Get off the idiot box

ashke · 10-03-2005, 08:29 PM

TV causes damage in children: http://www.theage.com.au/news/scienc...191629304.html

Elspode · 10-03-2005, 09:25 PM

In my house, it works the other way around. My three once dragged a 27" tv off of the entertainment center, sending it crashing to the floor during a fight over a videogame controller.

It still works, but it has a nasty purplish halo in one corner from where the shadow mask got dislocated.

Clodfobble · 10-03-2005, 09:45 PM

From the article:

Quote:

More than half of [British] three-year-olds have a TV set in their bedrooms...

Christ, I simply can't believe that this statistic holds true for America too. Or maybe I only know deprived kids, who knows? I thought in Britain you had to pay a steep television license fee per set, which meant most houses only had one television...

russotto · 10-03-2005, 10:45 PM

While I'm no fan of TV, this "study" has the stink of junk science.

Note this one:
"While the average Briton watches four hours of TV a day, children aged
11-15 spend seven-and-a-half hours a day watching TV and computers"

And computers? Comparing Apples and oranges, are we?

Then there's a bunch of other extraordinary claims. I doubt there's any extraordinary evidence to back them up.

And finally, the appeal to the Precautionary Principle: "What harm could possibly result from preventing very young children from watching television...."

wolf · 10-04-2005, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Children now spend more time watching a TV screen than they spend in school, but viewing even a moderate amount can dramatically increase their risk of myopia, slow down their metabolic rate and may trigger premature puberty, according to Dr Sigman.

I'm having a really hard time figuring out the mechanism of action on this last one ...

Quote:

leading to increased anti-social behaviour, new research claims.

Asocial behavior, I'll buy. Anti-social means something else entirely in a clinical sense.

I would estimate the number of American 3 year olds with their own TV in their bedrooms to approach 65%.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2005, 08:53 PM

an•ti•so•cial adj.
1.shunning the society of others; not sociable.
2.Hostile to or disruptive of the established social order; marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores: gangs engaging in vandalism and other antisocial behavior.
3.Antagonistic toward or disrespectful of others; rude.

a•so•cial adj.
1.Not social: "Bears are asocial, secretive animals" (David Graber).
2.Avoiding or averse to the society of others; not sociable: "It's not that you're so asocial, but a man who likes people doesn't wind up in the Antarctic" (Saul Bellow).
3.Unable or unwilling to conform to normal standards of social behavior; antisocial: "crime, riots, drug use and other asocial behavior" (Derek Shearer).
4.Inconsiderate of others; self-centered

Are you going with #2 for antisocial.

Bullitt · 10-06-2005, 09:14 PM

10-03-2005, 08:29 PM	#1
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	Get off the idiot box TV causes damage in children: http://www.theage.com.au/news/scienc...191629304.html

10-06-2005, 08:53 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	an•ti•so•cial adj. 1.shunning the society of others; not sociable. 2.Hostile to or disruptive of the established social order; marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores: gangs engaging in vandalism and other antisocial behavior. 3.Antagonistic toward or disrespectful of others; rude. a•so•cial adj. 1.Not social: "Bears are asocial, secretive animals" (David Graber). 2.Avoiding or averse to the society of others; not sociable: "It's not that you're so asocial, but a man who likes people doesn't wind up in the Antarctic" (Saul Bellow). 3.Unable or unwilling to conform to normal standards of social behavior; antisocial: "crime, riots, drug use and other asocial behavior" (Derek Shearer). 4.Inconsiderate of others; self-centered Are you going with #2 for antisocial. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	__________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

10-03-2005, 09:25 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	In my house, it works the other way around. My three once dragged a 27" tv off of the entertainment center, sending it crashing to the floor during a fight over a videogame controller. It still works, but it has a nasty purplish halo in one corner from where the shadow mask got dislocated. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-03-2005, 10:45 PM	#4
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	While I'm no fan of TV, this "study" has the stink of junk science. Note this one: "While the average Briton watches four hours of TV a day, children aged 11-15 spend seven-and-a-half hours a day watching TV and computers" And computers? Comparing Apples and oranges, are we? Then there's a bunch of other extraordinary claims. I doubt there's any extraordinary evidence to back them up. And finally, the appeal to the Precautionary Principle: "What harm could possibly result from preventing very young children from watching television...."

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