Televisions Effect on Families as Expressed in Marie...

It may be hard to admit, but television has become an intricate part of our everyday lives. People children often find themselves sitting in front of the television screen for a longer period of time than before and this has evolved immensely over the past few years. In this article, â€Å"The Trouble with Television,† by the author Marie Winn, mentions that addiction of television is negative effects on children and families. It keeps the families from doing other things and it’s a hidden competitor for all other activities. Television takes place of play and on top of that kids who watch a lot of television grow uncivilized. Also, the author mentioned that televisions are less resourceful for children and have negative effects on children’s†¦show more content†¦Winn says television will lead to the addiction of it because it becomes part of your life, and soon the real world are too boring to live in all the time. Winn also says that with television p leasures available and other experiences seem less attractive. The viewer eventually gets so addicted that they put off all other things. It’s very true, for example my daughter used to watch television everyday when she is back from school and her grades were getting low. So I change the schedule of television watching just in the weekend and her grades improve dramatically. I have experience that watching television too much makes people start forgetting. The next argument of Marie Winn is effect of Television addiction is on our society. Addiction is a condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. People are not aware of the dangers that can inflict on human mind and people are becoming socially unproductive. Television shows resort to sex and violence to capture their audiences and these shows negatively affect our young viewers and it’s becoming a major problem. The author mentioned in the article that average person spends about 1000 hours watching television each year. She also said like drug addict, a television addict thrives on a certain experience to get high and lives off the incredible experience we feel while watching television because we are not able to stop it. There are people who often use television as a