A Summary of “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn The family time that experts once believed the television would facilitate has backfired. It has been replaced with an everyday military regiment. Wake up‚ go to school‚ watch television‚ and go to bed. Parents have allowed the television to become the primary source for their children’s home life experience. Although this medium allows for peace within the home‚ the family dynamic suffers. Winn references the conflicts that family’s had
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In the essay "Television: The Plug-in Drug"‚ Winn addresses the issue of technology and also described how in the mid 70’s the first generation of television in viewers imagined this new invention to change the aspects of the home front. She also states that fifty years after the introduction of television into American society‚ the medium has become so deeply ingrained in daily life that in many states the TV set has attained the rank of a legal necessity‚ which is safe from the repossession of
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written to focus on negative criticism on television‚ “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn‚ was about the influence of television on family life and parent-child relationships. Author of children’s books‚ Marie Winn sees only a negative outcome with television and family. I did not like her article because I think that it’s good to watch TV. You are informed about your surroundings‚ you learn a lot of things and it doesn’t change family relationships. Winn says that “Home and family has changed
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“The Plug-in Drug”‚ written by Marie Winn‚ consists of effects of watching television as a child‚ and pessimistic consequences followed by doing so. Marie asserts that watching television-even “good” programs-is harmful to children; she reasons her argument with a range of persuasive elements such as asking rhetorical questions‚ providing information suggested by reliable source‚ and accentuating the importance of engagement of the readers. First of all‚ the author’s effective usage of rhetorical
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The television was a device that was thought to bring families closer. However‚ in recent years the idea can be debunked as an old wives tale. In Marie Winn’s book the Plug-In Drug she addresses how television/electronics have actually driven families apart. This topic is specifically covered in her chapter “Family Life”. Winn makes observations which open our eyes to what electronics can actually do to families. Electronics have perverted the idea of family and how they interact with one another
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the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn‚ the author explains how television separates people from each other. Television‚ she claims‚ replaces the human contact by keeping the television viewers interested in the television programming instead of having a human companion. In the essay "Dearly Disconnected" by Ian Frazier‚ the author describes the cell phone as an object that will take out the payphones‚ increase human contact and decrease privacy. For example‚ televisions and cell
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Summary and Response Essay 10/4/14 Abstract Addiction is word many people have heard or used in their everyday life‚ but few know the actual definition. An addiction is “a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble)” (“Addicted‚” 2014). Not only do people neglect to realize the true meaning of an addiction‚ but have completely distorted the definition. People do not take most addictions seriously when compared to common known ones and do
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the next‚ and the next‚ and the next just to wonder what happened to your entire Saturday. Marie Winn’s article titled Television: The Plug-in Drug‚ has depicted the change in family dynamics when it comes to television being a literal cornerstone in the family household‚ and how relationships have metamorphosized from unity to singularity. I think that Winn’s target audience is anyone who own a television‚ which is most people. I think that Winn’s article shows a clear depiction of how families
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According to Marie Winn in “The Plug-In Drug”‚ television has many negative effects on our society today. In her essay she emphasis that television today is controlling the everyday aspect of life. She inference that television has ruined family rituals‚ the communication and it’s seen as equivocal. She acknowledged that there is a problem with our society and the way that television influence us. Been said‚ I’m able to say that I agree with Winn on the subject of television having negative effects
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Thoreson English 101 18 February 2012 Cell Phone: A Cordless Addiction Marie Winn wrote an amazing article “Television: The Plug-in Drug” in which she introduces the argument about television and its overwhelming affects on families. She opens the minds of readers with explaining that the casual entertainment television was intended for has now become a troublesome problem within families. Winn proposes that the problem lies within the seductive act of TV watching itself. That extensive
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