[Reflection 2: Stay Tuned—The Future of Television]

For most of the history of TV, if you wanted to catch an episode of your favorite show, you had no choice but to be home on the night and time it aired. Miss watching or recording the show and you had to wait until it reran or found its way to VHS (or eventually, DVD). Back then, the broadcast networks (of which there were only three: NBC, CBS, and ABC) had a far greater say in when and how you, the viewer, watched your favorite shows. But the Internet revolution and technological advancements have changed all that. The power to watch what you want—however and whenever—is now in your hands. In fact, Millennials have radically shifted the television paradigm. Not only does your age group refuse to watch television in the ways in which previous generations did, you also watch less of it. When you do watch TV, you're as likely to watch it on a device other than a television. What does all of this mean for the future of TV? Are exciting developments in television technology enough to lure you back into traditional viewing patterns? What will TV watching look like in 10-20 years?

Include at least two of the following in your discussion:

• "Virtual Reality is the Future of TV" [Daily Mail]
• "LG’s Futuristic Screens are Rollable, Transparent, and Unbelievably Thin" 'PCWorld]
• "Millennials and TV: New Data Shows Young People Still Watching TV, But Not Always on TV" [International Business Times]
• "Millennials and Cutting the Cord" [New York Times]
• "Broadcast TV is Dying a Death of a Thousand Cuts" [TechRadar]
• "The Future of TV is Here: Can Cable Survive?" [Forbes]

Requirements:

• MLA Style
• 1.5 pages in length
• Works cited page

Due: Th 2.17