From the looks of this title, you're probably assuming I'm going to talk about television and guess what? You are correct, but more specifically I am going to discuss how television is affecting family and household relationships. Television has been such a huge influence on American families dating back to the mid-1900s; however, before the television, it use to be radios that would be the main attraction that brought the whole family into the living room. There use to be imagination and creativity listeners would have to do when they sat near the radio because of course back then they couldn't see what was going on, they only could hear it.
Now with the television screen right in front of our faces and all the images we can even image appear so vividly, it's easy for viewers to forget to imagine what is happening and rather just watch blankly into the moving pictures. It feels more common now that everyone is glued to a television screen or a laptop screen wasting hours upon hours of absent-mindedly staring instead of socializing. What has happened is that we have lost something of ours and that something is too valuable to even lose. What that something is, is quality time with your family. With the advances in technology and the rise of television access such as Hulu plus, Netflix and Xfinity, adults and children have their own way to watch tv. What I thought was so incredibly relatable was when in Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug- In Drug", she wrote that the mother would be watching her tv show in the kitchen and the kids would be in their rooms while the dad is in the living room watching a sports game. This to me is so unbelievably accurate to my life and I'm sure to many others of my generation.
For my family, my father watches his shows in the living room on the big screen and since my mom and I don't want to watch what he's watching we go to our separate rooms and watch what we want. Even though I don't have a tv in my room like my parents, I still find a way to watch shows whenever I feel like it because of the wonders of the internet (since I have neither Netflix or other tv program accounts). Basically in my opinion, the whole idea of television when it first came out was to entertain a bunch of families to get some relaxation and quality time, but now it just feels like it is used to entertain a broad amount of individuals for their own alone time.
I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed your article because everything is true. I can relate to you about how your family watches television. I have my own television in my room with my own Direct TV box so I can pretty much whatever I want whenever I want to. In my household we have four television sets. I have in my room, there's one in the living room (the living room has really huge TV), my mother in law has a TV in her room and there is a TV in my nephews room. Every television has their own Direct TV box so we can TV from any one's room. Whenever my mother in law is watching something I don't want to watch or if I want to watch a show, I will got my room because I don't want to be rude and change the channel on her. So I got to my room and relax on my while I enjoy whatever is that I am watching. My nephew is too busy in his room playing video games or either watching TV, that h never really cares about what is going outside his room doors. It's funny when you look to see where everyone is at because usually everyone is in their own rooms watching their own TV.
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