Winn HW

Homework, due Tuesday, December 6

Read Marie Winn’s “Television: The Plug-In Drug”

1. SOAPSTone
2. Vocabulary: temporal, prescience, reservation, affirmation, passivity

Review salutary, ambivalence, claim

Term: Concession, syntax

Journal: Full-page response: How does some specific genre of TV affect American society (individuals, family, or society in general)?  You might choose to focus on any of the following genres or you can come up with one not listed:  

Reality TV (either of the voyeur type or the skilled competitions)

24 hour news cycle

TV Drama

Sports

Sitcoms