Is TV the new literature? Hit teen series Heartstopper has enchanted and educated viewers of all ages. Some think that television has become our most important storytelling medium.
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Is TV the new literature? Hit teen series Heartstopper has enchanted and educated viewers of all ages. Some think that television has become our most important storytelling medium.
Everybody loves Heartstopper. The LGBTQLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning and other terms (e.g. non-binary).+ drama released its third season yesterday. It depicts the growing love between two teenagers, as well as the stories of their school friends. Critics have praised its storytelling and handing of teen issues.
Literature was once our main medium for telling stories, but times have changed. In the 21st Century, television has become seen as a respectable way to tell stories too. Heartstopper season 2 was watched for 55.5 million hours in its first three weeks, two million more than the first series.
Word game website WordsRated finds that the average person watches TV for about two hours and 51 minutes each day, but reads for no more than 16 minutes and 48 seconds.
Even teachers have moved away from books. Literature professor Nicholas Dames found that some of his students had never been made to study an entire book in school.
Yet many still think that books remain superior to television.
Is TV the new literature?
Yes! Literature was new once, but now it has been replaced by television.
No! They are very different. We absorb television passively, but literature requires our active imagination.
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