Television And Reading: The Benefits Of Watching Television

I happen to be sympathetic to that argument, but it's not the one I want to make here. I think there is another way to assess the social virtue of pop culture, one that looks at media as a kind of cognitive workout, not as a series of life lessons. There may indeed be more ''negative messages'' in the mediasphere today. But that's not the only way to evaluate whether our television shows or video games are having a positive impact. Just as important -- if not more important -- is the kind of thinking you have to do to make sense of a cultural experience. That is where the Sleeper Curve becomes visible.

Larissa MacFarquhar’s essay titled,“Who Cares if Johnny Can’t Read?” , was published in the Slate magazine in 1997, rebuts the misconception that Americans in today’s society don’t read as much as people did in the past. MacFarquhar presented factual information to back up her claim that Americans do read and that they read more now than they ever did. In addition, people do not read classics as much as they read genre fiction and self-help in today’s society. MacFarquhar also stated that reading books is better than television. According to MacFarquhar, she believed that reading can stimulate emotions and allow people to participate unlike television. Later, she acknowledged that certain television can also stimulate emotions and allow people

Ursula Le Guin, wrote “Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading”, in this article she emphasizes the various forms that “reading” is integrated in the modern world, when it really shouldn’t be a part of the reading category. Le Guin goes through the “entertainment media” list, from internet to TV, during that time she gives the many reasons of how it shouldn’t be associated, or compared to reading a book. She explains that the Internet is the sole reading associated with it is blogging, which has yet to become popular. TV only encourages the viewer to be entertained, and not apply activity, whether

The above statement does not show that how the author find out this statistic. Also, Moore goes on and point out another statistic that, “we’ve already eaten into the more 99 hours a year an average American adult spends reading a book – compared with 1,460 hours watching television (Moore, 129).” From this statement, I do not think that watching television is less informative than a book. Television is also a type of learning skill, which there many education media on it for instance, news, documentary, geographical, sport, and

In recent discussions of watching an excessive amount of television, a controversial issue has been whether it is good or bad. On the one hand, some argue that it affects our mental and physical health. From this perspective, it is clear that heavy TV watching is not beneficial. On the other hand, however, others argue that a TV exposes you to important news and different cultures. In the words of Caron Andre, one of this views main proponents; “news, current events and historical programming can help make young people more aware of other cultures and people.” According to this view, Andre believes that TV can be beneficial to the watchers. In sum, then, the issue is whether TV has positive or negative effects on the viewers.

Furthermore, children spend more time watching television rather than reading. “A 2007 study published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that the average US household has a television set turned on an average of 8 hours and 11 minutes every single day. Much of that television watching is being done by children” (Preface to 'How Should Television Be Regulated?'). Most children have watched over three school years worth of television. In the article “TV Doesn’t teach,” it is pointed out that the decline in the ability to read in

Aristotle created three devices to help writers persuade audiences to agree with their topic. Neil Postman’s, Amusing Ourselves to Death, directs the use of television being a negative impact on our culture. He expresses these impacts with Aristotle’s devices: logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos or the appeal to logic meant to convince the audience by using logic or reason.

As in Barbara Ehrenreich's passage from “The Worst Years of Our Lives”, she offers that television is turning people into inactive couch potatoes, however, children learning the alphabet or the number system can easily be taught by many television

Dana Gioia, an author of “Why Literature Matters,” addresses an issue in society of the decrease in reading during the past quarter century. This issue may seem little now, but will eventually have a negative effect on America as a whole and the business industry of America. Although reading may not be the activity for all, it is crucial to continue reading and learning to benefit the future people of American and the people after instead of the growing decline which affects society.

Children who watch T.V shows instead of reading the book won’t have the same feel and the details they should have gotten. Even though the children have fun watching the T.V. They will hate reading books in the future and depend on technology to help them.

We all know reading is boring, time consuming, and compulsory. All though, most kids would agree with that statement, some may disagree. Some can say that if one does not read they can lose knowledge and become less smart. If you don't read there can be consequences for stopping. Reading is valuable because it gives readers the power to escape, to maximize their potential, and to strengthen their mind.

Books encourage perceptual skills in children while also promoting early literacy skills. For instance, book with best behavior, simple words and charming illustrations make it easy for kids to understand the benefit of good behavior—respecting others, staying healthy and coping their feelings. As you read the words aloud to kids, you are encouraging their ability to perceive

I chose the first episode of the very popular television program The Event. I viewed the first episode on Netflix, October 20, 2011. This program originally aired on NBC, September 10, 2010, and is titled “I Haven’t Told You Everything”. This program has a total of twenty two series to date and is classified as an action-adventure drama. After viewing a picture of the main characters with the synopsis of this program, I noticed immediately that this was a male dominated show. The picture shows seven people standing together and merely two of the seven are female. The premise of the story is about a man searching for his missing fiancé. The story line was a prime example of the gender male

Over the last forty to fifty years, television has been a major topic of discussion. Specifically, many debate societal benefits to television watching. One widely accepted opinion is that watching TV makes people dumber. People have referred to it with terms like the “idiot box” and do not feel that watching TV has any benefit at all. They feel that it is a waste of time and people need to spend their hours more wisely. Others are of the opinion that TV is actually has societal benefits. From this perspective, they claim that the development of the structure of the programs now requires one to intellectually participate in watching television. Essentially, the argument is whether TV is a beneficial societal force or is it simply a

(Attention Getter) Reading is a hobby that many of us can or already do enjoy, but what if I told you that the benefits of reading can stretch far beyond a little ease-of-mind? (Thesis): Some claim that readers will be able to enjoy a notably longer life than those who do not read. (Relevance): Out of the lazing pastimes that we occupy our little free-time with, very few of them have such a considerable, long-term effects as these claims