In almost all aspects television rarely depicts the

§In almost all aspects, television rarely depicts the world and life accurately. Too much television results in disappointment about what to expect from the world around us.

§If you think you are too smart to be influenced by the power of advertisements, you are wrong. Corporations do not spend trillions of dollars in advertising hoping to influence you. They spend trillions of dollars because they know they will influence you.

§The characters on television are not real. They are thought up in an office building and given life on a piece of paper. In contrast, you are surrounded everyday by real people living real lives. These real people are facing real problems. They need you. And you need them.

§When your television is on, your concentration is held hostage. Your mental energy is drawn into the screen and your ability to control it is given up.

§Americans spend over $6 billion per year just paying for the electricity to power their television sets.

§TV oversimplifies reality. It presents subjects in a matter of minutes and everything is nicely wrapped up at the end. This harms clear thinking by conditioning you to expect that most problems have a simple, clear solution that can be implemented in 60 minutes or less.

§Numerous studies draw direct parallels between excessive television watching and overweight.

§According to the Journal of Economic Psychology, TV viewers report lower life satisfaction, higher material aspirations, and more disquiet.

§Thank you for attention!!!