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Originally Posted by Nemo
On this board I think most of us spend more time with our tanks, and computers. So IMO not much of a challange.
Robert
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Agreed, and I figured as much. The people on this forum aren't really the type to spend 6 to 8 hours in front of the tube every day, but they are out there. However, this is a global challenge and if this post helps to foster discussion between you and any of your TV addicted friends and family then I feel I am helping the cause.
TV Turnoff Week was great during the years I spent working in an office. The Reality Show Queen sat beside me and her cubicle would be the gathering place every morning for a round of "Can you believe she said that!", or, "I think he's cute!", and, "I wish I was there, I'd give them a piece of my mind!". Drove me nuts. Turnoff week allowed me to point out how much of their evenings were spent sitting and watching and the amount of their day occupied by talking about sitting and watching. Also gave me the opportunity to pull up fun stats like:
- virtually all 3500 research studies over 40 years show a link between watching media violence and committing acts of real violence
- Americans watch an average of more than 4 hours of TV a day, or 2 full months of TV a year
- Percentage of Hollywood executives who believe there is a link between TV violence and real violence: 80
- Percent increase in network news coverage of homicide between 1993 and 1996: 721
- Percent reduction in the American homicide rate betwen 1993 and 1996: 20
- Percentage of toy advertising dollars spent on television commercials in 1997: 92
- Percentage of American children age 6 and under who have products based on characters from TV shows or movies: 97
more here
http://www.tvturnoff.org/images/fact.../FactsFigs.pdf
Thanks for listening folks,
Tim