How Television Affects Society

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How Television Effects Society."The only activities Americans spend more time doing than watching television are working and sleeping." With this in mind, it is understood that television plays a major role in the statistical majority of most Americans. Society reflects what is shown on television in a multitude of various areas. Three of the major areas in which television affects us are in behavior, moral values, and social standards. All throughout life, youths have found some way to rebel against authority. In the 50's, boys rode on motorcycles and greased their hair back. In the 60's, they let their hair grow down to their "who-ha" as they denounced their government. In today's day and age, we find our youth killing each other and denouncing God. A prime example of television's responsibility for this matter would be the mass coverage of the Columbine shootings. In a personal individual survey I conducted, close to 100% of the people said that they had never before seen or heard of any school shootings before the Columbine incident. Now that the constant round the clock news coverage of Columbine has concluded, there is been well over seven more reported incidents of school shootings that will probably never reach the amount

Along with the instant gratification that television brings comes the desire for instant everything. Don't "show him the money," tell him to have faith in the money. That phrase is one of the reasons why so many young people don't have any faith in God or themselves. They don't believe in God because they can't see him, and they don't believe in themselves because no ones ever taught them how. Nowadays people want instant results, instant answers, and even instant oatmeal. Where has the love gone? If you want things done right, you have to put in the effort. Television has taught society that you can loose weight by watching T.V, and that sending three installments of $99.99 too "Millionaires Overnight" will solve all of your financial, and soda can cutting, tomato slicing guinsu blues. Most of the products advertised on television cannot fully fulfill their promises to their consumers.

of coverage that Columbine got because school shootings are no longer a novelty. Do you wonder why these kids did what they did? It is because of the amount of violence that is now being shown all across the news. In one weeks worth of time of watching the ten o'clock news, I have seen blood drenched war victims give A.B.C news anchors their last words before slipping into a coma. Five days ago, a neighborhood gang interrupted a high school student's routine w

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