2.Reality Tv: a dearth of talent and the death of morality

In his article about the reality shows, Salman Rushdie talks about the interesting characteristics of these programs and the silly actions the contestants do which make these shows popular.Although he says that he does not watch, it is the newspapers that Rushdie learn about these reality shows .This shows the placement of these artificial-real mixed show's in the community.A program is on the news not because it caused cultural improvement but because of the fight for popularity,wealth and ego in it.He tells the reader that it is so easy to become popular in the reality tv.It is about you being more silly and more funny and more absurd.For him one reason of reality tv mania is the seeking of our own behaviours similar on the tv screen.Different than the present of the Reality TV , Salman Rushdie adds that in the future there will be no attention on an indiviual who killed someone,if he did not do a massacre.
In my opinion, reality tv can be beneficial but not in these conditions that become a bad example for generations.It is harmful by constructing unreal fights,loves,arguments,friendships in a real supposed to be place. Reality tv should not be based on rating aim but on showing people perfectly real things.This would bring TV ratings also.

1.The Enormous Radio

"The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever is a short story that looks at media-human relation in a realist, fantastic mixed way.It is an interesting story for people to read because it has many ironies in it that make the story more beautiful.In the beginning of the story,the author wants us to think of a perfect American family with two children and a perfect understanding of classical music. But as the story continues family member's behaviors reveals the lack of moral values in their characteristics.Also the author's affective use of personal analizations of the protagonist and the antagonist makes the readers to see not the bad influences of the radio but the bad usage of the radio by Westcotts,especially by Irene Westcott.

Logically,the radio can not be the victim because it does not have any function to operate as a listening device or something like that. Cheever formed this detail to mix up the readers head to see if he/she will accuse the radio of being the causer of the problems in the Westcott family, or not.But it is seen that Westcott family and mostly Irene is the guilty one by listening to the conversations and arguments of their neighbours and being addicted in this silly behaviour.

Written in 1947, this story is a very good way to learn the importance of human-media,technology relation.For me it is so successful by showing us how to deal with todays high media and technology intervened life from 62 years back.