Wednesday, October 24, 2012
(#5) Rerun... Revise!
Complete
the BH reading for Thursday, then take one of your paragraphs from
e-journal #4 and revise accordingly. Then, as a second requirement,
offer a draft thesis statement that you would consider using for your
upcoming essay assignment. I will anonymously select some for review in
class. (Due 10/25)
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Mandeep Singh
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Prof. D'Amato
E-Journal #5
Marie Winn has her share of robust opinions, in the “TV Addiction”. Winn has an array of negative assets concerning the crossing paradigm between television tensions, and de-evolution of society. One tally of these emotions, is in her conviction that individuals, in our society can’t simply watch television—without certain habitual changes inevitably grossing into our own sub-conscious’. An example of this is the accusations of osmosis of “addiction” being bred. Winn says, “Not unlike drugs or alcohol, the television experience allows the participant…enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state” (210). Winn’s biggest fear lies in the roots of an “addiction” creeping into society. A trauma, which reflects our individuals’, rejecting the “real world”, in exchange for a false-simulation a television set provides. Another difficulty Winn accuses the television of imposing; Is the sheer exasperation in time, and overall neglect of “time”. Winn states, “They are living in a holding pattern…passing up the activities that lead to growth…or a sense of accomplishment” (211). Reiterating, Winn is certainly scrolling a pungent effect due to this “addiction”.
MLA Citation: Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. 210-211. Print
Thesis: Once a testament to our innovation, the television has slowly begun to distraught society, with its academic evolution, and is straining the individuals’ ability to progress in our potential.
Diana Cuevas
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Prof. Addis-D'Amato
October 25, 2012
Original Paragraph
Although both Gore and Winn agree that television has changed ones form of communication, there main points differ. Gore is more centered on how the excessive television viewing of others may be linked to the decline in factual printed documents, whereas Winn is more concerned in stating the negative attributes television has on an individual’s life. Gore concludes that a new form of media has arisen; television, which led to the decline of the printing press and soon enough the waning of newspaper readers (20). Winn comes through with her main points with a different approach and stays away from statistical evidence like the ones used in Gore’s text. Winn uses personal testimonies from a diverse group of people, allowing the reader to sense a mutual feeling, by making it clear that they aren’t the only ones who may be facing the same addiction problem.
Revised Paragraph
Al Gore and Marie Winn exposes in their text the superior consequence’s television can have and the addiction that gradually develops when excessively watching it. Although both Gore and Winn agree that television has changed ones form of communication, there main points differ. Gore’s argument is centered on how the lavish use of television viewing may be linked to the decline in factual printed documents, whereas Winn’s argument is focused more in stating the negative attributes television addictions may bring about with the insertion of testimonials as evidence. According to Gore, from the time when the “new” form of media has arisen—television, the use of printed documents, such as newspapers, has been waning in readers, “Reading itself is in decline, not only in our country but in most of the world” (6). Television is the outmost convenient way in being able to feed your brain all there is to know about vital information such as the weather or “what’s happening in your neck of the woods” while liberating your mind from having to read. Gore’s argument is not related to one preferring another source of information over the other but essentially, the complete elimination of printed news and vast dependency over television, therefore forming an addiction. According to Winn, “The television habit distorts the sense of time. It renders other experiences vague and curiously unreal while taking on a greater reality for itself. It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking…” (211). Television addiction diminishes the ability to form face-to-face relationships, therefore also affecting the manner in which one socializes. Winn’s notion on television addictions is not only through her own views and/or research but also through personal statements from a diverse group of people, in which she labeled individually by their occupation. Both Gore and Winn discuss topics that imply an idle society being consumed with the excessive use of television, thus making me believe that Gore sides with Winn.
Possible Thesis: The invention of advanced technology such as the televsion serves the purpose of being a stepping stool in society; however this same technology is controlling those who become vulnerable to attachment causing sociological, psychological and neurological dysfunctions.
Sandra Shamburger
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Prof. Addis D’Amato
E-Journal # 5
October 24, 2012
Winn in her text “TV Addiction” approaches the theme TV and Media on a rather social and personal level while Gore in his introduction to “The Assault on Reason” refers more to politics. Nevertheless both contrast reading with watching TV. Both authors observe that reading and TV is used to escape to another reality but they still describe them as complete different activities. For Winn reading “includes an easily accessible return ticket”. She means that on the contrary to TV it is much easier to lay a book aside and turn to other activities than to stop watching TV. Here is discussable if there might be books that are also hard to close. For Gore reading is a active process in which the reader “participates in the conjuring of the reality the book's author is attempting to depict” (19). While reading there are no pictures served, means that readers have to use their fantasy to create their own “mind movie”. If that resembles the picture the author tried to create or if everybody imagines it in different, personal colors, remains to consider, but there occurs obviously an active process.
Gore, Albert. Introduction. The Assault On Reason. New York: Penguin Press, 2007. Print.
Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. Print
Possible Thesis: TV and other Media can be very addictive but we still have a choice. If we learn to choose quality over quantity a big step would be taken, remains to discuss if there is something like quality TV or quantity always takes over.
The authors, Winn, Turcks and Gore all share the same sentiments towards TV Addiction and that is that they are not for it but rather against it. Through Winn’s article, she has this way of explaining her ideas on TV Addiction through examples of stories. Her use of words reflects her emotions; in the following “The word addiction is often used loosely and wryly in conversation… We are hooked and are making an attempt to kick the habit.” –TV Addiction (210) She feels that we aren’t actually trying to stop the habit, we are letting it consume us. Some may not even notice or accept the fact that they are addicts. Meanwhile, Turcks takes an approach by relating facts and statistics in proving his case, that it affects the children, our judgment, and society. For example, “Many desperate parents resort to television as a babysitter.”- The Television Addiction (2) He feels that you shouldn’t let your addiction get in the way of parenting and let it impact your children in a negative way. In addition, to Turcks judgment on TV addiction, Gore shares similar ideas. Gore shows his ideas through a more political approach by relating certain historical events to the transformation/influence of technology throughout the years. The “Well- informed citizenry” is in danger of becoming the “well-assumed audience.” –The Assault on Reason (16) Instead of being the people we once were: intellectual and reasonable human-beings. We have turned into self-absorbed sponges, taking in hours of television and consuming our time with nonsense. All of the authors share the same sentiments in regards to TV addiction and its influence on the human race.
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Winn,Marie. “The Plug-in Drug” New York: The Viking Press, 1977. Print
Turck, James F. “The television Addiction.” The Real Truth: A Magazine Restoring Plain Understanding. The Real Truth, 2012. Web.13 Jan.2009.
Gore, Al. “The Assault on Reason” New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. Print
Essay #2: Thesis Statement
While Gore, Turk and Gladwell tackle the issues of TV addiction, they show that it has affected our generation physically, mentally, socially and on a global aspect. In Gore’s Article, his approach the TV Addiction issue through a more political approach by relating certain historical events to the transformation/influence of technology throughout the years. In Turks Article, he approaches the issue by relating facts and statistics in proving his case, that it affects the children, our judgment, and society. Gladwell’s Article, he tries to unravel this radical notion of TV addiction by relating it to different aspects regarding that they are similar in that all of these have become epidemic, cause contagious behavior; as a result reaching this Tipping point. In terms of the author’s Gore, Turk and Gladwell may have different approaches but clearly, they are not in favor of this invention and how it has affected our social behavior and interaction with others.
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Professor Stephen J Addis D’Amato
10/25/12
Marie Winn and Al Gore both talk about the negative aspect of television. They do share a lot of similar points but overall their main points were different. In the article “TV Addiction” author Marie Winn talks about the negative effects of television on people. Winn talks about the issues people have with the feeling of wasted time. “Self-confessed television addicts often feel they “ought” to do other things-but the fact that they don’t read and plant their garden or sew or crochet or play games or have conversations means that those activities are no longer as desirable as television watching (Winn pg 211). Gore talks about how the media is showing irrelevant thing which aren’t so important. His article is mainly about the negative things TV broadcasts instead of the important issues.
MLA Citations:
Gore, Al. “The Assault on Reason” New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. Print
Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. 210-211. Print
Possible Thesis: When we think of an addiction it usually falls under a drug or a physical issue. TV is an addiction that is often seen as a minor issue. We state that turning the TV off isn’t hard but doing it still seems to be the problem. Gore and Winn talk about the negative aspects that television has on us, may it be through communication, social skills or even our way of learning.
S’ade Morris
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Prof. Addis D’Amato
E-journal #5
October 25, 2012
In Marie Winn’s Article “TV Addiction” she makes her view on television and what she feels it has done to society very clear, often comparing it to the levels of drug and alcohol addiction. At one point Winn states “television viewing for those vulnerable to addiction is more like drinking or taking drugs; once you start it’s hard to stop.”(210). In support of her opinion Winn tells us of the many negative effects TV addiction may cause. One of her many points being that television distorts the sense of time, she even goes as far as to give us a testimonial in which a repair shop owner states “All the while we were watching I’d feel terribly angry at myself for wasting all that time watching junk”(212). A more common effect that most people who are heavy TV watchers experience is tiredness and anxiety after watching hours of nothing. When reading Gore’s Article “ The Assault on Reason”, we realize that his views on television and the time spent watching it are very similar to those of Winn. He states, “ Americans made a dramatic change in their daily routine and started sitting motionless staring at a flickering screen…”(7) focusing on the lack of other activities becoming undesirable and televisions dominance over the public. Unlike Gore and Winn, Author James Turck of “The Television Addiction” does not agree with television being an addiction. He states from a article published by scientific America,“The Term “TV addiction” is imprecise and laden with value judgments” (1). Turck views the issues as something that can be argued and is dependent upon the viewer.
Thesis Statement: Once known as the greatest technological advance, television has now become an addiction and has greatly hindered society and the potential along with the progress of human beings.
Temur Davlatov
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Prof D’Amato
Date: 10/25/2012
TV in our life’s
Winn and Gore both agree that most of the Americans are addicted to watching TV and we are heading at the wrong direction. Although both Gore and Winn agree that television has change but they care about two different ideas. The Winn is more focusing in idea that TV addiction causes people to lose time “The television habit distorts the sense of time. It renders other experiences vague and curiously unreal while taking on a greater reality for itself. It weakens relationships by reducing and sometimes eliminating normal opportunities for talking…” (211) and she also compares them with other addictions like smoking cigarettes and so forth “A person may no longer be watching television because of simple want, but because he or she virtually has to.” (215) . In the other hand Gore believes in influence television has on people and on the way that is shaping our society. In gores idea people are getting influence negatively on their opinions, beliefs and way of thinking "And while American television watchers were collectively devoting a hundred million hours of their lives each week to these and other similar stories, our nation was in the process of more process of more quietly making what future historians will certainly describe as a series of catastrophically mistaken decisions on issues of war and peace, the global climate and human survival, freedom and barbarity, justice and fairness." (Gore 4). I truly agree with both of the Authors because I have seen people being more intrigued about the reality show then presidential debates and I have wasted a lot of time on TV when I could have been doing something much more productive.
MLA: Gore, Albert. Introduction. The Assault on Reason. New York: Penguin Press, 2007. Print.
Marie Winn. Fore word. “TV Addiction”. New York: 1977. Print
Possible Thesis: One of the greatest inventions for our society is causing the major negative effects on physical, mental and sociological issue, perspectives and actions. Most of us comfort our self’s by telling each other that we are not addicted ,but how many of us remember that when we just want to watch TV for couple minuet that turns in to more than couple of hours.
Samar Nadi
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Prof. D'Amato
October 25, 2012
Revised Paragraph:
Marie Winn, has strong beliefs that television has the ability to make people addicted to watching it. In her article, "TV Addiction", she argues and tried to prove that television can be addicting by providing evidence through testimonials and statistics. She would also provide a hyperbole in order, to make the article to be more intriguing to her audience. "In this way television viewing, for those vulnerable to addiction, is more like drinking or taking drugs - once you start you can't stop." (Winn 210) She makes it seem as if, television viewers are addicted to watching like a heroin addict is ready to intake more heroin.
MLA: Marie Winn. Fore word. “TV Addiction”. New York: 1977. Print
Possible Thesis: Television is way for people to kill time, release stress, or relax. Originally, it was used to inform viewers of the community, and now it's used for entertainment. Is this causing people to become unproductive members of society?
Vanessa Raghubar
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Prof. Addis D’Amato
E-Journal # 5
10/25/12
Television just like other technology has dominated our lives and we do not even realize. It has become an everyday priority that it is now party of our everyday routine. Some may call it normal and some may call it a serious addiction. In Marie Winn’s article “TV Addiction”, she describes how television is becoming our drug and we are definitely denying our addiction. “Just as alcoholics are only vaguely aware of their addiction, feeling that they control their drinking more than they really do…,any people overestimate their control over television watching”(211). We like to feel like we have control over our live but in reality this device with moving pictures takes the wheel in our life. “Potentially destructive nature of television addiction, it is rarely taken seriously in American society” (213). No one realize the effects television has on us. It is now so important to us; we lose sight of our priorities. Some based their day-to-day schedule around watching television.
Possible thesis: The invention of television had made people look at society different. It has provided us with information, entertainment and so many other things. What we feel t see is the psychological effect it Is having on us. Television makes us lazy, we lost sight of important priorities by wasting time, sitting in front of flickering images. It is almost like we are being brain washed.
oth Winn and Gore make striking claims against television. However, the language used by both authors to convey their disdain for television is radically different. Winn employs strong and, sometimes, provoking language when describing television addiction. Winn even, at one point, compares heavy television viewing to drug use commenting that those kinds of people “are as unbalanced by their television ‘habit’ as drug addicts’ or alcoholics’ lives” (211). While Gore acknowledges the influence television has on people’s behaviors and opinions, he does not resort to using this type of provoking and melodramatic language. He, instead, points out the degree of influence as is observed in the following snippet of a statement: “television’s power to motivate changes in behavior was…unprecedented” (8). Although both authors, at the end of the day, try to convey the harmful effects of television viewing, Gore’s argument seems to supersede Winn’s. Winn is successful in almost scandalizing a behavior that has become a society norm. However, her use of a multitude of testimonials ends up drowning out her own opinion. At times, her testimonials seem almost too forceful. Gore, on the other hand, is able to drive home his point of passiveness by stating statistical facts and giving examples of advertisers’ actions. To conclude, if a point has any merit, it doesn’t need over-the-top colorful language. Sometimes, less is more.
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ADJEWAAH BOAHEN
ENGLISH 125
OCTOBER 23 2012
JOURNAL ENTRY #4 (THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION).
Addiction comes in a lot of different forms and affects society and its individuals in many ways. TV addiction seems to have taken a huge toll in today’s society. Nowadays even infants have picked up the TV addiction trend. Authors Winn, Turks, Gore whose articles relate to TV addiction share their different views on how habitual television watching affects today’s society. In Winn's article “TV ADDICTION” she shares different testimonies of people who have come in contact with TV addiction and how it affects their daily lives.''In this way television viewing for those vulnerable to addiction is more like drinking or taking drugs-once you start its hard to stop'' (Winn,210). Winn believes that people who are addicted to television watching are not so much different than drunkards and drug addicts. Some people always feel the need to watch TV almost twenty four- seven, they eliminate other important tasks that need to be taken care of and put all their concentration on television. Just the same as drunkards and drug addicts they always feel the need to consume alcohol and any forms of drugs at all times;even when not needed. With some people they can be defined as robots in which television takes controls of their minds and actions. In Winn's article it states ''We are hooked and are making an attempt to kick the habit''(Winn, 210), in a way individuals who are highly aware of their habitual TV watching addiction don’t do much to solve the problem and put a stop to it. Some people view watching TV almost all day, as part of their daily tasks that they need to complete and cant survive without doing. They view the constant viewing of TV as normal and part of their daily lives.
Gore also has his own ideas upon how habitual TV watching affects our daily lives.''If its not television it doesn’t exist''(Gore,7).In the article Gore talks about how due to the availability of television, anything other than television which provides us with information is no longer considered. He states that Americans have stopped reading newspapers since they tend to gather and gain all information from the television.(Gore,7). So in the eyes of most Americans they depend and trust the television to provide them about all that happens around them and all over the world as well. In a way both Gore and Winn have different views on how habitual TV watching affects the lives of Americans and today society in general but in conclusion I can say that they both feel like habitual TV watching has some disadvantages that come along with it.
There are many negative effects on watching TV. Author of “TV Addiction” Marie Winn argues many ways on how television can be harmful to people. One way that she describes is the addiction to TV. She writes a testimonial from a college English instructor, “I find television almost irresistible. When the set is on, I cannot ignore it. I can’t turn it off. I feel sapped, will-less, enervated. As I reach out to turn off the set, the strength goes out of my arms. So I sit there for hours and hours.” (Winn 211) The instructor is too addicted to the TV that he is not able to turn it off. It is like there is an invisible energy force that almost pulls viewers to watch more TV. Another testimonial that she illustrates is a homemaker, he says, “Sometimes a friend will come over while I’m watching TV. I’ll say, ‘Wait a second. Just let me finish watching this,’ and then I’ll feel bad about that, letting the machine take precedence over people. And I’ll do that for the stupidest programs, just because I have to watch, somehow.” (Winn 213) When people watch TV, they become rude to others without even noticing, later they realize how they acted and can’t understand why the television makes them behave that way. Al Gore, author of “The Assault on Reason,” has the same idea as Winn. He demonstrates, “Americans made a dramatic change in their daily routine, and started sitting motionless, staring at flickering images on a screen for more than thirty hours each week.” (Gore 7) Both authors demonstrate negative effects.
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Gore, Albert. Introduction. The Assault On Reason. New York: Penguin Press, 2007. Print. Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. Print
Thesis: When it comes to addiction, people tend to think of alcohol, smoking, or gambling. Most people forget their greatest addiction, television. Since the television came out, it has changed the way society spends time, behaves, and feels after.
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ENGLISH 125
OCTOBER 25 2012
JOURNAL ENTRY #5
Addiction comes in a lot of different forms and affects society and its individuals in many ways. TV addiction seems to have taken a huge toll in today’s society. Nowadays even infants have picked up the TV addiction trend. Authors Winn, Turks, Gore whose articles relate to TV addiction share their different views on how habitual television watching affects today’s society. In Winn's article “TV ADDICTION” she shares different testimonies of people who have come in contact with TV addiction and how it affects their daily lives.''In this way television viewing for those vulnerable to addiction is more like drinking or taking drugs-once you start its hard to stop'' (Winn,210). Winn believes that people who are addicted to television watching are not so much different than drunkards and drug addicts. Some people always feel the need to watch TV almost twenty four- seven, they eliminate other important tasks that need to be taken care of and put all their concentration on television. Just the same as drunkards and drug addicts they always feel the need to consume alcohol and any forms of drugs at all times;even when not needed. With some people they can be defined as robots in which television takes controls of their minds and actions. In Winn's article it states ''We are hooked and are making an attempt to kick the habit''(Winn, 210), in a way individuals who are highly aware of their habitual TV watching addiction don’t do much to solve the problem and put a stop to it. Some people view watching TV almost all day, as part of their daily tasks that they need to complete and cant survive without doing. They view the constant viewing of TV as normal and part of their daily lives.
POSSIBLE THESIS:Theres some things that some people think they need to accomplish in order to be satisfied.Most people tend to pick up the trend of getting too attached to some specific behaviors and actions. Consistent watching of television falls under the addiction category and has taken a great toll on most American lives.
Mohsina Fayeza
ReplyDeleteEng 125 RQ1
E-journal #5
Prof D’Amato
Date: 10/25/2012
Marie Winn talks about the waste of time while watching television and Al Gore talks about reduced brain activity due to the same reason of watching television. Winn gives the confessions of some of the television addicts and Gore gives his viewpoint about peoples ignorance and passiveness on other more important issues due to watching television because they don’t brainstorm much while watching television. Gores writing focuses on how television acts as a media of exchanging ideas and it can portray images to the mass however it wishes to. While on the other hand Winn tells how addictive this habit of watching television can get.
MLA Citations:
Gore, Al. “The Assault on Reason” New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. Print
Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. 210-211. Print
Probable thesis: The television was classically taken as the entertainment provider for leisure hours but now it is replacing all other sorts of entertainment like sports and reading and eventually becoming an addiction. The writers Gore and Winn are concerned about the side effects of this addiction on people and how this is making our future generations brain activities redeemed.
Tashoya Young
ReplyDelete10/26/2012
Eng 125
E-journal #5
The article I read in class, “TV Addiction” by Marie Winn illustrates negative effects television has on people. People watch television timelessly; they focus on what is presenting on the television than what is going on around them. “Not unlike drugs or alcohol, the television experience allows the participants to bolt out the real world and enter into a pleasurable and passive mental state” (210). Winn is simple saying the television creates a false reality for people to enter in and if people are not careful about watching television they will be addiction just like alcoholics are addicted to alcohol.
Citation: Winn, Marie. Foreward. “TV Addiction”. By Marie Winn. New York: 1977. 210-211.
Potential thesis: In our present day society many people are addicted to television without acknowledging it. Television addiction is an obsession which people fail to acknowledge because it affects people mentally and physically.