In the argumentative essay “TV Addiction” by Marie Winn, Winn associates watching television with an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The television experience allows us to escape from the real world and enter a pleasant and peaceful mental state. When it comes to television, Marie asks: Is there a type of television viewing that falls into the most serious category of destructive addiction? I believe so. Why do so many people, instead of doing what they are supposed to do, put everything aside and focus only on television? I think it's because they want to escape their problems. I agree 100% with Marie Winn and think she has a valid point. Television is a major addition to society and people are so blind that they don't even realize that they are being hypnotized and put into a trance. Television is brainwashing everyone, and nothing can stop it. It is mainly up to the person watching television to decide to turn it off, without any regrets. Based on Jerry Mander's book, For Arguments for the Elimination of Television, Mander describes how many binge viewers have described the experience of sitting in front of the television (Chapter 8). Here are some of the descriptions:• “I feel hypnotized when I watch television. »• “Television drains my energy. »• “I feel like I'm being brainwashed. »• “I feel like a vegetable when I'm stuck there. on television. »• “Television space me out. »• “Television is an addiction and I am an addict. »• “My kids look like zombies when they watch it. »• “Television is destroying my mind. » • “Television turns my mind into a... middle of paper... for children. Children are exposed to 20,000 advertisements per year. The average child watches 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on television before finishing elementary school. When children graduate from high school, these numbers more than double. Additionally, television has been shown to influence attitudes regarding race and gender. Prosocial and antisocial behaviors are influenced by television. Even though violence is a part of our lives, I think society can limit the amount of violent programs it watches. If people limited their view of violence to television, perhaps the world would not be as involved in violence as it is today. Based on this data, I concluded that Marie Winn is correct that television is a serious addiction. BibliographyMander, Jerry For Arguments for the Elimination of Television. New York: Feather, 1978.