Marie Winn

Technology is not just something we use to text someone or watch Black Mirror. It is a staple of our lives, society, and the world. Nothing has shaped history as much as the advance of technology. After reading through the articles, “Blame Society, Not the Screen Time”, by Danah Boyd, “Teaching Tools”, by Kevin J. Delaney, “The Upside to Technology? It’s Personal”, by Nick Bilton, and “Television: The Plug-In Drug”, by Marie Winn, technology is proven to be essential to our lives. Technology is important and beneficial because it improves education, relieves stress, and supplies a connection to the past. “Blame Society, Not the Screen Time”, by Danah Boyd writes about the relaxation stressed students get from technology. Often, many students are burdened by responsibilities from home or school and do not have opportunities to talk with friends. However, with phones and computers, people are able to keep updated with friends and escape from the aforementioned abundance of stress. As the article…

In the past few decades, television has become a part of life no matter how young or old the viewer is. Marie Winn enlightens us on how television affects young children in The Plug-in Drug, a book showing the effects of television on young children. Winn argues that watching any television is harmful to children by using logic to develop an argument and supporting in with evidence. The author’s first argument is found in the first paragraph. She states that one has a passive experience…

they haven’t experienced it themselves. But what is addiction? Many argue that it’s dependency on a substance. Others believe that it can be dependency on activities. Overtime however it has been determined that addiction can be activities and substances so then how does TV fit into this. Can you be addicted to TV and if you can is it a serious addiction? Marie Winn begins her piece with the same question. She spends a couple of paragraphs to define a serious addiction. “The essence of any…

In Marie Winn’s “Television: The-Plug in Drug”, she establishes the position that television has the most important influence in children’s lives today with the contrast of family life before and after the emergence of television, and how television has affected family dynamics, with television replacing family interaction. This shows by the way families interact with each other now and how they used to. Winn uses many examples to get show her belief that television has negatively impacted kids…

viewers anticipated the new device to radically change family life. In the essay “Television the Plug-In Drug,” Marie Winn asserts that it has, and maintains that the contemporary cultural addiction to television is one of the main contributing factors to the deterioration of meaningful relationships within the family and communication skills in general (438-46). Winn argues that watching television has become a detrimental habit where individuals spend more time with the television than with…

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surround the Dunkin’ Donuts, this makes it a beautiful sight to look at. On a dark stormy day where the city is overwhelmed by rain and everyone is feeling gloomy, you see and feel the air that makes the trees sway back and forth going harder and faster. Although rain is coming down the atmosphere in the building still feels warm and welcoming. As soon as you step foot into the building, you are welcomed by an employee who usually says, “Hello, how are you doing today?” with a smile on their…

help end that cycle of inequality by providing equal learning opportunities that benefit children living in poverty and minorities. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If you can 't fly then run, if you can 't run then walk, if you can 't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” These words of a visionary is what our community must do to ensure academic success for future generations. Based on legislation, Louisiana politicians are not advocates for education. With…

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

Marie Antionette 's full name was Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna. She was born November 2, 1755, in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, empress of Austria. When Marie was young she lived a happy and carefree life. (“Marie Antoinette”). Her education mainly focused on religious and moral principles as well as music, embroidery, painting, and tapestry. Marie 's reading and writing skills were poor and she did not study academic subjects. She spent most…