Analysis of TV Show

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In the article “Life According to T.V.” published in 2009, in common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture, Harry Water portrays that the media nowadays are easily to misrepresent the world and damage the society as a whole. First of all, he points out that the television is more influential than other forms of entertainment media in the public which affects social attitudes and creates cultural biases. Secondly, he refers to Gerbner’s study which is based on precise experiments and surveys and explains television changes the public’s view through multiple ways such as sex, age, race, work, health and crime, or other aspects of society. For instance, Water says that TV shows leave us a negative impression about the old people, which are silly, stubborn, sexually inactive and eccentric. Water also claims that crime rages about ten times more often than that in real life. Violence video always has a negative influence in society, especially the young generation. Water still points out that young people easily changes their attitude to choose a job because TV show greatly overestimated the proportion of Americans employed as physicians, lawyers, athletes, and entertainers.
Overall, the article is mainly talking about the TV show brings a misunderstanding of society and bad influence to the viewer. Yet, we must ask ourselves: Does TV show only have negative influence on viewer? Do the media really change our mind? Can TV show educate the young generation?
The television show, Prison Break (season one), is one of the popular criminal show. It contains lots of violence, drugs, immoral behavior, cheating like Water mentions in his article. The story is about the main character Michael Scofield, whose brother was set...

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...s to build a small model of the Taj Mahal, and gives her a surprise. Water thinks the portrayals of old people transmit negative impressions; In general, they are cast as silly, stubborn, sexually inactive, and eccentric. The warden is nearly 70 years old, but he looks very energetic and passionate. The show changed the stereotype of old people and attitude of the audience toward old people. I think the warden can be a model for the old audience, which can bring a little change to their life. Encourage them not because of his old age to give up something. Some things will never disappear over time, such as love, passion for work, for a better life for him.
In conclusion, TV show is not as terrible as we imagined. It is a sort of double-edged sword that has both good side and bad side. It can give us a bad influence as well as bring us a lot of things to learn from.

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