Reality Tv:A Dearth of Talent and The Death of Morality

At first, when the TV was invented, many people can say Tv was a kind of instrument which can entairtain and serve arts at the same time.People can enjoy and have a wonderful time at the front of the TV.”However, things are changed today.TVs become “mirrors” which show “worthless” things at all. When I watch Big Brother type of contest programs, sorry but I can’t enjoy and for me, they have a no function. These programs are “only” basic and boring programs. Watching them is equal to wasting time. On the other hand, they are too exhibionist. I mean that they showed too much voyeuristic things. Then, they maked  these programs too boring and destroy the each program beneficial and craetive content.

Television:The Plug-In Drug

 I accept that TV gives damage to family life, rituals and communication between family members especially between parents and children. However, if we look today, we can see the beneficial way of TVs. I mean that we can look more optimistic to this problem (as writer can’t foresee this). The new “beneficial” electronic instrument which name is computer was invented. I think that it is more dangerous than TV. We can say that TV lost its damaging effect against computers. Let me give an example; in general, I can talk my parents only in dinner or after dinner to midnight. Yes, we know that eating dinner to the front of TV can damage our communication. However, after dinner if I go to my room and start using my computer, this communication become too worse as similar to writer mentioned the multiple set of TV’s effect. On the other hand, we have only one TV and after dinner, if we watch TV together, we can share our daily experiences too. Because, in this situation, TV becomes only a tool which can help our family life. I can talk my parents and create communication only with the help of watching TV after dinner.

Enormous Radio

n this story, we can see the important role of radio. It seems like inmate object which can attract people. More than this, in Enormous Radio, this interesting object became a type of legate which transmitted the other peoples’ conservations, their enjoyment or sadness, to Westcotts. I’m not sure but maybe with it, writer aimed to show the importance of radio in these peoples’ daily lives. Maybe, different from this point of view, radios can be seen as  bad things which break the family bonds or they destroy the communication between each family member. Since, if we look the whole story, first of all, Westcotts couples were very happy but in the end, after this enormous radio, they start to judge their relationships and start to arguing.

Family Task 2

In Babam ve Oğlum movie, we can see the typical example of father- son conflict. Sadık who was the son of landowner Hüseyin in Aegean region in the Turkey, went to the Istanbul to took university education about journalism in the end of 1979s. However, his father did not want to it. Hüseyin thought that his son should become an agriculture engineer and he will take care of his land. Sadık went to Istanbul and became a journalist in the beginning of 1980. Also, he supported the communism and against to his father because of his job. After military coup, he decided to go to his father house and leave his son in this house because during his son’s birth, he lost his wife. With this event (meeting son and father after many years), conflict was risen. They broke down their taciturnity and always discuss about past and decision which was made by Sadık. He always criticized his father’s job and refused to improve it.

   As similar to the many Turkish father, Hüseyin want that his son may take over and improve his job. If we look to many Turkish families (especially traditional ones) we can see the same condition. At that time there were few fathers or parents who did not affect their children future desires. I mean that few parents especially fathers (because in the rural areas, father is a dominant member of each family) did not intervene their children’s future. A result of these situations, Hüseyin becomes a symbol of traditional father in Turkish family as we see same examples in Turkish society especially in rural areas

 To sum of conflict between Hüseyin and Sadık was appeared as a result of different life perspectives among these two characters