Dawson Article

In this article that I read for my class today "Little Players, Big Shows" I found it very interesting to how popular watching TV series and short videos on cell phones have become.  I probably am the last person who should be talking about this, because I should admit right now that I am one of the last few people in the world that doesn't own a smart phone, or have Internet, or anything like that on my cell phone.  I know, shocking right?  I actually have never once had Internet on my cell phone...my roommates have the iPhone and I don't even know how to work the stupid things.  Yes, you can say I'm behind on the technology.... anyway, Dawson in this article asks a question that I started thinking about yesterday and it was "Do these smaller, handheld screens even qualify as televisions?" 

I would have to answer that question as a big fat NO from me.  First of all, why would anyone want to watch TV from something that small of a size?!  I went home to my parents house over Thanksgiving break...where my dad has his precious 65" TV.  It so happens that on Monday night, the bulb goes out, call on Tuesday to order a new part, and the guy says it won't be delivered to us until the following Monday.  I'm freaking out, my mom is freaking out.  How am I going to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday!? The answer to that question is :  My dad brings in the old 13" TV we had stored away in our garage.  How sad I had to sit so close to the TV to see what I was watching.  A cell phone screen is even smaller than 13 inches!  I believe that TV was made so that people can enjoy watching them on a normal size from the comfort of their home.  When you're out and about and not at home...don't watch TV.  Watching webisodes, and YouTube, and reg. TV shows on the go has become so much apart of our life because we are too busy in today's world.  If I am out of my house and running errands...I'm going to run errands or shop, or whatever without feeling the need to be on my phone watching the latest webisode from college humor.  When I go to work, I work...I don't feel the need to watch TV or surf the web on my phone.  It's become an addiction to people!  TV should not become a "mobile lifestyle" because anytime that I want to watch TV, I will do so comfortably on the couch, in my parents living room, with their 65" TV.  I'll keep my cell phone to talking and texting only, thank you.