Has our nation been deceived by the media? Has the media sent forth an era that it is all right to define what was considered old fashion values? Hundreds of arguments can be made on the topic that Television is playing good or bad role in the society, but most of the philosophers, social scientists, and critics have agreed that Television in playing the vital role in the enhancement of violence in the society. In fact, experts warn that viewing violence can have lifelong harmful effects on children's health.
             Television is a pervasive and complex part of children's lives; there are many factors that affect how much and what they view. In the essay "Teaching as an Amusing Activity" (1987), Neil Postman argues television conditions us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in chunks at a time. He explains the ways in which the media is changing the way our children are learning and how television is being used as an attractive and seductive medium to make children to like school with shows such as Sesame Street. Television lures the children with stimulating, colorful and creative images. For example, if we compare the difference in learning behaviors between the classroom setting and sitting in front of the television we will surely know the basis of the problem. Television does not encourage children to go to school but also affects their cognitive and social development. It is not what they are learning, since television shows can all be educational; it is how yo!
             u learn it that is important. By watching television, the children are only expected to play a viewer role, while not realizing the familiarity of their role as a student in a classroom. This is leading American culture in the process of converting their culture from a word-centered to an image-centered society.
             Since we live in a violent society, we're constantly hearing arguments that seeing TV vio
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