Summary
In “TV”, Mary Pipher argues that Television has made a new community for many people, especially, young children can’t think reality and fantasy separately and become less knowledge of thinking, reading and writing because of TV. Pipher explains that people are consumed their time by media because they spend a lot of time with Television and not only children do, but also, adults have same problems. Pipher shows that violence of TV carries symbolic meaning murder or rapists and agrees with part of it. Pipher reported that the violence has already changed to another meaning that children suffer damage and felt scared about potential violence and describes with examples that Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare about the attitude in violent, these can be compared with the tragedy of death and tragic result of a misunderstanding. Piper pointed out that parents can leave TV from children; however, argues that it is tough to do for parents recently, and the “mean world syndrome” can become a deadly cycle for children because the violent television shows them fear even if it's not real. Piher concludes that TV media are creating a new human being instead of a real family such as virtual life.
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In “TV”, Mary Pipher argues that Television has made a new community for many people, especially young children, where they think reality and fantasy are separate. She also thinks that these people's thinking, reading and writing skills are worsened by TV.* If "TV" is actually the name of the show, then I'd leave it as is. If you're just talking about television in general, I would change it to TV without quotations. Also, I think you may have meant that "children have trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality" but I'm not sure.
Pipher explains that not only children, but adults are also spending the majority of their time on media, television being a prime example. She says that the violence seen on TV carries a symbolic meaning that murderers and rapists can relate to. She also reports that the violence has already changed to another meaning that caused children to suffer mental damage and feel scared about potential violence. She gives examples using Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare, explaining how the violent attitudes shown in them can be compared to the tragedy of death and the tragic result of a misunderstanding.
After this, Piper points out that parents can have their children abstain from watching TV, but also argues that it is a tough thing for them to do. In addition to this, the “mean world syndrome” can become a deadly cycle for children because some shows seen on TV are violent and can really scare them, whether it is real or not. She concludes that television is creating new people who live in a virtual reality instead of living in the real world (?).
Let me know if you have questions or if I interpreted something wrong. If it's in purple I just tried to reword it and blue is a grammar mistake I tried to fix. Sorry if it's messy.
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