Television Response

You go to school, ride the bus home, sit on the couch, and what? Turn on the television. For citizens of the 21st century it's second nature, if a television is on we're paying attention. But how has TV impacted us?

First, television keeps us indoors. The average American spends 7 hours a day watching television. This keeps us form doing something social, like hanging out with friends or going to church. (But I mean we're all cynical and satanic nowadays anyway.) Television made us more introverted than any medium that preceded it. 

Second, TV influences our monetary habits in a negative way. It's great for advertisers because television makes us spend more. We see it on TV, through blatant or discrete advertising, and think, "I have to have that." Because when we see it on TV it becomes real, if it's not on TV it must not be legit.

Third, politics for years was a black and white race. Not anymore - it's in technicolor. To compete in a political campaign you must advertise on TV. It goes back to the whole thing about if it's on television it's real. If someone isn't on debate a on TV or has election commercials than that person isn't important. This marginalizes any social class except the rich because ads are expensive, and to really be effective you must use repetition to get it drilled into your viewers heads.

Last, TV changes the way we as society perceive the world. Television control what's cool and what's not.If it's real it's on TV. So the only thing that's real is a binary - The Kardashians or Honey Boo Boo. TV distorts and blurs the view of the average American.