Turned on to Addiction

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Barry Henderson

Eng 125 / e-journal #5

Professor Stephen J Addis D’Amato

10/25/12

Turned on to Addiction

Al Gore’s the creator of “The Assault on Reason” and Marie Winn, the writer of “TV Addiction” both talked about how television has changed the face of society, as we know it today. It has the viewing public in a chokehold and is altering the way people normally deal with their daily routine. Turning active people into couch potatoes and as a whole, society is being affected. Obesity is on a rise and the children in our culture are the ones hurting the most. Simply put because they are losing the art of conversation, which is affecting personal relationships presently and more so in the future.  In the beginning of Gore’s article on the first page in the third paragraph, Gore ask the question “what has happened to our country?”. But Winn seems to answer that question when she adds, “other alternatives may seem to become progressively more remote”(215). With that said the psychological well being of America is in trouble due to television.

Thesis statement

Addiction is a major problem in American society and television seems to be the main culprit when discussing this topic.