Article: USA UNPLUGGED?(time spent on the Internet or watching television)(Brief Article)

Article: Watching television 'is serious threat to the ...
The Independent - London;  February 19, 2007 ;     442 words ...Watching television poses a greater risk to children ... banning the youngest children from watching television and introducing it "judiciously ... will have spent a full year watching television and more than half of three ...

Article: 'Ban young children from watching ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Young children should be banned from watching television as it can damage their mental and ... children should be prevented from watching television and that parents should only introduce ... have spent a year of their life watching television. And more than half of all three ...

Article: Study Finds Kids Spend Less Time Watching ...
Jet;  November 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... one of their favorite pastimes is watching television or playing. A recent study, however ... time, about 25 percent is spent watching television. According to the study, children ... average of 12 hours, 5 minutes a week watching television last year, compared with 15 hours ...

Article: Obscure Texas Law Comes to Light When Driver Is Cited for ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Noorali was given a ticket for watching television while driving. He said he plans ... calling someone on a cellphone and watching television. Call it do-everything-at ... activities," Goodman said. So if watching television is on the can't-do list, what ...

Article: Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times ...
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Gould, Lewis, ed. (2002). Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould ... more than seventy columns of his father's work in Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould ...

Article: Watching television creates introverts, Purdue U. ...
University Wire;  March 8, 2007 ;     662 words ... ... SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It's common knowledge that watching television is a bad way to get out and meet people. But a recent Purdue University study found that watching television can even decrease conversation between people in the same ...

Article: Watching television before bedtime may contribute ...
Asian News International;  June 8, 2009 ;     462 words ...Byline: ANI Washington, June 8 (ANI): Watching television before bedtime may contribute to chronic sleep ... Medicine in Philadelphia, were surprised to find that watching television seemed to be the most important time cue for the ...