Out of all of the media systems ‘The End’ talks about, I think the end of TV is the most interesting issue. I mean most people don’t read the newspaper or magazines much anymore as it is because the majority of people are visual learners and don’t enjoy reading as much as they enjoy watching something. The radio is almost at its end now because most people don’t listen to much radio, when in the car most people just pop in a CD or their iPods and listen to the songs they downloaded from the Internet. The Television though, is slightly different in terms of its finale. I don’t think the Television will die like radio and print will even though ‘The End’ says people can watch “cable and satellite on your computer. And now video is popping up on our computers, our cell phones and our iPods - so we can watch wherever we want (CBC The End: TV).” Even though people can watch whatever they want whenever we want, people can’t watch the episode they day it airs unless it’s on the television. Not to mention the fact that people enjoy watching things on a large screen, that’s why people go to the theatres to see movies. I agree with their final statement when “Ad agency executive Cliff Freeman agrees, "The statement that it is the end is of course very dramatic. But of course, it's not the end at all." In fact, statistics show that Americans are still spending 17 hours a week in front of the old tube (CBC The End: TV).” Personally I believe most students watch television over the Internet more then anyone else does. I personally watch television all the time from sites on the Internet because I miss the shows when they air on the television. I’d rather watch them on the television but I just don’t have the time, or I’m too lazy to move my computer from one room to the other.
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