Annotated Bibliography by Kapil Muradhia Professor

 Professor- Danielle Cochran English-101. 600 September 16th 2012  In 20th century, every human being on the earth is familiar with television, the internet, and another form of media. We can see the effect of these forms of electronic media in our daily life. It is helpful to us in a lot of ways. The following bibliography reveals the different aspects of electronic media. Bissel, Tom. “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” ” They Say I Say with Readings. Eds. Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst, Gerald Graff.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. 349-362. Tom Bissell in “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” emphasize the importance of video games in our life. Tom supports his affection with the video games by telling his story with a popular video game “Fallout-3”. He also compares different modes of entertainment, like movies and novels, with video games. According to Tom, Storytelling is the most important thing for movies, novels, and video games, but video games storytelling is counterfeit.

Tom states, even though the video games are frustrating sometimes but he will keep returning to this form of entertainment. Gladwell, Malcolm. “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,” They Say I Say with Readings. Eds. Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst, Gerald Graff. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. 312-328. Print. Malcolm Gladwell in his article “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” explains the point that why we don’t need to tweet the revolution on social media.

To prove his point, he takes the example of a Black revolution from 1960. Malcolm points out, how a revolution started by four students became huge without the help of any social media. Malcolm also believes in the power of social media. Any revolution can turn into a bigger size, if social media is used, according to Malcolm. Malcolm states that Facebook and Twitter are tools for keeping up with the people you would never meet or following the people you never met. Stein, Jeannine. “Watching T. V Shortens Life Span, Study Finds”.

Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2010. Web. January 18, 2010. In “watching T. V Shortens Life Span, Study Finds” Jeannine Stein reveals the fact that how watching T. V every day is shortening our life p. Australian Heart Association conducted a study on 8800 men and women and they found that eighty-five percent of them, who were watching T. V for one hour every day, were patient of obesity and diabetes. Jeannine says that watching T. V for one hour every day will raise the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 18%.

Jeannine believes that we need to spend our time in some physical activities rather than sitting in front of T. V. Johnson, Steven. ” Watching T. V Makes You Smarter,” They Say I Say with Readings. Eds. Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst, Gerald Graff. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. 277-294. Print. “Watching T. V. Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson is an idea that if we watch T. V, it will make us smarter. In order to support his idea, Steven is comparing the different television shows shown in the different time periods in the United States television history.

Steven is trying to prove, what is good for our children and what is not. Steven believes that television is a tool for brain enhancement. Steven states that instead of keeping the kids away from violent shows or tawdry content, the real challenge for the parents should be whether a given show engages or sedates the mind. Steven believes that smart culture is not something that we force on our children, it is something we share. Stevens, Dana. ” Think Outside The Idiot Box,” They Say I Say with Readings. Eds. Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst, Gerald Graff.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012 295-298. Print. Dana Steven’s “Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” is a huge criticism of the idea that watching TV makes us smarter. Dana believes that if watching TV makes us smarter then we need to watch a lot of TVs or watching TV should be the only thing to do in our life. Dana states that grown-ups should be trusted to judge their own shows. According to Dana, she would love to watch a lot of TVs, if she gets paid for it. Dana thinks that the idea of considering T. V. as a tool of brain enhancement is hilarious.