Analysis
             In the article titled " Television Addiction," Marie Winn argues that TV viewing is comparable to alcoholism and drug addiction in terms of its negative effects on human behavior.
             Winn states that when one thinks about an addiction to drugs or alcohol, he frequently focuses on the negative aspects, ignoring the pleasures that accompany drinking or drug taking. She points out that an addict craves an experience and yet one is never really satisfied. Winn asserts that an addict leads a distorted, damaged, narrowed and dehumanized life.
             Winn opines that television viewing is similar to serious addictions like alcoholism and drug consumption. She discloses that watching television allows one to escape from the real world and "enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state." She maintains that television programs prompt one to put off worries and anxieties, just like drugs and alcohol. People overestimate their control over television watching, says the author.
             Winn discloses that one is living in a holding pattern that she describes as a passing activity that hinders "growth or development or a sense of accomplishment." She suggests that people know that television viewing is an unproductive experience that renders other experiences vague. Winn says that television viewing distorts one's sense of time and weakens relationships. She concedes that television programs don't satisfy and thus one finds that one cannot stop watching them. Winn cites a college English instructor, who comments, "As I reach out to turn off the set, the strength goes out of my arms. So I sit there for hours and hours."
             Reaction
             Before diagnosing or analyzing the effect of television has on society, a certain position has to be taken on whether or not that correlation is positive or negative. On the one hand, television can teach and amuse; it can reach aesthetic heights; it can provide much need...