impact of television
Television has changed the way America spends its recreational time. Whether it is in the form of video games or trashy talk shows, television has an impact on society. A few issues that reflect the way television impacts us are: Why Americans are interested in trashy daytime talk shows?, Why children's grades have dropped as a result of watching too much television?, and what's allowed to be shown on t.v. All of these issues were stated in the articles I read, and I think they are very important and often overlooked. Daytime talk has come a long way from "The Ed Sullivan Variety Show". During those times, guests on the show weren't even allowed to say the word 'high' as referring to marijuana. Now, we have talk shows with titles like "You Slept With my Lover and I Want Revenge," "Who's my Child's Real Father," and my personal favorite, "Men who are Really Women Confess to Their Lovers." If you take some time to look at these titles and think about what they are saying, you might wonder why in the world anybody would care to watch such appalling things. But the reason does not remain much of a mystery.
Marie Winn, author of "The Plug-In Drug" notes: Another issue to think about is how the guidelines for what's allowed to be shown on t.v. has changed from older shows like the "Brady Bunch" to current shows like "Roseanne". Think about what would have happened if Marsha Brady was caught having sex or smoking marijuana. Viewers would have been outraged and the show would have probably been cut. Now it wouldn't even phase today's viewer. The reason may be because we do deal with these things in everyday life but back then, we didn't. In conclusion, television has changed throughout time and has influenced people in different ways. There are some problems that come from these influences for instance, children's reading skills and grades, but there are ways to not let this happen. We can learn a lot from t.v. but we must make sure that t.v. doesn't get in the way of things that are more important. The conclusion between televisions effects on children's reading abilities and the decline in their writing skills is clear: there is no question in the minds of educators that a student who cannot read with the true comprehension will never learn t
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