Television's Influence On American Culture

It is no secret that entertainment is one of the biggest and most profitable markets on earth. It seems like we all have to be entertained, in some way, or we don’t know what to do with ourselves. Television is a major form of entertainment that many people can access. TV has the power to influence the viewers and give people a voice that will be heard. With this great power, comes even greater responsibility. Those who dictate what is aired on TV has the ability to decide whose voices will and won’t be heard and what message to send to those who watch. Noel Murray’s opinion was quite clear in my mind. He believes that TV has left out the working class in America. He wishes the older shows that “showed Americans what was really going on in our mean streets and slums” were still around to portray their powerful messages. These shows featured blue-collar families that lived in cramped houses living paycheck to paycheck. I believe the realism in these shows were a good thing. It allowed a lot of people to relate and it gave notice to the poorer section of America. They were recognized and others were able to understand their situations because of how these shows displayed the working class. There are always two sides to a story and it never works out when …show more content…
Workers and employers, rich and poor, republican and democrat. This separation was done other but cause problems and create issues. There is no middle ground. I think if we could better understand the other side these barrier could be broken. If the lives of the working-class are shown on television, maybe others could understand the struggles they face and perhaps aid the solving them. Unity is a strong force and, looking at the bigger picture, we as a human race may need to overcome our differences and work together in order to survive. This could never happen overnight so the sooner we start the better. Who knows maybe “we all may understand that a lot more unites us than