Society Changing Based on the Influence of Television

I just finished reading "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and Postman made some very interesting and eye-opening arguments.  One thing that I found interesting was that how different mediums of information slowly became mediums of entertainment. Postman explained how the newspaper started to use ads and use stories based on celebrities or surprising events. The same happened with the radio where it was originally used to communicate and spread information, but then was used for music and talk shows to entertain the public. The same has happened with television and now even religion and politics is molded into some form of entertainment. I liked how Postman pointed out the arguments Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Even though they weren't candidates or anything they stood and argued for hours at a time. Today no one would want to listen to the first hours of their speeches. This is because we are used to the fast paced shows on television. Anything without visual representation seems boring to most people. They need videos or pictures to completely understand any topic.   What do you think about how society has changed with the influence of television? Do you think it's a good change, or do you think society was better when their was no television?