1. What is TV’s “most enduring contribution to culture”? (1)
Television’s “most enduring contribution to culture is twenty-two-minute solution.” Twenty-two-minute solution gives a false idea to people that your real life problems can be solved within twenty-two-minutes just like in sitcoms on television. People are expected to solve their problems in quicker amounts of time like in sitcoms even in real life situations.
2. List two ways in which the TV serves a “teaching” role in culture. (1)
Two ways in which the TV serves a “teaching” role in culture is by being an electronic baby-sitter and a teacher. Parents of young children use TV as a baby-sitter because children are so into watching TV so they stay out of trouble. While the children watch TV, the parents can get much of their work done. TV also serves as a teacher. It teaches children about sex, violence and shopping. Through TV, children are exposed to sex and violence consistently. TV also teaches the children that the “purpose of the life is to shop.” It makes children buy unnecessary things during shopping.
3. How does TV contribute to the transition from the town square dynamic to the tribe? (1)
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It gives new opportunity for people to see beyond their range of vision. According to Marshall McLuhan, “what we watch is far less important than how we watch.” Mitchell Stephens’s Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word shows us a future filled with animated images that will serve as a medium to give message. The expansion of television may affect the larger belief in God. The documentary The Face of Jesus in Art gives an overview of the chromatic history of Christian art. It shows how these historical arts are fused to modern technology. The last example is Amusing Ourselves to Death, which shows the emergence of television in modern culture and makes a difference in people’s
Television’s “most enduring contribution to culture is twenty-two-minute solution.” Twenty-two-minute solution gives a false idea to people that your real life problems can be solved within twenty-two-minutes just like in sitcoms on television. People are expected to solve their problems in quicker amounts of time like in sitcoms even in real life situations.
2. List two ways in which the TV serves a “teaching” role in culture. (1)
Two ways in which the TV serves a “teaching” role in culture is by being an electronic baby-sitter and a teacher. Parents of young children use TV as a baby-sitter because children are so into watching TV so they stay out of trouble. While the children watch TV, the parents can get much of their work done. TV also serves as a teacher. It teaches children about sex, violence and shopping. Through TV, children are exposed to sex and violence consistently. TV also teaches the children that the “purpose of the life is to shop.” It makes children buy unnecessary things during shopping.
3. How does TV contribute to the transition from the town square dynamic to the tribe? (1)
TV contributes to the transition from the town square …show more content…
It gives new opportunity for people to see beyond their range of vision. According to Marshall McLuhan, “what we watch is far less important than how we watch.” Mitchell Stephens’s Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word shows us a future filled with animated images that will serve as a medium to give message. The expansion of television may affect the larger belief in God. The documentary The Face of Jesus in Art gives an overview of the chromatic history of Christian art. It shows how these historical arts are fused to modern technology. The last example is Amusing Ourselves to Death, which shows the emergence of television in modern culture and makes a difference in people’s