To Watch or Not to Watch
We have heard so many arguments against tv. It’s biased against Christianity: few people end up controlling the awareness of everyone: the two dimensional experience doesn’t lead to learning: it deals with the superficial: tv promotes violence, etc. But here is the most convincing argument, in my opinion.

The research is in. Watching television inhibits learning. It actually prompts a physiological response that shuts down the ability to think critically.

Not the answer many people want to hear.

Jerry Mander’s book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television says it best. If you want further evidence, please check out this resource.

Mindless Viewing
In a nutshell, the actual flicker effect from tv overloads the brain and it basically shuts part of itself down. We become passive, our awareness is dulled as is our ability to respond in an emergency.

Eye movement and brain processing are connected. When one watches tv, the eyes don’t move. Thinking is actually diminished, even if you are watching a documentary! When watching tv, our brains aren’t engaged, we’re not interacting, and we’re not thinking. “Vegging out” in front of the tube takes on a whole new meaning.

TV can cause sensory deprivation, decrease creativity, and makes us less sensitive to people. We become so used to “looking past” characters on tv, we look past them in real life as well. Do we really know how to give our full awareness to another person?

One of the reasons home schooled children out perform those in public school could be that they watch far less television!
 

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