In his article “The Social Networks,” Neal Gabbler argued that media provides us with unrealistic materials. He defined that nowadays, most of the TV shows are about friends and family members who live a happy life and spend most of their time together. Gabbler pointed out that we use to see these irrational and illogical TV shows, such as Friends, Seinfeld, and i Met Your Mother, etc. It compensates for the real and social life we are missing nowadays. Specifically, we like these TV shows because we can see the fantasy life we dream of through it.
Gabbler’s intention of writing this article is to point out that media is trying to take over our social life by showing us with fictional, unrealistic life of different characters. That can be seen through the title of his article, “The Social Networks.” Gabbler’s sense can be seen through his sentence, “How many persons do you know who manage with their friends every single day for an hour after hour to hang out ?
It lets the reader know that the authors are going to describe how honey relates to the story of sugar. It uses a problem and solution structure to show how people got honey without searching for bees.
