The question itself holds a
seemingly infinite potential to produce prohibitive caveats. Just what kind of
show are we talking about? What’s the quality of the book we’re reading? Do
either of these sources hold a bias, either blatant or subtle? There is no end
to the factors.
Therefore, before I dive into the
question itself I find that a ‘control’ is necessary, a standard by which we
compare our notes. In order to find this control we must look to the common
factor between television and reading, the brain. To that note, I offer this
quote: “Day in, day out, in a hundred ways, we demonstrate that most stimuli,
whether impingements or circumstances or signals, have value or meaning only as
we give it them.” [1]
This quote provides an excellent basis
for our control and an excellent mind-set for when we dissect our subjects.
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