(289~291) I agree with Johnson’s claim of, Sleeper Curve makes the viewers improve so they Liu 2 can and will want to watch more TV shows. However, watching TV have more factors that make you more stupid than make you smarter. This skill ends up letting people watch more and more TVs, which already is a bad thing, and they become more stupid. First of all, TV shows’ content also is a great factor of being smart which Johnson never talks about. In “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” when he talked about the show 24, he ignored the content of the show like the torture scenes, and go straight to the Sleeper Curve.
Numb.”- and the atmosphere is what puts the reader to ‘the edge of his seat’. The short line creates a static image of Amir simply trying to comprehend the whole situation, while the reader may also be guessing at his thoughts. Also, this situation seems quite ironic and unexpected, but this point is to be covered in a separate essay. Suspense is more about the driving force of the reader’s anxiety about the situation, or what may follow it. Amir’s reaction is incredible, because it gives a physical description of what he is feeling, so that the reader may imagine it clearer.
The “CSI Effect” can be observed when watching television shows such as CSI, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Bones, etc. These shows give the audience what we think is education about Forensic Science but also adds some drama and sexiness to it. Not only does the “CSI Effect” affect us viewers, it affects the whole judicial system along with the safety of you and your loved ones. The “CSI Effect” is the way the crime television shows are misinterpreted which then cause’s confusion among society. After you have watched CSI, you tend to think Forensic Science is easy and could possibly be a fun career.
Conflict often repeats itself right throughout the ages. It seems to be human nature that society would replay what happened to their forefathers. In The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif Najaf talks about the constant havoc of wars and terrorism that has rocked of Afghanistan and the predator might be different the cruelty they face plays out in similar ways. Conflicts can also arise in a new time period with the easy use of technology today a war of opinion or racism, for example, can start by just typing a few words. Inner conflicts can repeat itself over and over also and becomes incredibly complicated as one’s thoughts become more twisted.
While there are many characters that could be psychologically analyzed, Bob Wiley is the one that will be given all of the attention for his disorders are numerous and fascinating. According to Dr. Marvin, Bob has a “multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety.” To begin with, Bob is faced with ongoing anxiety issues throughout the movie. According to Myer’s, generalized anxiety disorder is when a “person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal,” which perfectly describes Bob’s character. He has a difficult time leaving his house, riding the elevator and performing simple tasks. However, many of his anxiety symptoms are caused from his large number of phobias.
We would pool our money together to get as many of the game manuals as possible. Now, with all the negative stigmas that are associated with these games, they do require a lot of creativity, reading and writing. The game master would be somewhat of a screenplay writer; the participants were active protagonists that could make their own decisions, thus influencing changes in the plot. I loved being the game master, I would spend hours thinking of storylines, creating towns and countries, drawing maps, and shaping non player characters. And you would have to think of stories on a whim, if one of the players roles their dice and changes the plot direction, you had to be quick to imagine a new direction for them to go!
“Faking is inevitable in television. In fact, all television is fake, and audiences are happy for it to be so.” With ever increasing competition, television channels have to find different tricks to increase their viewership and to fill up timeslots. “Faking” is one of the most common tricks. I have focused mainly on reality shows, live telecast and news telecast for this discussion. I have excluded soap operas or fiction because fiction can have the liberty to divert from reality.
In her article Peacocke talks about her own skepticisms about Family Guy, before actually watching it, and she explains how it is easy for the jokes to be seen has ridiculously offensive if a person has not actually seen the show. After being somewhat forced by popularity to watch the show, Peacocke sees the humor is not as crude and inappropriate as many see it, she actually says, “Family Guy intelligently satirizes some aspects of American culture (303).” Meaning, as she sees it, the show is made with the purpose of, in a way, making fun of our own way of life. Due to the show’s content it is not unheard of that the Family Guy viewers be called unintelligent, mindless drones. Many people, even if they have never seen the show, would find it fitting to believe the viewers uneducated and tasteless, but in the article Peacocke argues this stereotype. In response to the negative outlook on the Family Guy viewers Peacocke says, “They are not immoral or easily manipulated people” (304).
It has been said that today’s television programing is a powerful medium that influences society in more negative ways, than positive ones. 65% of television users say television is bad for the American Society. Television has a negative influence on society, because it attempts to define what is acceptable and unacceptable in our society. Carlo Blacken says, “Television is a powerful medium that influences society in more negative ways that positive ones. The surge in plastic surgery is an indication that television conveys a certain image.
In the second reading, “Children and Television: Is SpongeBob Bad for Your Child”, I support that they are indeed bad television shows influencing the minds Of young children. By watching certain television shows children can be easily Persuaded to reenact the things they say on TV, (such as words they may hear or Things they may see.) I feel that it was a good idea for Ms. Eckerd to point out How shows can have a major influence on children and their brain development. In the third reading, “London Riots: Blaming Social Media”, I Pamela Brown Rutledge I support the fact that the condemnation of social media accelerates Behaviors because it creates social modeling –people see that other people are Involved and they’re encouraged. I support the fact that it has a big influence on Terrorism and riots as well.