The Culture around Television Viewing

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The Culture around Television Viewing 1
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
The Culture around Television Viewing....................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Television has transformed over the years, due to the massive expansion and
invention that has taken place in technology. It is due to this factor that the culture of
complete television viewing has also transformed massively. It is the best medium of
infotainment, which from being a medium for people to get together and spend some quality
time, has now changed to become a medium of isolation. For better mental and social
development, television viewing plays a crucial role. It is this process of mental development,
which has accelerated due to the changing culture of television viewing. It is not just the
children, who are changing with the different modification in the television viewing, but the
adults and the senior citizens are also undergoing several positive and negative changes. In
this essay, the culture around television viewing has been analyzed and the different personal
and professional factors which have also changed along with it.
The Culture around Television Viewing
The culture of television viewing has changed completely, from the place, we watch
to the way we watch it, along with the changes in our choice of television content and the
different ways we utilize that content. The television viewing is not limited to just a few
shows or channels, even the medium has changed, which is responsible for transforming the
television viewing massively (An and Lee 2014).
Television was a medium for families to get together in the living room, to watch
family oriented shows, which mainly belonged to the comic genre. It was a leisure activity
for the family, which every member used to look forward too. However, with the
advancement in technology and the invention of different gadgets and applications,
everything has transformed. Now with the help of laptops, mobile phones, and tablets, people
have their own personalized television, which is portable and can fit in a pocket (De Craemer