Folk culture was regional, ethnic and largely religious. This transmission died off as TV lured people from front porches, town squares and even the hearth. Now as couch recluses, we have lost the timeless wisdom of previous generations. We are left instead with the trendy and ever-changing fads of popular culture. It blurs worthwhile cultural lines rather than distinguishes them.
TV epitomizes the very popular culture it so effectively promotes.
As its main course programming stoops to ever lower forms of poor taste, we may want to reconsider our next invitation to this intrusive dinner guest. The uncanny influence of the tube can hardly be overestimated. That influence, at least in many Christian circles, is largely considered to be negative. TV Gene Edward Veith Sex is the main subject in for many prime time television shows. Needless to say, sexual stereotypes abound in these influencial programming lots.