Do you know we are ruled by television? People watch television too much today. The average child watches an average of twenty-eight hours of television a week. Most people think they would have a hard time living without a television. The obsession with television has major effects on society that are quite unpleasant. In other words, it is widely held that television rots the brain, encourages sloth, desensitizes us to violence, stifles creative thought, shortens the attention span, erodes the capacity for critical thinking, shortens the attention span and affects the memory.
             Television gives us a warped view of the world. If we were to accept the template of society provided by television we'd probably think that consumption is the source of happiness, thanks to advertising; that most of life's problems have a neat solution that can be reached in 48 minutes, care of one-hour TV drama; and that crime is common and injustice is entertaining. Life on television is almost always simple: good guys and bad, nice girls and whores, smart guys and dumb. And if life in the real world isn't that simple, well, hey, man, have some dope, man, be happy, feel good. (Hamill, 543)
             Furthermore, television, like drugs, dominates the lives of its addicts (Hamill, 542). For young children, television is an antisocial experience. A little child sits passively in front of the screen, insensible to what is going on around him. Conversation during the program is seldom if ever encouraged by the child or by the parents. Moreover, viewers can't work or play while watching television; they can't read; they can't be out on the streets, falling in love with the wrong people, learning how to make friends and compromise with other human beings (Hamill, 542). Marie Winn, in the Plug-In Drug, wrote " The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces – although there is danger there...