BA #5

In the article, "Tune Out" Mulholland and Martin both argue that we watch TV way to much and it takes away from our social life. People are glued to TV, 4.5 hours is the average of how much a person watches TV a day. They state how nothing else plays as big as role in our lives as TV, also that TV is a means of entertainment. They also assert that TV is habitual and it separates us from our family. All of these main assertions appeal to something such as reason, evidence, character or emotion. I would conclude that the whole article is inductive because it applies to general claims and that they dont have strong enough evidence to back up the truth. Muholland and Martin received all their information from one website, Killyourtv.com. All they basically had was statistics. Therefore, they would need more references and facts to back up their claim. Most of their assertions appeal to reason, although I think they could also appeal to evidence. The assertion that TV is habitual appeals to reason because Mulholland Martin are claiming how we watch TV consistently everyday. They experiment using Mulholland's life. They keep a recorded to determine when Mulholland watches TV, and what they concluded supports their claim. Another example of appealing to reason is that TV separates families. During the experiment of not watching TV for a month, they concluded that Adrienne and her dad became distant and also Jake began starting at walls. This could also be used as evidence.