Television gives us a warped view of the world. If we were to accept the template of society provided by television we'd probably think that consumption is the source of happiness, thanks to advertising; that most of life's problems have a neat solu

Television is as dangerous as any other psychoactive drugs and should be controlled. Young people have to a large degree stopped reading real texts, and watch television instead. As a result, much of the cultural tradition encoded in print is being lost. Cognitive habits associated with literacy are in decline. I see this situation as symptomatic of a decline in literacy and our society. Television should be watched less. American should spend more time reading. Young children must be taught to be aware of watching too much TV as being taught of staying away from drugs.

Television works on the same imaginative and intellectual level as psychoactive drugs (Hamill, 542). Television preempts the process of imagination that a reader experiences while reading. It's the process of decoding little symbols called words, then cre

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