The loud noises and flashing pictures in some programs like Pokeman and MTV can even cause seizures in children. This is known as TV epilepsy. TV overload paralyzes both the adult and child's brain functions, but it is especially harmful for small children, as their brains are still forming. Watching TV causes us to enter a passive, vegetative mental state where we are simply absorbing information without understanding, allowing ourselves to be hypnotized. Once we are in such a state, it becomes easy for our opinions to be manipulated and controlled.
TV commercials awaken our desires for certain foods and products.
Nowadays, popular culture, which decides what society's values are, is learned through television viewing. The TV creates a false reality for the mind to function in. It shows you a Coca-Cola, or a car, and tells you this is what you need to attain happiness. It tells you that to be thin is to be successful. It shows you the forest fire and you don't feel the heat.