Television Addiction

Dealing with the only form of addiction that society condones and encourages.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Sensory confusion

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Television's mighty grasp on the eyeballs of the viewer is partly due to the human body's inability to react to the transmitted prog...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Attention Span in Children

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Kids today face immense pressure to succeed at school and in other activities as well. This pressure is further intensified by the fact that...
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Alternative Reality

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The rules of psychology say that whenever we are faced with a situation that seems impossible we seek an escape. This escape could be in the...
Saturday, April 7, 2007

Television Addiction and Children - Part 2

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Children have varying attention spans at different ages and their way of watching and understanding television changes with age. From birth ...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Television Addiction and Children

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There is an argument that watching television has some benefits. Like, it can be entertaining (hah!) or educational (bah!), open new horizon...
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Monday, March 19, 2007

The Beautiful People Syndrome

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"In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance." - S. I. Hayakawa "Oh, no, I'm getting a zit!...
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Friday, March 9, 2007

Living In A Culture Of Fear

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News Programs "Local TV news, at least in the U.S., is probably the biggest fear mongering vehicle there is 'cause if you turn on l...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television

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Review of Jerry Mander's Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television Television is advertising. It is a medium whose purpose is to ...
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Monday, February 26, 2007

The Tube

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How Television Affects The Mind: Review of Le Tube , a documentary. Le Tube is a documentary film. Journalist Peter Entell and actor Luc Mar...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

Spy TV

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The Threat of Interactive Television. A review of Spy TV by David Burke. Interactive television (iTV) is coming to a living room near you! ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Fighting television addiction - Part 8

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If you see the advertisements and the manufacturers of products like tobacco, alcohol, antidepressants then you will get a picture full of s...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Fighting television addiction - Part 7

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What is your main means and method of relaxation? If it is the television then you are addicted my friend. The television has some weird eff...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

13 years is a long time

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The average person watches 5 hours of television per day. This means: 35 hours per week. 140 hours per month. 1680 hours per year. All of th...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Fighting television addiction - Part 6 - The Family

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In an experiment conducted a few years ago 25 families (all with young children) were asked to go without television for 1 month. Not all of...
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