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4 comments:
Paragraphs 4-5 give examples of the self-centered American society. Paragraph 4 states that only winners are supposed to be celebrated, but today's society celebrates everyone, even the loser by giving awards of appreciation for participating. In Paragraph 5, the author mentions that the media is based solely on the viewer's preferences. Everything the media produces is what we want to see and programmers work on the consumer's favor. Paragraphs 4 and 5 build a solid and specific part of the entire argument. The author could talk about the self-centered society, but without these examples, his argument would be weak.
American society has transformed into an egocentric world driven by the idea that the most important person in the world is oneself. This is the point Williams proves in paragraph 4-5 by giving examples such as a personal blog online exposing ones life to all, or the fact that everyone gets praised for just participating. His examples in these paragraphs help demonstrate his argument by reinforcing it with examples readers relate to.
Williams’s point in paragraphs four and five is to show some examples of how the media and the society are based on the User-Generated Generation. Williams shows examples like the iPod and other widely known media commodities to show that everything is based on us and to let the reader know the effect this has on the society. These examples are used to support his argument that the people are the driving force in the media and to show that the people are too busy celebrating themselves.
Williams makes a strong point in paragraphs four through five. Williams explains how American values have always been focused on themselves and positivity. When Williams states “We’ve raised a generation of Americans on a mantra of love and the importance of self…” (4) He is referring to American mentality. He then describes how American’s try to hide the negative portion of life. Instead of admiring one person they admire all, William even states, “Today everyone gets celebrated” (4). Americans are not prepared for the real world. They are use to always being right, always winning, and never seeing the bad. Americans today have gotten so picky and so personal that they can choose what and when to see, hear, and feel. Everything has to be on their terms. These two paragraphs are emphasizing William’s main point, being that American’s have become very individualistic and fail to see what is really happening in the world. They only see the world that they want to see or that people want them to see.
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