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vendredi 31 octobre 2014

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By Roseann Hudson


It is not uncommon to find homes that showcase a television as the central piece of the living room. We have long dismissed the disadvantages of television like we shrug off the reputation of fast food. We know that it makes us fat and less intelligent, but there is a lot more going on than physical and mental aspects.

We have moved on from monochromatic televisions to HD color, which is why people who watch black and white TV are more prone to dream in monochrome. We have traded broadcast TV for satellite Dish Network Las Vegas ones. We added Internet to our boob tubes so we can binge on shows, known as the Netflix effect, the perfect food for either show connoisseur or television addict.

The social aspects of television has long been ignored, and we are the clueless victims. It has long widened the gap between our real selves and ideal selves with all the social archetypes and erroneous role modeling. And the major platform for propaganda has always been television.

If you are aware how fashion magazine models have contributed to the rise of wannabe anorexics and purgers, the same is happening with television. When we are online, we must actively type something on that search bar in order for us to get what we want. Television, however, is the opposite. You still get to see things you do not want even if you are surfing between channels.

Take for example the concept of body odor. Before deodorant was invented, people never really bothered with perspiration, it is just something that naturally happens. But when someone invented the product and no one bought it, its advertiser launched a campaign stating that we should be ashamed with our natural body smell when we sweat.

Recall the stereotype of the Stepford wife and all the sexist tropes we saw on the boob tube. We have expected women to behave like that. Well, not just women, but for every tv trope, we have long lost the ideal self to the models of TV. It is great to note, however, that more shows are now steering away from the misogynist, sexist character roles and opted to go with more gender equality in their programs.

Another bad news is bad news. Psychological effects of negative news are increased worry and anxiety. You might say that it is the the job of newscasters to report whatever is going on, good or bad. The problem is, especially that news affects our entire mood for the day, they are not simply contented with divulging the details but they have made bad news sensationalizing a norm.

Those are just for adults. For infants and children, it is more harmful such that it prohibits the development of cognition in children under two years old. It also shortens their attention span and are also triggers for ADD.

In moderation, however, the boob tube also has benefits, such as its painkilling properties when babies watch cartoons and its ability to solve loneliness according to the Social Surrogacy theory. The evil is not in the box per se. Just like we must not believe everything we read in books, the same principle applies when we consume the brain chewing gum.




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