Impact Of Television On American Culture

Impact Of The Television How may hours a day, a week, a year, do you spend watching television? Everyone enjoys his or her fair share of TV—it’s relaxing, and provides the occasional leisure time. The technology of television has been a recent phenomenon that is arguably one of the most influential innovations of the 20th century. Television may have had a rough start, but nowadays it is a constant presence in a vast amount of American lives. Once a luxury item, TV’s can currently be found in nearly every home in America. Children grow up watching television and continue watching it well into adulthood. With a technology so accessible to everyone, it undoubtedly influences a large audience and therefore the culture around us. The revolutionary technology of television has influenced American culture by impacting the individual’s self-image, as well as overall family life.
In today’s modern world, accessibility to television is at an all time high. Television is enormously impactful because it knows no bounds;
This fictional show consists of several privileged high school students (living on the upper east side of New York) and their lives and relationships as they experience high school. The main women in the show are tall, thin, and beautiful, in addition to being intelligent and wealthy. The men, in turn, are handsome, privileged, and charming. They drive around in expensive cars, eat out often, and basically do what they want, when they want. This show associates thinness with other desirable attributes such as wealth and desirability. Impressionable young adults watch hours of shows such as this one, and are constantly bombarded with numerous ideas of how they should look and act in order to be successful. The impact of television on self-image has become an inescapable part of modern