The Harm of TV
Mass communication especially television has been an important way of communication for many people around the word. In the United States, the media is mainly responsible for what many people watch and somewhat for some people's addiction to TV. Since, many shows expose many controversial topics of interest to the audience. In this essay, several reactions are shown from two authors Ehreneich who "holds that television talk shows exploit their participants" and, Marie Winn, who quotes that a "heavy viewer" who confess that watching TV makes him feel "sapped, will-less, enervated." According to Ehrenrerich essay "In Defense of Talk Shows", TV talk shows are only making promotions at the cost of other people. Mentioning that many of them benefit themselves, by exploiting their guests. I agree with Ehrenreich since she explains how talk shows try to get the attention of the viewers by bringing up topics that many people endure in their daily lives. However, once the problems are exposed instead of resolving it, they dig deeper into the situation. In addition, since the producers and the hosts know that many viewers are interested in finding out more regarding certain topics, big controversies arise. According to Ehren
However, Mary does not seem to believe that TV addiction is negative. A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a program, in which a teenager was having an argument with her father. However, many people watch it because it is controversial. " Furthermore, there is no way to find out whether the guest would actually benefit from such shows, since during the airing time, many are helped by psychologist. However, the methods the talk shows use to get the viewers to watch their show is poor. I strongly believe that the audience has the final decision, since they can also choose what kind of programs to watch, and hopefully learn from such programs. Many of the guest who participate in such talk shows, do so because they are "so needy-of social support, of education, of material resources and self esteem-that they mistake being the center of attention for being actually loved and respected. In my point of view, the people in this type of shows do not have any education or follow any morals. Finally, I understand that it is not only the talk shows participants or the TV addicts solely responsible for these problems, the media also bears some responsibility. However, this is one kind of problems many teenagers are facing today and that is one of the reasons many talk shows are not afraid to expose such vulgarities. Since they are physically and verbally violent with each other. Doublespeak is insidious because it infects and eventually destroys the function of language, which is a kind of communication between people and social groups. This kind of behavior seems to be very common in many talk shows, in which teenagers are becoming more rebellious. According to Winn, "the essence of any serious addiction is a pursuit of pleasure, it is the inability to function without the addictive substance.
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Jerry Springer's,
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Sally Jessy,
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TV Addictions,
Marie Winn,
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