Couch Potato

Track your television viewing for one week. (If you don ’t watch television, WATCH SOME !!) What did you learn about yourself? What did you learn about television? What does television provide you (fulfillment of a need -- See Chapter 15)?

I was raised in a home where my parents do not want cable. I grew up with seven or eight channels. My parents thought we should be doing

something more productive than watching TV. However, whenever I

got set loose in front of the TV, I stay glued for hours to TV shows like CSI, Dancing with the Stars, the news, and Jay Leno. I am now also obsessed with The Office.

I learned that TV shows are overly dramatic, and the producers try to suck viewers in to the ongoing stories. Also, the majority of TV is advertisements.

TV provides entertainment and escape from our own stressful and boring lives. Viewers can experience things vicariously through characters on TV. Through a TV, you can experience thing through the views of others, and see things you have never seen. TV can teach us about new things. TV also provides news and communication between different parties.

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