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    Writing 101 March 12‚ 2014 Defending TV In her essay “Television addiction‚” Marie Winn considers TV to be very addictive. She compares watching TV to taking drugs. She also never mentions any of its benefits. Television is one of the most important inventions of our time‚ and it certainly had benefited mankind. Watching TV causes no chemical substance addiction. Still‚ Winn thinks that‚ the level of addiction from excessive television viewing is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction. She

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    Jeremy Stachowiak Joy Parker ENG 112-064 6 September 2014 In the essay “The Plug-In Drug: Television‚ Computers‚ and Family Life” writer and media critic Marie Winn implies that “television addiction” can be a serious addiction and just as destructive and addicting as drugs and alcohol. The author explains how the word “addiction” is sometimes used in too often to or in a joking manner to describe hobbies such as gardening‚ reading books and eating too many cookies. Mary uses this quote

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    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

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    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 trouble with television My viewpoints on the book written by Marie Winn “The Trouble with Television” which talks about how television has a negative effects on children and family. I’ve read the book and I agreed with everything author Marie Winn wrote‚ so I have decided to argue for her on the major points of the book. My first argument for the book will be about the family‚ it talks about how “TV Keeps Families From Doing Other Things”‚ which it explains how a child that spends too much

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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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    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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    seem to have the same reaction and trouble overcoming those addictions. In the Article “The Plug in Drug”‚ the author Marie Winn (2012) discusses how the word addiction is often used differently in conversation and that its true meaning is

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