How TV plays a vital role in changing our views?
· “People set aside large portions of their lives to watch a flickering box- hours every day. They rely on the box for the majority of their information…even though the contents of the box are controlled by a handful of corporations…” (130) Thom Hartmann The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
· According to the article, “These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America” written by Ashley Lutz; in 1983, 90 % of the media in the U.S was owned or controlled by 50 companies whereas by 2011 90 % of the media was controlled by 6 corporations, namely, CBS, Time Warner, Disney, Viacom, News Corp. and GE.
http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6
· “One of the nation’s largest and most conservative news organizations successfully argued in court that it had the right to force its reporters to lie in the evening news…”(220) Thom Hartmann The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
· "Each year it is more likely that the American citizen who turns to any medium... will receive information, ideas, or entertainment controlled by the same handful of corporations, whether it is daily news, a cable entertainment program, or a textbook." The media monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian.
· "The mainstream news media postponed for more than fifty years full public awareness of the hidden dangers of the medically known threat to public health from tobacco... They did [this] to protect a major advertiser." The media monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian.
- “We use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.” ― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information
· “TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.” ― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information
· “We have developed a series of emotional thermostats as well, by far the most potent of which is television itself. Instead of really experiencing the highs and lows, pains and joys, that make up a life, many of us use TV just as we use central heating- to flatten our variations, to maintain a constant "optimal" temperature.”― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2965299-the-age-of-missing-information
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/
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