According to scholars, the addiction to television is becoming more and more common worldwide, the more we watch it, the more shortsighted, and narrow-minded we become. Unfortunately, it is fast becoming as popular and dangerous as drugs (Winn 5). According to Winn, those who frequently watch television develop problems with their eyes and back and they may become obese. There is also a lot of time wastage as statistics show that frequent viewers have three or more average hour of daily watching and
In an article ' The Plug-In Drug ' the author Marie Winn discusses the bad influence of television on today's society. Television is a ' drug ' that interfere with family ritual, destroys human relationships and undermines the family. Marie Winn claims that television over the years have effected many American family life. Since television is everyday ritual, many American tend to spent more time with television than they do with their family and this result in unhealthy relation in family. She also
helping out American society. As Rita Dove’s essay “Loose Ends” argues, people prefer this fantasy of television to the reality of their own lives. Because viewers prefer fantasy to reality, they become fixated on the fantasy, and according to Marie Winn in “Television Addiction,” this can ultimately lead to a serious addiction to television. But, one must admit that the clever tactics of the commercial advertisers are beyond compare. Who would have thought the half naked-blondes holding soda
making today’s youth somehow disregard everything they’ve ever heard about it being wrong to kill someone and consult their television for guidance instead! That job can’t be easy! Never having a moment’s rest, the media has also been sighted by Marie Winn. It was in the act of changing our entire families into groups of distant acquaintances, which we read in, “Television: The Plug-in Drug.” Finally, add to this list “screaming.” Deborah Tannen states that the media is making us scream at each other
In the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn, the author explains how television separates people from each other. Television, she claims, replaces the human contact by keeping the television viewers interested in the television programming instead of having a human companion. In the essay "Dearly Disconnected" by Ian Frazier, the author describes the cell phone as an object that will take out the payphones, increase human contact and decrease privacy. For example, televisions and
in substance in the media. In “Television: The Plug-in Drug,” Marie Winn offers a commentary on the tendency of television to contribute towards a breakdown of traditional family life. These observations reveal that with the many benefits technological advances bring to daily live comes an unforeseen change in the general cultural context of society. This thesis is significantly supported by the writings of both George Will and Marie Winn by articulating relevant issues about the substance on television
features an elderly man dancing like an enthusiastic child. This relates to Stephen King’s idea in “My Creature from the Black Lagoon,” that adults long for and are often reminded of their childhood. Meanwhile, Rita Dove’s essay, “Loose Ends,” and Marie Winn’s essay, “Television Addiction,” each
alright.” She always loved to play catch, what about some basketball I ask her, “No, maybe some other time,” she says as her eyes are glued to the box. Is television so addictive that it makes everything else look unattractive? It is very well maybe Marie Winn agrees; she names television the “plug-in drug.” Although not as lethal as drugs and alcohol, television can have many effects too, and not necessarily good ones. According to authors in this section television has made reality seem second best
the television universe that they have become unconscious and blind sighted by the harmful effects that television has caused them. In Marie Winn's article, Television: The Plug-In Drug, Winn brings forth the destruction that television causes a family’s lifestyle. The “rituals” families normally partake in are becoming less concurrent, sometimes even extinct. Winn mentions, “By its domination of the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguish...
Television and Society In Marie Winn’s Essay “Television: The Plug In Drug,” she states, “Television’s contribution to family life has been an equivocal one.” Winn focuses on the issue of television's influence in the lives of American families. Her emphasis is on the medium's influence on children. Although she makes a strong case for the negative influence of television, she fails to consider all of the benefits television has brought to American families. On its own, the television is neither
In her essay “ Television Addiction”, Marie Winn considers television viewing as a serious addiction comparing them to drug and alcohol addiction. So according to her the television experience gets us into an enjoyable and inactive mental so that we ignore the worries and the concerns of the real world. . The various examples the author points out how the “small Screen “ may influence people’s live also The different negative effect of watching TV. For instance she states that heavy viewers tend
In “The Plug-in Drug”, author Marie Winn attempts to reason with the reader to persuade them that watching television --- even “good” programs --- is harmful to children. She also uses counter arguments debunk current beliefs about children and television. First, she counters the belief that only watching violent programs make children behave aggressively by stating that watching television only happens in front of a screen, not in combination with some other experience. Second, she counters the
Marie Winn, in her essay “Television: The Plug-In Drug,” argues the negative influences of television that affects individuals and families (438-46). Television, in recent years has influenced family rituals and began to dominate over one’s routine (442-43). Evidence A survey showed 78 percent of respondents did not engage in conversation while watching television (444) Anecdote about how Television either changes or has to be accommodated into “regular” family rituals, such as eating dinner as a
wear hats that matched. We were sort of a hat clan, and we kept close together because of our hats. Back then our hats gave us a sense of identity, they told others who we were and set us aside from the numerous amounts of others in the school. In Marie Winn’s TV Addiction, she talks about people’s addiction to TV. She talks about how the essence of serious addiction is the pursuit of a pleasure or high that normal life does not supply. She explains how TV is similar to drugs. It always leaves the
Drug and Alcohol Addiction is the same as TV Addiction In “Television Addiction” by Marie Winn, the author suggests that TV addiction and Drug and Alcohol addiction are similar in many ways. First she explains what she considers to be a serious drug addiction, such as not feeling normal without them, the need to repeat it, ignoring other pleasurable experiences, never being satisfied, damaging one’s life and ruining relationships. Then she asks us to consider the television addiction in the same
addiction is a completely different matter. In her article "TV Addiction," Marie Winn contends that TV is a destructive dependence since individuals stay stuck to the TV and don 't associate with others. Winn "TV Addiction" clarifies the meaning of addiction. She gives cases of addictions like drug and liquor. She likewise discusses why addictions are terrible. She additionally discusses how and why TV is a habit. For instance, Winn says, “television experience allows the participant to blot out the real
“imagination”(Winn, 255). Although many writers claim that technology has assisted the general population, others argue that it has held back this generation back because it does not allow people to fully engage their imaginations, creates citizens that are lacking critical thinking
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