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Television addiction
Among American children, television ranks second as a consumer of hours. The average American,
both child and adult, watches mere than six hours T.W daily.
What effects does habitual viewing on children? Wilkins gives, as example, studies that have
reported a relationship between watching and decreased learning, between violence on T.V and
aggressive behavior. Wilkins approvingly refers to a famous psychologist who once said: “The danger
of T.¥ lies not so much in the behaviour it produces but in the behaviour it prevents.’ Some
examples: communication between parent and child, the capacity to entertain oneself, the ability to
express ideas logically... T.V, suggests Wilkins, doesr't cut children from reality, it becomes their
reality.
What are the signs of addiction? According to Wilkins, there are some key clues, Do the children
come straight home from school and tum T.V on? Do they watch more than ten hours a week? For
many parents, many of the same symptoms are true.
Earlier this year, Wilkins conducted an abstinence which lasted a week and it was with elementary
school kids in Ridgewood. Several frustrated mothers furtively watched their favourite pregrams. In
general, parents seemed to suffer from not watching T.V more actually than their children.
It was T.¥ critic Michael Arlen who said that television connects viewers to nothing except the idea
of being connected to something. Wilkins’ advice: to reconnect yourself to the world, disconnect the
set
Question:
1) Tick the right answer
a- Excessive TV viewing by adults.
b- Bad TV programs for children and adults.
c Excessive TY viewing by children
2) Fill in this chart with reference 0 the text, Mention two effects on children and ane on adults.
Effects of habitual viewing
On children ‘On adults
- 1 .
3) Tick the right box to indicate whether the following statements are true or false. Then, justify your
answers with details from the text
Statements True | False |
Wilkins’ experience with families proved | |
Justification
that children are more addicted to TV than
adults,
According to Wilkins, excessive TV |
| watching increases the aggressive
ng chi 4) Find in the text a synonym to “television is just an illusion”
5) Explain the following sentence: ‘the danger of TV lies not so much in the behaviour it produces
but in the behaviour it prevents”
6) Find words that mean:
© Watching
+ Ability:
© Signs iceesonuuass
+ Doing something secretly and quietly in order not to be noticed:.
© Children
+ Tumoft.
