Does Gore agree with her sentiments? Do you? What are some ways in which these two authors’ arguments compare and/or contrast? Use at least one example from each of these two texts in your response.
In Winn's article, she describes the negatives of habitual television watching as an addiction and that it leads to a detachment from the real world and it has a parasitic hold on people's lives. Gore also has the opinion that television watching is excessively performed, although for different reasons than Winn. Gore focuses more on the more wide-ranging effects of habitual television watching since he says that people lose their ability to reason and he also focuses on the proliferation of unconstructive television programming like reality T.V. and partisan news programs. Winn mentions how people fail to notice how much they watch television such as "Just as alcoholics are only vaguely aware of their addiction, [...],people overestimate their control over television watching." This is one of numerous attempts by Winn to classify television watching as a debilitating addiction on par with drugs or alcohol. Gore mentions how "Faith in the power of reason [...] was and still remains the central premise of American democracy. This premise is now under assault." He then proceeds to show several examples of how people's ability to reason is being bombarded by the agendas of the television program providers and by the propaganda of their sponsors and how television is inherently flawed in its attempt to provide information to people because it is not interactive. I agree with the opinion that people watch too much television and, in particular, flawed programs. I also think that as print went to radio, then television, soon it will go to the internet as the dominant medium and I agree with Gore's opinion that the internet promises to open a level of discussion and logical debate concerning vital issues that the television was not able to accomplish due to lack of interactivity.
ReplyDeleteWinn points out several cons to habitual television watching in TV Addiction. She refers to it as an “addiction”. Winn brings the analogy that, like drugs and alcohol, television allows the viewer the opportunity to ignore the real world and drift off into a state that is more desirable and passive. She says, “Once you start it’s hard to stop.” Winn believes that when you watch television habitually, it can “damage” you. Because they have become accustomed to just sitting on a couch and using a remote to turn the channels, attempting to partake in any other activities would “take too much effort.” Sitting and watching television becomes a daily routine, pattern, for these people. Winn brings up a point that Rowe stated in his article, that television/cell phones (technology) “weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communication.” In her book, Winn uses people’s personal testimonies about the subject to help prove her point. Gore does agree with the sentiments of Winn. He explains the negative effects of television on the human intellect. Television is more appealing because it makes the comprehending of the information. “Seeing is believing.” Watching television takes a negative toll on the mind. “Ironically, television programming is actually more accessible to more people than any source of information has ever been in all of history.” In the text the word programming is meant to mean brain washing. One becomes powerless to the power of television.
ReplyDeleteIndividuals receive, but they cannot send. They absorb, but they cannot share. They hear, but they do not speak. They see constant motion, but they do not move themselves. The “well-informed citizenry” is in danger of becoming the “well –assumed audience.
The more one watches television, the more it consumes you. Television is an addiction, depending on the will of the person and their susceptibility to television. I can watch television for a few hours and get right up. The only times I have really fallen asleep in front of the television is when I wake up early and go right back to sleep or if I can’t sleep at night and I use the television as a sleep-aide. To add to that, if I watch television for hours at a time, I usually don’t watch for days at a time. But then there are some people who live on television. They literally eat every meal right on the couch to watch television. She’s not that bad anymore, but my mother would always want to know about our days, but would tell us to wait until commercial. If our story wasn’t done before the commercial break ended we got the “okay be quiet now my show is back on.”
In her essay “TV Addiction” Winn argues that television, like alcohol and drugs, is very addictive, it absorbs people in its world and gives nothing except emptiness in the end. She uses a very strong analogy with drugs, because according to her opinion TV gives a “pleasure” to the viewers first, and then they can not stop watching it. She also illustrates how television has a destroying influence on children’s behavior and development. Instead of socializing and having physical activities, child just stare emotionless at TV set. Also, habitual TV watching can eliminate good relationship between people, it gives no change for communication, because free time of television addictive people will be spent with a TV screen only and no one else. The author sees destructive power of TV nowadays: it is not just a fake pleasure, it is a hook that pulls in the direction of nothing. On the page 211 she emphasizes, that television experiences “do not provide the true nourishment that satiation requires, and thus they find that they can not stop watching”.
ReplyDeleteIn contrast to Winn’s opinion about television addiction Al Gore suggests few more arguments regarding negative effects of TV watching. In his point of view the biggest issue is manipulating of TV viewers, a propaganda of opinions, where people do not think anymore on their own and do not give a feedbacks to a particular issue. That is why, the democracy in America can be damaged and can lose its meaning as a whole. I would they he, being a politician, observes this particular problem in more global view and analyses this issue with causes and consequences. For example, he points out: “ Like the boarded-up business district of a small town by-passed by an interstate highway, the marketplace of ideas [opinion exchange] in this form of printed words has emptied out”. In this bright expression he tells us how fast the television obsession has slaved Americans and has left a printing news far behind. In other words it s a Tipping point, it happened quickly and infectiously.
I do not agree with Winn, because there are some counter points for her negative effects. For example, I have never seen someone addictive to TV screen, it is depends on a person and the situation, she assumes a lot about it. Also, according to my babysitting experience a lot of families have a limits of television for their children, usually it is 40-60 minutes a day. And lastly, TV has a lot of interesting and developing channels for adults and children, such as Discovery, National Geographic, Sports and Discovery Kids.
In Winn’s essay “TV Addiction” she illustrate the negative effect that television has on individual. She note that individuals are addicted to watching TV and it is a major problem both mentally and physically. In her essay she quoted “hooked on TV” which many of us are, believe it or not. She compare it to the addiction to both drugs and alcohol because “once you start it’s hard to stop”. (Winn) I agree with Winn I believe that many people spend a lot of time watching television. For example, my dad bothers wife is “hooked on television” she spend her entire day in front the TV watching one movie to another. It got so bad they have two TV in their living room. Even I was hooked on TV for a while, I remember one summer I spend most of my time watch lifetime movies one after the other when the weather was beautiful out. However, I agree with Winn, she is totally correct when she say “TV is addicting” because most of us today can not live without a television in their house.
ReplyDeleteGore does agree with Winn on some level, he does believe that Television is addicting and damaging. On the other hand Gore believe that we spend too much time watching TV instead on read or socializing. He believe that Television is taking over our lives as did Winn. In Gores introduction “The Assault on Reason” he argues “Millions of Americans have simply stopped reading newspapers.” because the invention of television has taken over their lives. Maybe Winn can explain why many of us prefer to watch TV instead of reading “ its much easier to stop reading and return to reality than to stop watching television”.
In Marie Winn article ‘‘TV Addiction’’ she states about negative effects of habitual television watching. She argues that ‘‘the television experience allows the participant to blot out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state’’. I agree with her I believe that when we watch TV continuously it breaks the connection of people with reality and makes them get into a pleasurable but imaginary world. Moreover, they become forget that they have other things or important work to be completed on time. Secondly, she pointed out that ‘‘it weakens relationships’’. Most people especially children spend a lot of time on watching television. They do not get time to spend with their family members. Additionally they do not like that somebody bothered them being watching TV. These behaviors may affect negatively on family as well as social relationship. For instance, my nephew who is three years old, spend his whole day in front of the TV. He doesn’t like to play outside with his friends. Now he doesn’t have any friends and his relationship between their friends become weaker. Another, if a person who spends countless hours in front of TV ceases to do crucial point because Winn describe addiction as the inability to function normally without the activity to which one has become addicted. As she argues that ‘‘television as like drugs and alcohol, damages those who consume their lives.’’ In my opinion, drug or alcohol gives initial satisfaction but TV there is not. If we consume high amount of drugs or alcohol then it will definitely physical harm or we could be die. But no one died from a nonstop watching TV.
ReplyDeleteIn Gore article ‘‘The Assault on Reason’’ he pointed out both negative and positive effects of TV. He argues that the main cause of the decline of reasoned political thought is television. He says that when more Americans getting their news from TV instead of newspaper, the emphasis changed from reading, an activity that by its nature activate the parts of the brain involved with reasoning, to watching, which elicits emotion but not thought. Both Winn and Gore argues that watching too much TV changes behavior of the people. I agree with both authors I believe that when we watch movie, advertisement, news, reality shows etc, we get more influenced or probably aggressive. As a result our way of thinking and life style become change. For example whenever I watch sitcoms my mood become happy and when I watch fighting scene then I become more aggressive.
Marie Winn sees habitual TV watching negative to the public many watchers given up on reading and other activities because they have to catch up on a show on TV. She uses a false analogy to compare the addiction between TV and heroin. Winn states, “[…] Do not provide the true nourishment that satiation requires thus they cannot stop watching”. She is saying that television viewers are not getting enough of what they like and need on television that they will keep watching till they are satisfied. Gore does agree with her sentiments he says that, “Television is the medium that distorts journalism by entertainment values […]”p10. They both are writing and comparing about the television and how they are taking over our daily lives.
ReplyDeleteHabitual TV watching; based on how technologically advanced our economy has become words have been pieced together to express the practice of television watching. According to Winn’s text TV is addicting, she compares the habitual watching to dangerous addictions, thus stating watching TV is just as dangerous as being a alcoholic or constant drug user. Giving support to her argument by having numerous persons in her texts completely agreeing with her, her argument against television watching and pro addiction is strong. In comparison to Al Gore’s reading the two texts are similar with both authors having a issue with TV. Although the main issue is television, the issues that the two authors have with TV are different. The authors have different views on how television is affecting the economy, they both have arguable content with supporting facts making their texts substantial and strong. After having similarities on the core issue of television the two texts begin to differentiate when stating the affects that television has on current society. Gores issue with television is with whom the media targets, the problem is not with TV itself but how television is used to inform. “Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch and married Katie Holmes who gave birth to Suri”, this was one of the many examples Gore gave to argue the priorities of America. Gore noticed that celebrity news can take over airways weeks at a time and important media coverage on other main issues would be left in the dark. Winn’s point of view on television is to completely rid of it, one can conclude from her text that television should be come obsolete. Arguing her comparison to addiction “The television experience allows the participant to bolt out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state” Winn believes that television is poisoning and will only lead viewers into an addictive state. Agreeing with both Winn and Gore their texts are convincing that television is an issue. More so agreeing with Gore rather than Winn, the failure to take a great communicating invention and not fully use it to inform is a downfall on society.
ReplyDeleteWinn sees that watching TV excessively tends to make people feel “those other activities seem to take too much effort.” (Winn Article, pg.211) Winn expresses this such thought through her writing to point out that we are al become addicts to a box. Gore see’s television as more of a distraction from what we are supposed to be focused on. In one passage, he talks about how American’s are more focused on celebrity news then actual news; “O.J. has recently been back at the center of another fit of obsessive-compulsive news” I feel that both are giving strong arguments about television and I actually side with both of them, but for different reason. So I don’t feel that gore agrees with her sentiments, but is putting out another argument against television. I feel that they both have valid argument andi I agree that Americans are too much into there television from doing anything else in there lives.
ReplyDeleteIn Winn’s article, she discusses the negative effects of habitual television watching. Gore also discusses the negative effects of TV watching but in a different aspect. Of course Winn believes that the excessive TV watching is like a drug, because of its addictions and the amounts of time people actually sit and waste precious time. Watching so much TV becomes so pleasurable with all the new shows, movies, music videos and etc, it’s like they are reaching a high just enjoying what’s on, “the television experience allows the particular to blots out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state’’(Winn). People become so addicted that to watching TV they would refuse to do anything else. The activities they once did and no longer desirable, it’s as if they just don’t care about doing any physical activity that involves them from moving from the television set. As time passes many people begin to lose contact with the real world or reality because they are so used to watching the life of those on television, “It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating” (Winn). In Winn’s article TV addiction she adds different people testimonies about the addictions of TV watching and most of them thought about doing nothing but to watch TV. TV was their new profound life, during the day they would look forward to only watching TV it was there fix to the addiction they were having.
ReplyDeleteIn some way Gore does agree with Winn On the addiction of television. He believes that the world is so focused on Television instead of reading and socializing with the world, he believes that we worry more about the problems with celebrities then the actually problems in the world. Instead of reading the newspaper people rather wait until they reach home to catch it on the 10 o’clock news when they could have easily read it. Gore rather people to read because it expands our mind, it’s as if the television corrupts our mind. We become zombies just sitting with our eyes glued to the TV for several hours our minds becomes vurnable we willing to fall for anything because of the advertisement. “I mean what is called the public sphere, or the marketplace of ideas.’(Gore) Television is the best way for people to get tricked into buying things that they really don’t need but since it’s been on TV and the seen advertisement for such product they feel the need to have it. I do agree with Gore because instead of actually reading the newspaper many people actually wait to watch the news and we become more focused on things that don’t matter then what really do.
Television is one of the parts in technology that is booming. Some people may have TV in every room in there house. Some people may say there is a lot of negative effect by watching TV for many hours. In this essay, “TV Addiction” by Marie Winn, discuss/point out that habitual watching TV can get addictive and have negative effect on people. Winn stated, “It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating.”(TV Addiction, p. 211) What Winn mean by this statement is that watching TV all the time will cut off communication with other people, does not seem to want to talk to others when a show is on. Gore does not agree with the statement Winn had said about communication. He stated that “The internet is a formidable new medium of communication […]” (The Assault on reason, p 6) He means that communication is not decreasing just use in another way. Winn does have a point that communication is decreasing, but Gore stated the facts that communication is use in another way. I do agree with Gore that communication is use in another way. We can communicate on cell phone (texting, talking and others) and the internet (email and IMs).
ReplyDeleteBoth Winn and Gore discuss the negative parts in which television consumes in a persons daily life, but even through all that they both have different ideas in such case. In Winn’s article, “TV Addiction” she describes the many issues that watching television does to everyone in society. She illustrates how watching TV has become an addiction, she states how it has also come across to be equal to drinking or taking drugs. “ONCE YOU START IT’S HARD TO STOP” is a quote that in my opinion is very strong and that is the sideline to all of the following examples that Winn provides. Winn provides many different cases and personals that tell there story, agreeing how they were once addicted to television. In the other hand, Gore provides examples that indicate that it is not the television itself that is used wrong put the way it is used to inform its viewers. Gore gives the example of “ Runaway Bride” and the Michael Jackson trail and the Robert Blake trail that were had come to be the top news when it was happening. But they never show the important situations that our government goes through. Both of Winn and Gore’s arguments are highly true and I also agree with them. But it is not everyone that is addicted to television and can not detach themselves from it.
ReplyDeleteIn her essay, “TV Addiction” Winn argues about the negative effect that habitual TV watching has on individuals. She believes that most individuals who watch television are addicted and have a hard time stopping. Winn said “not unlike drugs or alcohol, the television experience allows the participant to block out the real word and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state”. This means that television watching is as addictive as drugs and alcohol and will cause damaging effects in the end both physically and mentally. When watching television, many go into another world somewhat like a fantasy where they spend hours and hours without even noticing it. I agree with Winn’s argument seeing that I find myself watching television and not for the fact that I am interested in what was on, but just because I found it difficult to stop staring. For me, the television is a big distraction which many times disable me from doing home work or just anything in particular.
ReplyDeleteGore agrees with the sentiments of Winn in his essay “The Assault On Reason.” He feels as though people spend too much time watching television and that the programming is brain washing individuals. He states “In fact, according to an authoritative global study, Americans now watch television an average of four hours and thirty-five minutes every day-ninety minutes more than the world average”. This clearly indicates that most Americans lives are consumed by the television compared to others in the world. Both Winn and Gore acknowledges the fact that most Americans watch too much television which inhibits them in some way or the other in their day to day lives. I agree with them both because this addictive effect that television watching causes, personally affects me as well as many others I know.
The message that I am receiving from Winn’s “TV Addiction” article is television is so addicting that we could consider it as an illness. Many of Winn’s testimonies refer their addiction to television as if they were bingeing or drinking. “The television experience allows the participant to blot out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state.” Thus “distorts the sense of time” and have their energy absorbed into the thousand of flashing pixels displayed on the screen leaving the viewers to feel “sapped, will-less, enervated.” According to Gore’s article, “In fact, according to an authoritative global study, Americans now watch television an average of four hours and thirty-five minutes every day,” supports the point that Winn made. Television is the central place for information because thousands of Americans just plop down in front of the television at home and refuse to do anything else. They mindlessly stare at the screen and zone out. Both Winn and Gore both agree that television is time consuming and attention of Americans. However, they’re articles are different. Winn provides testimonies and analogies to why television is addicting. Gore provides research, predictions, and experience as to why television is the dominant source of information and the new medium of communication. I agree that television is corrupting the minds of Americans but to even pick up the remote and sit down with a bag of chips is their control. There are healthier ways to watch television, for example, exercising while watching television. You get your entertainment and a healthy body in that hour. I disagree with Gore that television reaches far more people than the Internet because with the right research, companies can post advertisements on the popular sites such as facebook, or twitter, or youtube. Regardless if it is television or internet, there is still some searching involved.
ReplyDeleteIn her article " TV addiction" Winn describes the negative effects that she sees in habitual t.v watching. Winn compares T.v watching to an addiction such as alcoholism. She feels that once you start watching television its hard to stop. She has many examples of ex-television addicts speaking about there addictions and thier need for television. Winn states " Even as they put off thier activities to spend hour after our watching television, they feel they could easily resume living in a different, less passive style. But somehow or other while the television set is present in their homes, it just stays on.
ReplyDeleteGore agrees with Winn That T.V watching has negative effects on people. In his text "The Assault on Reason" He makes many good points about the negative effects television has on people. Although he does not believe that Television is like a drug, He does believe that people spend too much time watching t.v and focus more on the lives of their favorite actors rather then thier own lives. Gore feels that Television has taken over the flow of information in our society and is manipulating people opinions and feelings on certain issues. Gore states " The potential for manipulating mass opinions and feelings... is now being even more aggressively exploited by a new generation of media Machiavellis. Gore doest necessarily agree with her sentiments because he does not view television as an addiction but he does share a same argument that Winn does, being that they both believe that Television has a great negative impact on society. Both Gore and Winn share very good arguments about television and i have to agree with them that television does have many negative side's too it.
Television is a marvelous invention, how ever it came with its downside. People have grown accustom to gaining information solely through watching television, instead of conversing with one another or reading a newspaper. The age of television is here and in full blast. People have made television a part of there daily lives. Watching TV has become a habit, and a bad one at that. In Marie Winn's article "TV Addiction" she endorses the idea that Television has become a bad habit throughout America, she writes " The television habit distorts the sense of time. It renders other experiences vague and curiously unreal while taking on a greater reality for itself. It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating." ( Winn,pg 211). Winn feels that Habitual TV watching creates many concerns. It reduces your likelihood to communicate with others, it isolates you ,and is also an empty source or knowledge. Al Gore too has an opinion on this subject and he too agrees with Winn's point. In "The Assault on Reason" a book by Al Gore,Gore states " The Republic of Letters has been invaded and occupied by the empire of television." (Gore, pg 6). TV has took over any and all forms of communication. We now use television to receive information, weather, prices, social events. Word of mouth , and newspapers are soon to be long gone. Our lives no longer need any other source of information. Now that TV has overtook the media, all else is inferior.
ReplyDeleteIn her article “TV addiction" Winn describe the act of watching television as an addiction similar to alcohol. She describes the negative effects it has on people and how it makes people become habitual watchers and less in tune with reality. “It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating.”(TV Addiction, p. 211, Winn). In “The Assault on Reason" Gore seems to agree with Winn in that TV make people less I tune with reality and states that TV is one sided and has no interaction. “I have sought to hasten the arrival of truly interactive television…..” (The Assault on Reason, p.6, Gore) These two authors are similar in the way that both talk about the negatives of watching TV, but Gore also talks about the solution being the interactive ability of the Internet and a way of combining the two.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with both articles in that it is true. Winn gives many examples to support her thesis while Gore’s article is more structurally sound. The idea of TV becoming addictive does not scare me, because like Gore I do truly believe that the Internet can overcome the television and makes us more interactive along with it.
In Winn's article, "TV Addiction" she writes about the negative effects it has on children and adults. The effects it has on relationships are shown when Winn writes about a handbag repair-shop owner. She writes, "I'd come home and then we'd watch TV for the rest of the evening. We'd eat our dinner in the living room while watching, and we'd only talk every once in a while, during the ads, if at all. I'd watch anything, good, bad, or indifferent." The effects it has on children are how they become socially awkward as a result of too many hours in front of the television. Also children can become physically unfit, due to the lack of exercise. In Gore's article he agrees with Winn on the fact that Americans watch too much television. I also agree with Gore when says, "Americans now watch television an average of four hours and thirty-five minutes every day." Gore also writes about how children spend too much time in front of the television. Also it could be a way for parents to easily get out of watching their own children. Gore also talks about the internet and how people still watching television while they're on the computer.
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction from "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore and an article titled "TV Addiction" by Marie Winn, the two writers discuss the negative effects of habitual television watching. Winn believes that television viewers are similar to drugs addicts and alcoholics. In her article she says, “they are living in a holding pattern, as it were passing up the activites that lead to growth or development or a sense of accomplishment.” Meaning, when people watch televsion for long persiods of time, they are wasting time that they could have use to accomplish tasks that are more productive. In Gore's introduction, he stresses similar points that were satted in Winn’s article. Gore states, “Not only did televison take over a larger share of their time and attention Americans devoted to news and information, it began to dominate a larger share of the public sphere as a whole.” Both Gore and Winn believe that televison takes up a tremendous amount of time from the individuals who watch it. However, Gore’s main issue with too much televiosn viewing, is that it manipulates the views and opinions of the watchers. Whereas Winn’s main concern is the devlopmental effects that television has on it’s viewers. I agree with both writers that televion manipulates views and opinions of people, and that it has negative effects on individuals, such as watsing hours of time that could have been spent doing important things.
ReplyDeleteIn her article, "TV Addiction" Winn states, "The television habit distorts the sense of time. It renders other experiences vague and curiously unreal while taking on a greater reality for itself. It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communicating" (Winn,211) She goes on to argue that watching television has become a bad habit, an addiction comparable to the one of heroin or alcohol. She believes that we as human beings whom watch tv for an extended period, are "dumbing down." Winn argues that by watching television for a long time can and will keep us from doing something that will better us mentally and possibly physically.
ReplyDeleteIn his excerpt, "The Assult on Reason" Gore states, "The ability of television to instantly convey moving images as well as words and music to hundreds of millions of Americans simultaneously increased and inherent power of television medium over the printed word by several orders of magnitude"(Gore, 7). Gore also believes that watching television for long periods of time, will also make the human intelligence decrease. Therefore, I do believe Gore and Winn agree with each other's standing opinion, as do I.
In both Gore's and Winn's texts, they argue that television is a factor in the lack of development or sense of accomplishment in one's life. They both also agree that the "addiction" to television is also increasing and is simply a bad thing.
For example, my brother watches over 15 hours of television every weekend. He spends more time watching television than doing his homework, studying, and playing baseball put together. I believe this affects his performance not only in school, but also on the feild. As a growing boy, he needs to get out and exercise in order to build muscle and become better at what he would like to achieve in life, which is becoming a major league baseball player. Not only does he lack in physical development, but also mental. By watching multiple hours of tv, he uses up precious time that can be used to study or do his assigned homeworks. This goes to show that one's time watching tv can be used to help better one's development in one way or another.
Winn and Gore both have articles devoted to the detriments of compulsive television watching. Winn, however, compares the addiction to television to that of an addiction to drugs. Gore's "The Assualt On Reason" talks about the content that we watch on television. In his article, Gore questions, "Why has America's public discourse become less focused and clear, less reasoned?"(Gore,2). Everything we watch on television is oriented around pop culture and none of the news we watch is accurately presented. In opposition to Gore, Winn highlights, "In spite of the potentially destructive nature of television addiction, it is rarely taken seriously in American society. Critics mockingly refer to television as a "cultural barbiturate" and joke about "mainlining the tube"(Winn,p15). This quote directly opposes Gore's opinion on television watching. He states that television is our main source of information and it still surpasses the internet even today. Americans do take television seriously. I definitely receive all my information through the "tube." I would have to agree with Gore, that television is detrimental for the fact that all its propoganda is being fed to us and we do not even realize it. Winn, however, points out that we sit in front of the television for hours on end without any productivity. By the end of the session, nothing has been accomplished which is wasted time that one can never get back. Americans give the most importance to television compared to every other country in the world which is mentioned in Gore's article, "[...] Americans now watch television an average of four hours and thirty-five minutes every day, ninety minutes more than the world average"(Gore,6). Television is not a necessity and it would be beneficial if it was regulated amongst the American people.
ReplyDeleteIn Marrie Winn's article, "TV Addiction" She stated that, television has negative effects in many ways. Firstly she says that, In the TV, there are so many pleasurable shows, that's why people are addicted on the TV like alcohol or drugs. I agree with the author because too much watch TV is not good for health its effect in our eyes, and also by watching TV we forget our real world and entered into imaginary world which is not good all the time. When we start watching TV it hard to stop watching, on the other hand if we read any book or article we can stop reading. She argues, "The entry into another world offered by reading includes an easily accessible return ticket. The entry via television does not". Secondly she says that “The issue of television addiction takes on a more serious air when the addicts are our own children”. children’s are interest to spend their most of the time by watching Television. They do not spend their time with their parents. Television also reflect the children behaviour. Although they are interest to watch TV but also they can learn more things from the TV. My nephew likes to watch carton and the children show in the TV. He learns from the shows the name of the color and so many things. When he busy with TV his mom can finish her work .
ReplyDeleteAl Gore does agree with her in some way. He said that we spend too much time to watch TV instead of newspaper. He stated "Television that still dominates the flow of information in modern America". The addiction of a TV, it is dependent on the person and the situation, I was addicted on Indian serial before but now i do not have time to watch TV.
In "TV Addiction" Winn states television has similar effects of drugs. Refereeing go it as an addiction is just one characteristics she compares something we all include in our daily rutuine. She discussing several faults television has on a human being and the fact that we in addition cannot help this sort of trap almost each person has fallen into. Gore agrees with this train of thought, also feeling people are weakened by the amount of technology they encounter. I also agree with Winn's statements. I feel we have become sort of dependent on things such as television, cell phones, and computers, drawing us further from the real world and closer to the digital one. Differeces the writers have include their writing styles. Winn was more on the negative, giving excerpts from people bad mouthing television. Gore on the other hand evens outs the bass with the goods and gives you certain things go look forward to as opposed to just being one sided about the argument.
ReplyDeleteBoth Winn and Gore discuss the negative parts in which television consumes in a persons daily life, however they have different ideas. In Winn’s article, “TV Addiction” she describes the many issues that watching television does to everyone in society. She illustrates how watching TV has become an addiction, she states how it has also come across to be equal to drinking or taking drugs. “Once you start it’s hard to stop ” is a quote that in my opinion is very strong and that is the sideline to all of the following examples that Winn provides.
ReplyDeleteWinn provides many different cases and personals that tell there story, agreeing to how they were once addicted to television. On the other hand, Gore provides examples that indicate that it is not the television itself that is used wrong put the way it is used to inform its viewers. Gore gives the example of “ Runaway Bride” and the “Michael Jackson trail” and the “Robert Blake trail” that were had come to be the top news when it was happening. However they never show the important situations that our government goes through. Both of Winn and Gore’s arguments are highly true and I also agree with them. But it is not everyone that is addicted to television and can not detach themselves from it.