Culture Jam

Hi everyone!

So honestly, I'm liking this book so far! Although, the first paragraph seemed a tad ignorant, for lack of better words.

"Imagine you are a member of a typical postmodern family, living in a typical house, in a typical neighborhood, in a typical North American city. You're overleveraged and overworked. You eat a lot of takeout, your kids holler for Nikes and the TV is on five hours a day. One day it dawns on you that, as a family, you're failing. You aren't so much a family as five strangers sharing power and water." Page 3, paragraph 1

Harsh right? I mean, I find this ultra false. A typical family nowadays consists of a single parents going through divorce, or perhaps not even, with a child. Isn't this passage a tad ignorant toward the updated social society? It's sort of frustrating.

On a different note, the passage is attempting to portray how the use of technology affects society. I know lots of people who actually don't allow their children to watch TV. Personally, my aunt and uncle only allow TV on weekends, and not for long at all. Madonna actually doesn't allow TV in her household at all. This statement just seems a tad ignorant, and a little harsh!

January 26th, 2010

My name is Kiersten :) I'm from lower Pennsylvania and I'm planning on majoring in Speech Pathology. I love to laugh and smile and be around others! I would consider myself caring and friendly :) get to know me!