Watching Television Makes You Smarter Essay

mass marketing a good thing? In Steven Johnson's Watching Tv Makes You Smarter essay, Johnson makes the argument that complexity, particularly found in Television, actually stimulates the brain and involves the viewer in a way that is actually good for us. Is the simplicity found in much today's media, both social and entertainment-wise, going to bring our collective…

There is no doubt that Americans love to watch television and spend hours of time on their phones. In the article “Television”, Jeff Ousborne states “Over the last sixty years, no pop culture medium has done more to shape American life than television” (243). Instead of comprising a daily schedule before, now it is a schedule of a favorite show. Not having at least one television set in homes these days is unheard of. If we are greatly interested in a t.v. series, we will spend a great deal of…

In "Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor" by Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi it states that if you desire something enough you will end up doing it. They explain that "temptations that can disrupt their lives are often pure indulgences." That saying surprised me but I soon realized how true it is. They also backed that sentence up with examples of how "no one has to drink alcohol." They then go on talking about how TV is one of our biggest things that hold us back and make us less…

water it is something that is needed to go throughout the day. But, what is the effect that this is having on one’s mind, body, and family? Is the joy of the television for those 5 hours’ worth it? TV has many effects that do not benefit American culture; this includes bad health, not being productive, the thought processes one has. Watching TV is bad for one’s health. So many Americans have been turned into couch potatoes. Figure one is what so many Americans turn into every evening, all…

TV is said to rot the brain from within when watching pointless cartoon violence. I however, agree with you Steven Johnson that television could be used as tool to help educate the brain. According to your quote, “The intelligence arrives fully formed in the words and actions of the characters on-screen (Johnson, 280).” I interpret this as hidden knowledge on shows that come through expressions and laughs. When television was first invented, it was a great new way with communicating to spread…

Life can never be perfect, we can never all be the same even if we try it. the utopian world we’re searching for can change into a dystopian world. The Giver and Harrison Bergeron are stories of a society trying to be perfect but changed into a cruel world. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book about a “perfect world”. The world where there is no war, no famine, no racism, no criminals, no colors, nothing. Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a science-fiction short story. Both of these stories…

Imagine you are living in America during the year 2081. The 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments have been ratified, making everyone equal. Not one person has a more advanced intellect, no one is smaller or bigger than the other, no one is better looking than you. All aspects of every American are equivalent. In Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s, “Harrison Bergeron,” This idea of equality comes to life. Vonnegut stresses the idea of equality by creating a vivid image for the reader. But is this image of equality…

laying on our beds watching television. Media will want to make us think a certain way, but it is up to us to know what is right and what is wrong. Many time, people we will believe what they see or hear on television, but we have to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of reality TV shows and their stereotypes in American society. In a recently read story by Porochista Khakpour “Reality TV Goes Where Football Meets the Hijab” she tells us about her experience with watching TV and her side…

with lines of silent rage. My mother scolds me and yells at me, her face twisted in disapproval. I do not even hear her words. All I can think about is how incredibly stupid I am. The flashes of hideously inappropriate pictures and videos I had been watching flew every which way inside my head. Tears came, poking out hesitantly, sliding down my burning face. My body, shaking and trembling, is paralyzed. I look down and let the water in my eyes fall to the floor. My mom stops yelling and I…

started to arise, they began to have more control over what they watch, and when and where they watch it. It also stared many changes in the video industry, forcing it to create new ways of telling engaging complex stories to a smarter audience, and find new revenue streams to make up for lost ad revenue. However these changes are not all positive. The major networks and advertisers are slow to change and are trying to force things to stay the same. And a new growing reliance on meta-data could…