my brain
2007-03-04 03:19:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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2007-03-04 03:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by MUTANT 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Advertising ruins TV.
The ads themselves are annoying, deceptive, sometimes evil. And TV shows cater to the advertisers, or the content is influenced greatly by the advertisers (I'm sure many TV shows of all kinds have self-edited themselves at the expense of truth, so as not to offend the precious advertisers).
Also, TV shows cater to the lowest common denominator and care more about shocking and aweing the audience than providing informative or useful information. The Discovery Channel, History Channel, A&E etc have been destroyed by trying to keep the average fat slob entertained.
My TV has been dark for a very long time, but my mind has brightened in accordance.
Good Riddance BOOB TUBE.
2007-03-04 11:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by PH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watching TV is Unhealthy for your brain and any current relationships that you have around you. TV has become the babysitter of the decade and look at the kids now. It is not good to watch TV for long periods of time.
2007-03-04 11:24:18 · answer #3 · answered by Don't Know 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well when you are watching tv you are not being active you are sitting there like a lump no exercise so it is physically not that good for you. If you are watching just silly programs than you are not expanding your mind or learning anything so it is worthless. O.k. now that I have answerd your question I want to qualify it with saying I still watch tv and I enjoy watching some silly non educational programs
2007-03-04 11:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by 'lil peanut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watching TV may not necessarily be 'worthless' but it all depends what you are watching. It may be unhealthy, especially for the younger audience, because of the violence and other negative things they see on it. It all depends on the person and how they react.
2007-03-04 11:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by paperflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Juliet Schor's research in her book The Overspent American, the more TV the average person watches, the poorer he or she is likely to be.
She also finds a correlation between what people watch and financial strata. Wealthy people don't tend to watch much outside of the news. My Wednesday morning breakfast group (we don't have a good name for ourselves, we're just friends who all earn in excess of $50k / year FROM ASSETS that enjoy each other's company once a week) has nine members. Six of us like MSNBC and CNBC. Two of us are CCN / CNBC guys and one of us (the new girl who doesn't actually have the base level of resources but the rest of us like her energy) watches Fox News and nothing else. I know that doesn't say anything empirical but it's anecdotally interesting...
2007-03-04 11:29:07 · answer #6 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try watching PBS, the History Channel, and the Discovery Channel and you will find meaningful TV.
2007-03-04 13:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well actually to me i dont find it such a bad influence...its the one that makes me happy and gives me new ideas about stuff. its probably when you feel that your watching at least 5 hours of TV every day that you know that your addicted
2007-03-04 11:31:10 · answer #8 · answered by Banana Hero [sic] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋