One thing that struck me when reading this was the quote: "...almost all television programs are embedded with music, which helps to tell the audience what emotions are to be called forth" (Postman, 88).
Does this mean that our society is reaching the point where those in charge of creating our entertainment understand that we need to be told what we are supposed to be feeling? Along the same lines, how does it make you feel that you quite possibly, with television, could be told how to feel about certain things? Sounds a little creepy to me . . . I'd much rather invoke my own emotions about a situation and not have someone else tell me how I should feel about a certain thing.
If they can use music to "help" the audience know what emotion they should be feeling with entertainment, what's next?
It may not be as creepy as what I've maybe made it to be, but is something to think about 9if we really are told what to feel by what music is played on TV).
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