In 1985, author Neil Postman released an article titled “Learning in the Age of Television”. The focus of the article is how technology, more specifically television, can influence and affect the education of children. Postman begins his article discussing how parents have embraced the educational television show “Sesame Street”. The program would prove to justify children’s overexposure to television as well as relieving parents of the responsibility of teaching their children how to read (1). “Sesame Street” would also appear to be an imaginative aid in helping Americans to read as well as encouraging children to enjoy school. Although Postman is forthright in stating that television shows such as “’Sesame Street’ undermines what the traditional
