Summary on “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” In “Watching TV Makes You Smarter,” author Steven Johnson explains how TV has changed throughout the years. This article was published in The New York Times Magazine in 2008, contains 18 pages, and is separated into four sections. It has references towards the author and diagrams that demonstrate threads. The purpose of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” is to inform every adult and young adults who watch TV that watching shows can affect their minds. In the introduction section, Johnson mentions the Sleeper Curve, which is the fact that as TV becomes more complex, the audience’s mind keeps on developing. The Sleep Curve claims that violent shows and video games can nutritional to the human mind. Johnson continues with saying that real life shows such as
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This usually appears in a graph that shows the number of threads, which show the plots going on in the show. These threads can go from a few quick scenes from the beginning to a few more at the end. Recent shows are known to have more threads than those from the past based on how more information is being displayed. Multi-threading has played a major role in the modern television drama. Viewers can benefit from Multi-threading on how they will gain lots of information from watching. Johnson’s next topic is “flashing arrows.” These can give the audience hints or clues about what’s going to happen next in the show. Also, the Johnson talks about two modes of information dialogue: texture and substance. Texture is a way to show the audience that they are actually watching a scene where characters are performing. Substance is a material that helps the viewer to become aware of the plot. On most modern shows like E.R., information is becoming difficult to understand and being unable to notice certain clues due to the lack of “flashing
This usually appears in a graph that shows the number of threads, which show the plots going on in the show. These threads can go from a few quick scenes from the beginning to a few more at the end. Recent shows are known to have more threads than those from the past based on how more information is being displayed. Multi-threading has played a major role in the modern television drama. Viewers can benefit from Multi-threading on how they will gain lots of information from watching. Johnson’s next topic is “flashing arrows.” These can give the audience hints or clues about what’s going to happen next in the show. Also, the Johnson talks about two modes of information dialogue: texture and substance. Texture is a way to show the audience that they are actually watching a scene where characters are performing. Substance is a material that helps the viewer to become aware of the plot. On most modern shows like E.R., information is becoming difficult to understand and being unable to notice certain clues due to the lack of “flashing