Television Addiction

Is television addiction still a relevant thing?

  The essay Television Addiction explains it as when people watch an excessive amount of TV  They spend all their time watching anything that comes on, their lives are dedicated to sitting there watching TV and ignoring the rest of the world. It doesn't matter what's on, what time it is or what they are supposed to be doing, it's as if they're hooked. 

  This used to be a big problem. It was something that affected a lot of people but nobody wanted to admit to it or even acknowledge the fact that it could be an addiction. People were in denial and refused to admit their problem. The essay compares it to addictions to drugs or alcohol and says that it could be just as destructive to the person. Nowadays things are different, the addiction may not even be relevant anymore.

  This generation is admittedly very technology based but TVs just don't seem to be high tech enough. People are a lot more interested in computers, tablets, phones, etc. It gives them more things to do and seems more fun than just sitting on the couch watching TV. People still spend hours at time watching stuff and ignoring the rest of the world, they are still doing things can be considered a destructive addiction; the difference is TVs aren't the cause of it.  There are so many different things out there that people just don't care as much about TV and the so called TV addiction really doesn't exist anymore, it's irrelevant to this generation.

  At the time the essay was written people were just starting to discover the issue, now we've discovered the problem and moved past it. There are still some people who have television obsessions or addictions but it is definitely a lot less common now then it was before. Television addiction is no longer a relevant thing and doesn't seem to matter to the current generation.