Television

Positive Impact

• Entertaining

• News

• Advertising

Negative Effects

• Laziness “Couch potatoes would rather watch a baseball game on TV than go play softball in the park with friends or even go to a movie.”(203) -- “The Impact of Television” by Edward Kearny

Couch Potatoes

Negative Effects• Decreases attention

span “constantly clicking the remote control to change from channel to channel, stopping for only a few seconds to see if something catches their attention.”(204)

-- “The Impact of Television” by Edward Kearny

Negative Effects

• Lower ability “Many children do not spend enough time reading, educators say. And some studies have shown that excessive watching of television by millions of American children has lowered their ability to achieve in school.”(204) -- “The Impact of Television”

by Edward Kearny