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Submitted by freefortermpapers on 06/24/2008 03:00 PM
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According to statistics, America is a major television-watching nation. Ninety-nine percent of American households possess at least one television, with the average number of television sets in a household standing at 2.24 (Herr, Norman). Television viewing has become a daily activity in the lives of nearly all American families. In an average American household, a television set is turned on for seven hours and twelve minutes daily ("The Ubiquity of Modern TV and Other Facts to Ponder in a Mediated World"). These numbers have greatly increased from the past, when, for instance, in 1963, an average household with a television set kept its TV on for only five hours and eighty-five minutes each day (Comstock and Chaffee 89). While the amount of televisions in our country demonstrates Americans' wealth, the extent to which TV is viewed is a problem rather than a positive thing. People from other countries could classify Americans as lazy, or even spoiled. Americans, themselves, have been confessing their problem with television. Forty nine percent of Americans admit that they watch too much television (Herr, Norman). Statistics support Americans' concerns over excessive television viewing. Six million videos are rented daily, while only three million library items are checked out (Herr, Norman). Household members who have less than one year of college experience keep their TV on much longer than households where the head of the house has at least one year of college (Comstock and Chaffee 98-101). Americans are concerned not only with wasting time, but with the impact that television may have on children's intellect, which has become a topic of debate.
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