For the 18th and 20th, be sure to bring all the articles we have read thus far in the second segment of the course so that we can discuss potential paper topics throughout the week's meetings.
I have yet to scan Wednesday's reading (p.35-51 from the Hacker text) as I do not have access to the proper technology over the weekend. Therefore, early Monday morning (roughly 11am) I will have this reading appear as an added link to this very posting... thus, please revisit this post, locate the link, then download and print the reading, if need be. Having this reading prepared for class on the 20th is essential for our discussions that day.
Enjoy your weekend,
s.
M 10/18:
~ Discussion of e-journal #7 (post your journal entry, but bring a hard copy to class too) and Essay #2 ideas
~ Be sure to bring Gladwell, Gore, and Winn texts to class
Reading: BH, p.35-51
e-journal #8: After reading from the Hacker text, take one of your paragraphs from e-journal #7 and revise accordingly. Then, as a second requirement, offer a draft thesis statement which you would consider using for your upcoming essay assignment. We will review these anonymously (as can be, after all) in class in order to identify key issues, lines of argumentation, and textual support.
~ Be sure to bring Gladwell, Gore, and Winn texts to class
Reading: BH, p.35-51
e-journal #8: After reading from the Hacker text, take one of your paragraphs from e-journal #7 and revise accordingly. Then, as a second requirement, offer a draft thesis statement which you would consider using for your upcoming essay assignment. We will review these anonymously (as can be, after all) in class in order to identify key issues, lines of argumentation, and textual support.
W 10/20:
~ Making global revisions, then revising sentences before proofreading
~ Further discussion of possible essay topics, developing thesis statements, and, vitally, the use of quotation and proper citation to support one's thesis
No additional reading or writing assignments… work on your paper and revision!
~ Further discussion of possible essay topics, developing thesis statements, and, vitally, the use of quotation and proper citation to support one's thesis
No additional reading or writing assignments… work on your paper and revision!
Habitual TV watching; based on how technologically advanced our society 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. The lack of focus on news and important event that are happening leads Gore to state the negative effects of the way television is being used in society. 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
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ReplyDeleteMarie Winn points out several cons to habitual television watching in her article "TV Addiction". She refers to television watching 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". While there are "reality" shows on television, they are not really considered reality. There are staged incidents that the viewer would expect to happen. Watching television gives one the opportunity to "join another family" and step outside of the world one calls his/her own, to become "consumed" with the world of the people on the show one is watching. 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(technology) “weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking, for communication.” Winn uses people’s personal testimonies about the subject to help prove her point. In The Assault on Reason 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 simplifies the comprehension 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.” One can get more information out to a wider majority of people via television than through any other source of medium, because one is almost guaranteed to have more people watching the same program than reading the same newspaper. In the text the word programming is meant to mean brain washing. One becomes powerless to the power of television.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.
ReplyDelete[SUPPOSED TO BE BLOCK QUOTE]Individuals 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.
[POSSIBLE THESIS]Throughout history there have been a countless number of trends that have come and gone, some more seemingly harmless than others. Some have re-invented themselves and come back again. It does not require much to start a trend. All it takes is one individual bold enough to do something and to catch the attention of a few others. That is a prime example of contagious behavior, a "tipping point" as Malcolm Gladwell labels it in his book The Tipping Point. Al Gore offers a substitute medium to the "programming" television provides. Is a new technological medium source really the answer?
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ReplyDeleteWinn sees that watching TV excessively tends to make people feel “those other activities seem to take too much effort.” (Winn, pg.211) Winn expresses 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 Winn sentiments, but is putting out another argument against television. I feel that they both have valid argument and I agree that Americans are too much into their television from doing anything else in their lives.
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Draft Thesis Statement: Over centuries, means of communication has been hatched in many different ways. A person on a horse, carrier pigeons, newspapers, morse code, radio’s, television and even the internet. All have proven to be useful and still are, but some sources have caused more harm then good to the people. Former Vice President, Al Gore, wrote a book called The Assault on Reason argues that with current source of information, Television, it is being misused and the proper news is not being provided. Not only is this source causing harm by giving out improper news, its also causing the viewers to sit for long periods of time and not do anything productive. Marie Winn discusses in her article, TV Addiction, how people are sitting in front of their televisions and watching nonsense; when they could be using the valuable time towards something more productive.
In Winn’s essay “TV Addiction” she illustrates the negative effect that television has on individual. She notes 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 (Winn, 1). She compare it to the addiction to both drugs and alcohol because “once you start it’s hard to stop”. (Winn, 1) I agree with Winn and believe that many people spend a lot of time watching television. For example, my dad brothers 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 cannot live without a television in their houses.
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The following essay will cover three main points, first a summary of Winn’s article “TV Addiction“, second a comparison and difference between Gores introduction from the book “The Assault on Reason” and third my views on these issues. Winn’s article is about the addiction on television. Both Gore and Winn agree that the average American is addicted to TV; however they do it for different reasons. I agree with both authors and believe that many people are addicted to TV.
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ReplyDeleteTelevision is part of the technology that is booming. Many people have TV in every room in their houses, except the bathroom and kitchen. Some might not be able to go a day without watching TV. Some people may say there is a lot of negative effect by watching TV for many hours in a day. In this essay, “TV Addiction” by Marie Winn, 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) Which mean that watching TV all the time will lower communication with other people, not really having time to talk to others when a show is in progress. 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) which means that communication is not decreasing just use in another way. Winn does have a point that communication is decreasing, but Gore stated 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).
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Trends have been changing for centuries. Some of these trends are new and some that was a trend years ago. These trends may or may not have a harmful effect to individual. This is what Malcolm Gladwell discusses in the “Tipping Point.” Many people follow these trends. Anybody could start a trend; people just have to see it. People see these trends on/with celebrities, magazine, fashion shows or even on TV. Al Gore stated in “The Assault on reason” that TV programs are the mediums that are provided. Are televisions that make trends the tipping point or is it something else?
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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. Sometimes we forget to do many important things. For student, TV addiction is very bad because they cannot concentrate their study properly. 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"(TV Addiction p.210).
ReplyDeleteSecondly she argues “The issue of television addiction takes on a more serious air when the addicts are our own children”(TV Addiction p. 214) Children’s are interest to spend there most of the time by watching Television. They do not spend their time with their parents. Television also reflects the children behavior. 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.
Al 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 Assault On Reason p.6). The addiction of TV dependents on the person and the situation, I was addicted on Indian serial before but now I do not have time to watch TV especially those Indian serials.
Theses: Winn and Gore both against TV but their reasons are different. Winn said that TV reflects of people behavior, Gore Said that TV manipulate peoples view and opinions
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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. Sometimes we forget to do many important things. For student, TV addiction is very bad because they cannot concentrate their study properly. 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"(TV Addiction p.210).
ReplyDeleteSecondly she argues “The issue of television addiction takes on a more serious air when the addicts are our own children”(TV Addiction p. 214) Children’s are interest to spend there most of the time by watching Television. They do not spend their time with their parents. Television also reflects the children behavior. 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.
Al 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 Assault On Reason p.6). The addiction of TV dependents on the person and the situation, I was addicted on Indian serial before but now I do not have time to watch TV especially those Indian serials.
Theses: Winn and Gore both against TV but their reasons are different. Winn said that TV reflects of people behavior, Gore Said that TV manipulate peoples view and opinions.
Television is a marvelous invention, however 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, 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 for knowledge. Al Gore too has an opinion on this subject and he strongly agrees with Winn's point. In "The Assault on Reason", Gore states "The Republic of Letters has been invaded and occupied by the empire of television." (Gore, 6). TV has taken over any and all forms of communication. We now use television to receive information, weather, prices, and 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 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 ones whom watch tv for an extended period, are "dumbing down." Winn argues that by watching television for a long time it 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 in one's life. They both also agree that the "addiction" to television is 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.
In 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 activities that lead to growth or development or a sense of accomplishment.” This may mean that when people watch television for long periods of time, they are wasting time that they could have used to accomplish tasks that are more productive. In Gore's introduction, he stresses similar points that were stated in Winn’s article. Gore states, “Not only did television 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 television takes up a tremendous amount of time from the individuals who watch it. However, Gore’s main issue with too much television viewing, is that it manipulates the views and opinions of the watchers. Whereas Winn’s main concern is the developmental effects that television has on its viewers. I strongly agree with both writers that television manipulates the views and opinions of people, and that it has negative effects on individuals, such as wasting hours of time that could have been spent doing important things.
ReplyDeleteIn 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 (p.210). She also illustrates how television has a destroying influence on children’s behavior and development. Instead of socializing and having physical activities, child just stares emotionless at TV set. Also, habitual TV watching can eliminate good relationship between people, it gives no change for communication, because free time 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, 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. He, being a politician, observes this particular problem on a global level 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” (p.11). 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 is 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 addicted to a 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 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.
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An actual problem is being under attack, we can see many articles saying that habitual TV watching has negative effects. Two authors (Marie Winn and Al Gore) give their opinion regarding this issue. They agree what TV can cause nowadays and how it influences our lives, but for me Gore’s arguments are stronger and more credible, because he thinks that TV addiction has more global negative effects and suggests a solution. In contrast, Winn illustrates how TV influences on individuals only.
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ReplyDeleteIn her article “TV addiction" Winn describes watching television as an addiction similar to alcohol and drugs. She describes the negative effects it has on people and how it makes people become habitual watchers. With people becoming habitual watchers it makes them 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" This means that TV is weakening a person's abilty to interact by taking away the need to talk. Gore seems to agree with Winn in that TV makes people less in 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) By this he means that he is waiting for the quick arrival of when TV in interactive with the viewers. 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.
I agree with both Winn and Gore in which Winn gives many examples to support her thesis while, Gore’s article is more structurally sound. Winn uses people to support her thesis of TV becoming addictive and Gore uses facts to support his thesis. The idea of TV becoming addictive does not scare me, because we live in an era of technology. And in the era of Technology od technology gets replace with newer and maybe better technology. As Gore states that he believes thats the Internet can overcome the televison and make us more interactive along with it.
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Trends have always changed the way we behave. One trend may lead us to act mean, while another treand may lead us to go green. But there is a new trend thatcan actually be harming us mentally. Marie Winn describes televison as an addiction similar to drugs and alcohol. She describes the negative effects it has on people and how it makes people become habitual watchers and how people tune the rest of the world out when they are watching their shows. She also states how like a drug people begin to experience withdrawal symtoms when they aren't watching TV. The trend of wtching Tv isn't like any other.
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ReplyDelete"In building her case that television has negative effects, Winn first defines the term "addiction," then argues that television, like drugs and alcohol, damages those who allow it to consume their lives," Marie Winn write about the overall negative effects that habitual TV has on individuals. As I agree with her statements and arguements, I will be comparing her writing to the text of "The Assult on Reason", Al Gore, to prove and show evidence of their arguments.
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ReplyDeleteTelevision is a marvelous invention, however 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 their daily lives. Watching TV has become a habit, and a bad one at that. Marie Winn is an advocate against habitual tv watching. She feels that the addiction to tv that we face today is unhealthy. It eats away at our ability to learn.
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ReplyDeleteWinn 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. While Gore's The Assualt On Reason talks more about the content that is watched 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). She directly opposes Gore's opinion on television watching. He states that television is our main source of information and it still surpasses the internet. Americans definitely do take television seriously. 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 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 hold television to a higher priority than that of 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). Going along with what Gore was saying, this time can be spent doing something else. That is a major part of the day wasted on useless junk. Though it would be better to help television addicts, it is just not possible to get rid of this issue. Going along with what Gore was saying, this time can be spent doing something else but a television addict is not likely to pick up a book and read for four and a half hours. But the fact that there is so much television viewing, it can be used as a medium to enhance new ways of learning for people of all ages. Television has become our primary source of information and a good use for it would be interactive learning.
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These days, an addiction can be to anything, whether is it harmful or beneficial. An addiction to television is one of the addictions that is not exactly harmful but it has negative effects on people. The way to reduce addictions is to either lessen the substance or substitute it with something else. Gore’s The Assault on Reason highlights many points on how Americans spend their time and ways in which this can be improved. For example, television can be used for the spread of knowledge. It is true that people cannot change their habits but the habit can become essentially beneficial for them through changes and the “tube” can become not only entertaining, but it can teach through entertainment.
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. The handbag repair-shop owner says, "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." (Winn. 212) 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. 6) 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 past 50 years the world has dramatically changed. The way in which most people receive their information is by television. But now things are starting to change and the internet is coming to power. Although I agree that many people would rather watch television to receive their information through television, I also agree that internet will soon take the television era over. Gore and Winn make excellent points on both but I agree more towards Gore because of the greater influence internet will soon have.
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ReplyDeleteIn her article “TV addiction" Winn describes watching television as an addiction similar to alcohol and drugs. She describes the negative effects it has on people and how it makes people become habitual watchers. With people becoming habitual watchers it makes them 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" This means that TV is weakening a person's ability to interact by taking away the need to talk. Gore seems to agree with Winn in that TV makes people less in 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) By this he means that he is waiting for the quick arrival of when TV in interactive with the viewers. 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.
I agree with both Winn and Gore in which Winn gives many examples to support her thesis while, Gore’s article is more structurally sound. Winn uses people to support her thesis of TV becoming addictive and Gore uses facts to support his thesis. The idea of TV becoming addictive does not scare me, because we live in an era of technology. And in the era of Technology old technology gets replace with newer and maybe better technology. As Gore states that he believes that the Internet can overcome the television and make us more interactive along with it.
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Trends have always changed the way we behave. One trend may lead us to act mean, while another tread may lead us to go green. But there is a new trend that can actually be harming us mentally. Marie Winn describes television as an addiction similar to drugs and alcohol. She describes the negative effects it has on people and how it makes people become habitual watchers and how people tune the rest of the world out when they are watching their shows. She also states how like a drug people begin to experience withdrawal symptoms when they aren't watching TV. The trend of watching TV isn't like any other.
In 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.
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Since the beginning of time, individuals have been passing information orally, but as time passed, more ways have been invented to get news around. The printing medium came about then the radio, Television and the internet. Over time, technology progressively improves to make lives easier.