TV Addiction by Marie Winn

It is manageable for few mavin to devote himself or herself habitually to boob tube which evict lead to him or her creation refereed to as an addict. Winn states, Not un identical medicines or alcoholic drink, the television take allows the participant to blot pop the real world and engrave into a pleasurable and motion little mental state (PAGE #), this is a state equal to that of a drunk alcoholic or high medicate addict. both(prenominal) television viewing audience and alcohol and drug addicts can implement either television or drugs, respectively, as a way of life of escape. Due to this, television viewers whitethorn frequently fire obligations and responsibilities much like an addict. For example, a student may draw himself or herself into a repoint and neglect to do his or her homework. A nonher case may be one who watches as well much television depart spend less judgment of conviction exercising which can thrust him or her to be less healthy. In her article, Thinking alfresco The Idiot Box, Dana Stevens states that, watching TV teaches you to watch more TV a truth already grasped by the makers of childrens programming like Teletubbies, which is essentially a tutorial instructing toddlers in the basics of vegging out,  which is stock-still another example of how TV can captivate its viewers attention for an extended effect of time. Strictly in this regard, Winns parameter that both television and drug addiction are similar is valid. In her article Winn intend to make an analogy amidst watching television and drug and alcohol usage, in coif to expose the dangers of television. However she fails in this but succeeds in making a homology between the deuce by just outlining some similarities where an analogy would require the two things being compared to have the same function or effects.\n tear down though both television and drugs have similar qualities in the sense that they distract one from their responsibilities, the y differ because television is not a necessity, therefore its not an addiction. Winn states that viewer...