This essay will concentrate more on the web and the differences between the web and television. Televisions have documentaries and inquisitive news shows, but that is about the depth that there is. The glitter of TV is all image based, no literary skills are really required. The web however began as an instrument for carrying information between accademic sites. The analogy to television therefore is relatively small .
Television is a passive media.
Mander calls it sense deprivation it cause disorientation and confusion. Television is known for being used by powerful corporations to feed the public, information they want them to have. They have managed to find a medium to lull the public into a false sense and to accept whatever the television says. There is no interaction for the viewers to argue with any of the views put forward to them. It is possible to take a certain amount of control and change channels or turn the televsion off, but it seems that television has become a way of life.