Four quotes: #655, #662, #723, #750
Chosen quote: 662. Television feeds us poison ivy by lying to us about what life is really like, what people are really like.
Communication between people is increasingly out of sync. Television has lied to us about
ourselves, and because it shovels information at us in such quantities so relentlessly and with such
impact, we believe it instead of believing our own guts. We find it harder to understand each other.
We find it harder to understand ourselves. LORING MANDEL, “Television Pollutes Us All”, New York
Times, 25 March 1970
Analysis: Television puts forth a view on life that becomes the norm for society. Its audience begins to see the life portrayed on TV as the "normalcy" and as something they should follow. This is the overt aspect of television--its main goal is to set forth a life that is worthy of following in a forward way. Propaganda comes from the constancy in most TV shows, considering there are many aspects of all television programs that are comparable. Many people would not go into so much detail as to compare crucial plot, characterization, and structure points. Although a person may not pay too much attention to these things, he or she is thereby affected. He or she begins to obliviously take on these "normal" characteristics displayed on television. During his or her adaptation to normalcy, he or she begins to lose himself or herself; succumbing to the life portrayed on television.
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