Why our principal media of mass communication is the TV shows? This is because in our century, people use more TV or Internet as media of information than a physical newspaper (paper). I will focus principally on the constant social criticism that exists on the TV shows. Criticism is the practice of judging the merits and faults of something. The term social criticism often refers to a mode of criticism that locates the reasons for malicious conditions in a society considered to be in a flawed social structure. I will focus only in one TV show, which is The Simpsons, one of the most popular TV shows in the United States. The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons, which debuted on December 17, 1989. …show more content…
In the early seasons, some parents characterized Bart as a bad and negative role model for children and many United States public schools banned The Simpsons merchandise and criticize the TV show. Also in January 1992, the President in that moment, George Bush made a speech during his re-election campaign in which he said: "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.” This demonstrate that the Simpsons since their debuted as half-hour prime time show was criticize because of their family