We believe that things should come in unrelated bits, continuously, and with lots of flash. To us it doesn’t seem weird that commercials interrupt o

ur programs every few minutes, though to someone who has never seen television, it would seem very odd indeed. If someone from a different culture, where television is not a part of it in any means, were to watch television they would not understand at all. Postman says that televisions have changed everything in our culture, politics, and teaching. Politics have conformed to the ways of television. An example is how debates are conducted in modern politics. Before debates lasted many hours and contained many long thought out responses and counter-arguments. Today’s debates last an hour and a half at most. They each have about 2 minutes to speak. This happens because our societies attention span has diminished. Postman speaks of how our culture has developed so much from television. Teaching is also different. Children now think that we should learn by watching television. Postman believes that the only way to really learn is through the traditional methods. Shows such as Sesame Street cause more harm than good. They make the classroom seem even less exciting. I agree with his point on debates and that they could stand to be lengthened so we could get a better idea of what the candidates truly think. But I disagree with his point on education. Yes television can have a negative effect, but not shows such as Sesame Street, and other learning programs. Children learn more from these types of shows then many other methods of teaching. I can understand

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