White Noise and Impact of Television

Impact of Television in White Noise Just how much does television shape our perception of the world around us? Don DeLillo's post modernistic novel, White Noise, offers one view concerning the huge impact television has on our lives and how it shapes our observations of the world. The television in this book is portrayed almost as a character due to its importance in the individuals’ lives. White Noise contains the message that the amount of …

…real’ life that attempts to become our ideal life. Baudrillard states that technology causes the boundaries between the real and unreal to break down, causing what he calls a “hyperreality”. The white noise, or constant background, of the television constantly influences how people think, behave and perceive the world around them. Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise, does an excellent job of showing how technology shapes our lives and creates simulacra, or a false reality.