Television Influence On American Culture

“Television has been a fixture of American culture for more than 60 years.” (Minnesota Health Department, 2014) From black and white to color, from large box televisions to thin, to smart televisions, they have now. America’s televisions has changed and so have American’s relationship with television. Televisions, in an American culture, has informed and has entertained them through the years. Televisions has also impacted the health and the behavior of the American culture in the advertisements and the shows they watch. “Multiple studies have found a positive relationship amount of television viewed and obesity in children and adults.” (Minnesota Health Department, 2014) Just as the advertisement shows above, as the televisions become slimmer and more compact, the viewers have become obese over the years. In the Minnesota Health Department website said the reason for this is, “decreased physical activity, food advertising encouraging unhealthy snacks, snacking behavior while watching television, decreased metabolism.” These are some hypothesizes taken from the research team
There is also correlation between behavioral issues and television. . “Televisions has been implicated in violent or aggressive behavior, substance use, sexual activity, obesity, poor body image, decrease school performance, sleep problems and more.” (Minnesota Health Department, 2014) Television shows and commercials have become more risky from when I was a child in the 90’s. More explicit things are allowed on plain TV than it was twenty years ago. It’s nothing to hear multiple swear words, risky pictures, and sexual content on television, where adults and children watch alike. After children see and hear these words and picture, they can’t be unseen. They implement the violent behavior, substance abuse, sexual activity and etc. as the Minnesota Health Department says it