Marie Winn Television Addiction Summary
In Television Addiction by Marie Winn she makes the claims that although television addiction isn’t as serve as a drug and alcohol addiction it still has a draw to it. At first announces that the word “addiction” is used “jokingly” as well as a way to “denote” splurging on something you find enjoyable. Winn brings up the negative side of addiction defining it as, “a search for a “high” that normal life does not supply.” Which leads her into discussing the effect on the people who are addicted and a general idea of what it does to their lives. Winn then brings up television and questions whether or not if it could be considered an addiction, asserting, “the television experience allows…out of the real word… passive mental state.” Relating drugs