In "Vast Wasteland," Newton Minow gave a forewarning speech about television and the public interest. Minow is correct in his statement for these reasons: the influence of viewers, public interest, and the future impact of television.
Television has a wide spread influence on everyone, especially children. Children are impacted so much by the things they have seen and watched on TV. They learn many things from TV, but their social skills and other learning abilities slow down. It numbs the mind of children and keeps them inactive from daily exercise. Furthermore speech delays can occur in children who watch excessive amounts of television. Television exposes and promotes negative influences such as TV shows and commercials about violence, …show more content…
Everyone is always wanting to know about what other people are doing, who they are talking to, where they are going, when and where they will be somewhere. Famous people are most likely the biggest victims of our ridiculing reality TV.
News reports are sometimes opinion based. Multiple stories are broadcasted everyday with the latest news. Public interest is definitely important to television programming.
The future impact of television is vastly growing. In today's society, one can instantly watch television on our mobile device, laptops, and tablets. Televisions are almost everywhere such as doctor's offices, airports, and restaurants. TV is also previewing to the public the latest technology. These previews promote phones, computers, TV's, cars, and so much more. The downside to television would have to be that killings have been broadcasted on live video.
In conclusion, televisions have an extensive influence on viewers of all ages, a broad public interest, and the bittersweet impact of future television. Because of advancements in the world of technology, so one I can only imagine what the world will be like many years from now.
Television will surely impact the future in both positive and negative
Television has a wide spread influence on everyone, especially children. Children are impacted so much by the things they have seen and watched on TV. They learn many things from TV, but their social skills and other learning abilities slow down. It numbs the mind of children and keeps them inactive from daily exercise. Furthermore speech delays can occur in children who watch excessive amounts of television. Television exposes and promotes negative influences such as TV shows and commercials about violence, …show more content…
Everyone is always wanting to know about what other people are doing, who they are talking to, where they are going, when and where they will be somewhere. Famous people are most likely the biggest victims of our ridiculing reality TV.
News reports are sometimes opinion based. Multiple stories are broadcasted everyday with the latest news. Public interest is definitely important to television programming.
The future impact of television is vastly growing. In today's society, one can instantly watch television on our mobile device, laptops, and tablets. Televisions are almost everywhere such as doctor's offices, airports, and restaurants. TV is also previewing to the public the latest technology. These previews promote phones, computers, TV's, cars, and so much more. The downside to television would have to be that killings have been broadcasted on live video.
In conclusion, televisions have an extensive influence on viewers of all ages, a broad public interest, and the bittersweet impact of future television. Because of advancements in the world of technology, so one I can only imagine what the world will be like many years from now.
Television will surely impact the future in both positive and negative