A group of guys go out one night with the intention of watching their favorite colleges compete in football games. When it comes time to decide where they will go, they ask themselves where they can find a place with the most televisions. This will provide them with the ability to watch all of their favorite teams at the same time in the same place.

Two high school students that come from different financial backgrounds are working on a project together. In order to complete the project they plan on meeting at the trailer park where one of the students live. When they arrive at the trailer the visiting student is surprised to find an HDTV flat screen television. His surprise is justified because society has been programmed to understand that if you live in a trailer park you cannot afford the amenities that wealthier people can.

“The bigger the better,” this is a common phrase that, when applied to television, has become a truth for many. Not many would give up their 13” black and white television for a 60” flat screen television. The problem here is cost. Society has taught us that if you own a 60” flat screen television with 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound, you probably have a nice house and car to accent your beautiful entertainment center. It is hard to imagine this setup in the even the nicest trailer down at Clem’s Mobile Vineyard. We have been conditioned to know that there are certain things that come with the privilege of money. If one has a bigger house, one can afford to have bigger televisions. We learn to live to our means, and by this process we have created the idea that those with more money have more bigger and better televisions. When we find something that does not fit this mold that society has made, we get confused.

In the second scenario, only men were involved. Because women are not seen, we are made to believe that women do not care for watching television as much as men. We also see that the more televisions that are located in one place, the more attractive it appears to be to men. Society is led to believe that men require more visual stimulus, and men follow through on this belief. Men are raised to want bigger and better technologies, including televisions. It has become an ex

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