The Plug-In Drug

In the article The Plug-In Drug, Winn argues that television had once a favouruble, beneficial effect on family, which today turned into a dispersing one. She sees Tv as an evil drug, that destroyes the family rituals and harms the children in families. I agree that, TV has a huge control over our lives today. I know people who includes TVGuides while organizing their agendas. This is not just sad, it is also so preposterous. We should never cancel a meeting with friends or a dinner out with the family members because out favourite TV programme is on. But unfortunately, we all do this!

My family always eats out on Saturday evenings with the company of 3 other close family friends of ours. Even thogh I really enjoy spending time with them, I’ve missed some of those dinners because I wanted to stay home and watch TV. It might sound ridiculous but that’s the case how we are addicted to TV programmes and how it destroys the family rituals.

On the other hand I also remember TV in good part memories of mine from the Christmas. When I was little our whole famly used to come together and celebrate the Christmas and I had memories of how we all together watch the Christmas bonus after the specia Christmas shows. It was actually fun and more important, it was a group activity of watching TV.

So, I agree on that TV harms the most familes and tears them apart in some ways but, it is actually a good part of bringing them together if we can use it right.

1 comment November 30, 2008