T. V Vs Reading Books

“Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.” (Peter). There was a time when all children wanted to do was to run, play, explore, and be adventurous. As time evolved, children have found more interest in television. Statistics show that a child spends 900 hours per year in school,and they spend 1,200 hours per year watching television. When asked to choose between watching T.V. and spending time with their families fifty-four percent of four to six year olds voted they would prefer to watch television. Television has changed the mindset of children over the years it has been proven that the more programs they watch, the more harmful it is to their brain development. T.V.

In “watching T.V Shortens Life Span, Study Finds” Jeannine Stein reveals the fact that how watching T.V every day is shortening our life span. Australian Heart Association conducted a study on 8800 men and women and they found that eighty five percent of them, who were watching T.V for one hour every day, were patient of obesity and diabetes. Jeannine says that watching T.V for one hour every day will raise the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 18%. Jeannine believes that we need to spend our time in some physical activities rather than sitting in front of T.V.

* Children spend more time learning about life through media than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they spend in school. (3)

You can do many things involving a TV to do more than just something to do. You can almost watch any kind of thing you can think of or may want to learn. Almost every children’s school has TV’s throughout the buildings. A lot of learning lessons in school use videos to help present and learn new subjects. Many of the child television shows you find on Cable Networks have some kind of educational/learning benefits to the shows. Even when I was young I remember watching Elmo, and everyday there was a new number and letter I learned. As much as they say so much TV fries your brain, it can fill it with a lot of information as well.

The main reason we watch TV is for entertainment where we can view shows and movies. Shows and movies expose individuals to a variety of cultures and values that they do not see often. Another use of television is for information such as news, political views, and advertisements. Televisions inform us of news around our community and world, and also persuade us in buying products or donating money to a cause. An ongoing controversy has risen such tha televisions can be harmful to children because of the vulgar language and violence shown through modern day shows or even celebrities. Viewing too much television can be time consuming and may even discourage children to go play outside and be social. Watching the newscast has changed my life by informing me of the violence that goes on throughout my community. Also, a negative effect of watching too much television has taken up my time when I could have been doing more productive tasks.

Some people say television is bad, but in my opinion I do not think so, here are some comparison points. Newspapers you read for the news and to catch up on the current sports score even read the comics. On television, you can watch the news when it is on, and then change over to ESPN and check the sports score, and if you are a kid at heart, you watch some cartoons. They say that it kills brain cells, that you do not learn anything from tv, I am pretty sure that most Americans that do watch television can tell you they learned at least a few things by watching

Television is incorporated into my daily routine whether it is watching the news in the morning or a movie at night. When I watch the news in the morning I catch up on current events and other news. On the other hand. At night I watch movies for entertainment and enjoyment. Television is not just changing people into couch potatoes by watching “chasing fast cars, drinking lite beer, shooting each other t close range, etc.”, it also can be a daily tool to learn new things and catch up on current events.

Some people say that too much screen time for children is bad for their health. Others argue that it's perfectly fine for children to enjoy some time with the TV. I personally believe that in moderation, TV isn't that bad. In the article, It's Time to Let Go of Screen Fears, it states that kids who watched telvison with parent showed signs of decreased anger and fear. In my own experience, I've seen the positive affects that TV has on children. Although it can be a good thing, if you don't limit your time with the TV it can be harmful.

I feel that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of television programming. It gives people sociability, ideas and knowledge.I recommend television to anyone who doesn't already have

TV can make you concentrate on the TV and not what’s going on around you. Like the dullest and the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate one anything. Sometimes you need to know what’s going on in your life and not

When someone asks you if you like television, what would you say? Well for me I would answer yes, evidently to Robert Macneil that that is our problem. According to the article, The Trouble with Television by Robert Macneil, Television is addicting. By the age of 20 an average person will have watched an average of 20,000 hours of television. Plus after that 10,000 hours for every decade you live after the age of 20 that is a lot. With that time you could be out of school living on your own and not at home. I really wish that you could finish school at your own pace and not have to get up so early.

Studies have shown that watching television reduces your lifespan. Once you are over the of 25 you reduce your lifespan is reduce by almost 22 minutes each hour you watch television. “http://www.abc.net.au/health/.”

Studies have shown that children that watch an large amount of TV has led to childhood obesity, a decrease in mental development, and also a extreme decrease in outdoor activites which is not good for children.

In today’s hustle and bustle, people crave for escape from reality. Watching television and reading books gives them this escape they long for. Whereas, sitting in front of this square box every day brings normality to a middle-class home while reading makes them feel pretentious. When asked, a majority of both, adults and children said that they do not have the time or they have more ‘interesting’ things to do instead of reading. Books were the world’s only means of giving information and knowledge until John Logie Beird, a Scottish inventor gave birth to television in 1925. What most individuals don’t know is that watching television only provides momentary benefits to a person while reading books offer much more in the long run. Watching television has become a kind of compulsion for its viewers nowadays. Reading enhances our cognitive senses, instills patience and discipline in us, improves our knowledge beyond the reach of television and also helps in reducing stress which decreases the chances of becoming obese, whilst

Hammermeister found that television-free individuals show a stronger association with enhanced psychosocial health profiles than members of the moderate viewing group (i.e., the group following AAP guidelines) was not supported for men or women. Watching television less than two hours per day provides the same relation with psychosocial health as being television-free in this sample. This is consistent with cultivation studies examining behavioral effects of television viewing and