George F. Wills

The thesis of George F. Wills’s article is that society is “becoming increasingly desensitized.”( TSIS 295) Will makes the argument that technology has allowed “more sophisticated delivery of stupidity.”( TSIS 294) He infers that with more access to violence society is becoming more desensitized. H e makes a second “argument that the existence of people willing to watch these programs and participate in them doesn’t mean that it’s ok. Wills compares the networks that air these shows like Fear Factor to heroin pushers.
In the story “What’s the matter with kids today” the author Amy Goldwasser says, “kids today don’t read, don’t write, don’t care about anything farther in front of them than their iPods (TSIS 237). George F. Will would agree with this Will thinks that television can be an addiction he compare is to heroin.
In the story “Watching TV makes you smarter” the author Steven Johnson argues that some shows make you think more than others, Johnson goes as far as comparing past shows with modern day shows with a system he calls the sleeper curve (217). Goerge F. Will would not agree with this in “Reality Telivision: Oxymoron” George Will forms a list of different technological devices and says, “This is progress: more sophisticated delivery of stupidity.” (TSIS 294).
Works cited
Goldwasser, Amy. "What's the Matter with Kids Today?" Salon. 2008. Rpt. in They Say/I Say with Readings. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. 236-240. Print.
Johnson, Steven. “Watching T.V. Makes You Smarter”. New York Magazine (2005). They Say/I Say with Reading. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.
Will, George F.”Reality Television:Oxymoron”. Washington Post (2001). They Say/I Say with Readings. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.
By Eric and Michael