![]() We are hooked on the rhythms and forms of standardized media structures even if we don't recognize them. We rely on the familiar rhythmic storytelling patterns enjoyed since childhood, as each scene resolves we sigh with relief and are pulled by conflict into the next. Monoforms in media consumption has a tranquilizing effect on our minds, the continuity helps us relax from the anxiety we experience in the world of chaos. Even without those ads, content for screening platforms is still produced within those patterns of storytelling. He argues that the story segments are written specifically for the timed space within TV ads. Watkins gave a lecture on The Monoform of the media, and our passive acceptance of rhythmic patterns of storytelling in set modules. To read the full article on The Monoform by Peter Watkins click on this link. Peter Watkin's films are so controversial that his 1960's film The WAR GAME, was banned in the UK for decades. I remembered a lecture Peter Watkins gave to the York University graduate program in Film and Television. So what is going on with our addiction to screens and why are all my kids and I looking at individual screens every night instead of hanging out and talking to each other. ![]() But in his current mental state, the real world holds little appeal for him.aaand then there is my screen addiction, here I am on my phone, writing another LinkedIn Article (when I should be cooking dinner and getting kids ready for bed). ![]() I would love to get my son outside to a park to hang out with friends and skateboard. ![]() Covid isolation meant giving my kids more gaming time to make up for not being able to hang out with their friends houses. I wondered how did my son slowly get to spend more and more time on screens? For our family the increase in screen time started with Covid and that habit is still part of daily lives. I went on line during the shut down and read about other Roblox gamers experiencing symptoms similar to my son who was apprehensive, bored and constantly checking to see Roblox was back on line.Īs a parent I am responsible for allowing my son to spend far too much time on the computer, but now I can't get him interested in anything else. The recent shutdown on Roblox and its effects on my 11-year-old son, who was apprehensively counting the hours until it went back online, led me to question how I allowed my son to become so dependent on Roblox. ![]()
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