Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Television did not fundamentally alter behavior but instead changed where people spent their time.
- In plain terms
- TV kept people home rather than changing how they live.
- What can you take from it?
- Technology can change location without changing habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we know if technology really changes us?
Another view
Television did influence social interaction patterns.
More from Alfred Hitchcock
Seeing a murder on television can : help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
Permalink to quote #8 Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
Permalink to quote #10 One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
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