Does TV Help Make Americans Passive and Accepting of Authority? There is evidence that the mere act of watching TV -- regardless of the content -- may well have a primary pacifying effect.
However, while progressives lament the concentrated corporate control of the media, there is evidence that the mere act of watching TV—regardless of the content—may well have a primary pacifying effect.
Who among us hasn’t spent time watching a show that we didn’t actually like, or found ourselves flipping through the channels long after we’ve concluded that there isn’t anything worth watching?