The Un-TV Experiment...

When Sal first announced the Un-TV Experiment, I was excited at first, but then I thought to myself, "What am I going to learn from this? What am I going to get out of watching a blank TV screen?" Well at the end of the experiment I answered those 2 questions. From the video in class on how TV is changing the world for young kids. The TV makes us feel connected to one another, take American Idol for example. If some of your friends watch it, to have something in common or something to talk about, you watch American Idol for that reason. So you sit there, just staring at the screen, feeling connected to society, when really we aren't.

Now children at younger and younger ages are being targeted by marketers. From toys to food, it never ends. Children are the driving force in profit for businesses and that's why children now are learning to watch TV before they even read. While I did the Un-TV Experiment, I realized the answer to my questions. Learning that the televison basically controls us humans. From knowing exactly what time our TV show is on makes us like robots. Also, almost always having the television on in your house is like the lesson about Silence. We need to fill the air with noise because we are uncomfortable with silence. Watching a blank TV screen is just what your doing when you are actually watching the television. You are so zoned in that you aren't even paying attention. From the fade-ins to the cut scenes, it doesn't bother you, but when you are paying attention and are counting the cut scenes and zoom-ins you get a headache and maybe have to leave the room. Not everyone knows it, but the television basically controls us.