The wall of shame...
Television. Is it good or bad for the mind? I am going to argue negative side of the TV argument. Children - I would like to address the fact that it's great and easy for parents to be able to sit their child in front of the tube while they get work done, but couldn't they choose another activity. Using TV as a resort that they know their kids will like is pathetic. We shouldn't have to rely on the box to entertain today's youth.
Obesity - coevally, rates are higher than ever. Maybe if all the lazy fatsos got off the couch and exercised our nation would be slimmer.
Family time - let's watch this, let's watch that...during dinner. Many studies found that family time is very valuable especially with the busy lives people lead. But bonding over television is not what they meant by quality time.
News - The amount of B.S. and corruptness that we call news is unbelievable. Then the fact that americans believe what they say is even more shocking.
Reality shows - We are representing the U.S. when the hills and jersey shore come on MTV. I can't comprehend how much viewers watch shows that undermine the integrity of the american public.
Hmmm what else?
False reality - look at that guy jumping of a cliff, maybe i should do that too!
8th grade level - TV is geared at this intellectual level.
Commercials - tends to promote bad eating habits.
Violence - tends to idealize and glorify this.
Mackenzie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for getting this posted. As a longstanding resident of a 'TV-less' household, I'm already inclined to be receptive to any diatribes against television; however, I worry that this is a pretty broad topic (just glancing through the points you list above, I can imagine a very, very long essay--probably longer than you want to write!). Can you narrow your focus a bit? Can you pick out the one 'sub-topic' about which you are most passionate? And then, think about how you are going to present your argument. Will it be an explicit, head-on indictment of television (that'd be fine), or do you want to do something a little more implicit (maybe have your 'narrator'--you--channel surfing and commenting on the harmful effect of each and every show (and commercial)( you pause on. Again, I think this is a good topic, but you need to put some thought into which arguments are most important to you, and how best to present them in a way that will convince even a hostile reader (one who loves his big flat-screen TV).