The Impact Of Television
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Since the beginning, there have been mixed reactions to television and
it was E.B. White who wrote "I believe that television is going to be the test
of the modern world, and in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our
own vision, we shall discover either a new and unbearable disturbance ....
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.... and stress of day to day life. The television, to them,
serves the purpose of entertaining them for a half hour or an hour at a time.
This is the purpose of sitcoms, such as the popular NBC produced shows Friends
and Fraiser, each appealing to different audiences, but both comedy bases for
purposes of entertaining. Humor is not the only approach used in television
entertainment. Shows, such as NYPD Blue, use thick plot lines and heavy drama
to draw the viewer in. Entertaining society ....
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