Comments on: Good Reasons I Don’t Watch TV http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/ Online and Offline Marketing and PR Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alina Popescu http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Alina Popescu Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:57:46 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-1925 James, thank you for your comment and the book recommendations. I try very hard to make enough time to read a book every week. As for tv, I still am a big fan of certain movies and TV series, but I prefer to watch them on my computer, whenever I have the time for it, and without the advertising interruptions :) James, thank you for your comment and the book recommendations.

I try very hard to make enough time to read a book every week. As for tv, I still am a big fan of certain movies and TV series, but I prefer to watch them on my computer, whenever I have the time for it, and without the advertising interruptions :)

]]> By: James Fuller http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 James Fuller Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:49:42 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-1921 I stopped watching TV after I moved out of my parent's house when I was 22. I'm now 37 and I own a single 27" CRT TV mainly because my wife enjoys watching foreign films on DVD (she's from Japan). One of the main reasons why I stopped watching TV was because I got tired of watching someone else's exaggerated lifestyle. Why would I want to get my life's emotions from a TV when I can turn the TV off and go create that same amusement for myself (something real). I honestly think that TV escalates the bombardment of advertising we are exposed to everyday, in addition to billboards, websites, radio, etc. I also think that TV plays a huge roll in the problems children face with concentration, poor study skills, social skills, imagination, and the biggest of all - a sharp decline of literacy levels. I have read "amusing ourselves to death" and I thought it was a great book. It's an older book, but makes some very good points none the less. Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff is another great book too. I stopped watching TV after I moved out of my parent’s house when I was 22. I’m now 37 and I own a single 27″ CRT TV mainly because my wife enjoys watching foreign films on DVD (she’s from Japan). One of the main reasons why I stopped watching TV was because I got tired of watching someone else’s exaggerated lifestyle. Why would I want to get my life’s emotions from a TV when I can turn the TV off and go create that same amusement for myself (something real). I honestly think that TV escalates the bombardment of advertising we are exposed to everyday, in addition to billboards, websites, radio, etc. I also think that TV plays a huge roll in the problems children face with concentration, poor study skills, social skills, imagination, and the biggest of all – a sharp decline of literacy levels. I have read “amusing ourselves to death” and I thought it was a great book. It’s an older book, but makes some very good points none the less. Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff is another great book too.

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Alina Popescu Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:37:48 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-621 Hi Bart, thanks for the recommendations. I remember a book close to your second one from university, but it's quite blurry right now :) Hi Bart, thanks for the recommendations. I remember a book close to your second one from university, but it’s quite blurry right now :)

]]> By: bart http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-618 bart Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:50:32 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-618 hi alina, thanks for this, it's a topic i'm very interested in myself... a book i found to be very informative on this topic was "amusing ourselves to death" by neil postman, in which he quite convincingly demonstrates the ways in which news and information has been trivialised and degraded to "amusement value" instead of being uplifting and educating... another is "the hidden persuaders" (i've forgotten who the author is/was) which is perhaps 50 years old but is still very relevant in the analysis of how depth psychology is used in marketing products and ideas in modern society... hope this helps... hi alina,

thanks for this, it’s a topic i’m very interested in myself…

a book i found to be very informative on this topic was “amusing ourselves to death” by neil postman, in which he quite convincingly demonstrates the ways in which news and information has been trivialised and degraded to “amusement value” instead of being uplifting and educating…

another is “the hidden persuaders” (i’ve forgotten who the author is/was) which is perhaps 50 years old but is still very relevant in the analysis of how depth psychology is used in marketing products and ideas in modern society…

hope this helps…

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Alina Popescu Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:47:20 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-609 Hi Joanna, I also watch a few series, but they are all foreign and I have better chances to get them faster online :) And I like having control over when I see what, unfortunately :) Speaking of UK shows, I am crazy about the IT Crowd! Can't wait for the next series :) Hi Joanna, I also watch a few series, but they are all foreign and I have better chances to get them faster online :) And I like having control over when I see what, unfortunately :)

Speaking of UK shows, I am crazy about the IT Crowd! Can’t wait for the next series :)

]]> By: Joanna Young http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Joanna Young Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:12:07 +0000 http://wordsofabrokenmirror.com/2008/03/06/good-reasons-i-dont-watch-tv/#comment-608 I think I could probably live without it now... but I do still like to watch some things, I find it's a good way to switch off and get my mind to stop trying to blog! I follow two UK Soaps and ER (probably my all time favourite TV programme!) Maybe the advertising isn't so bad with us - I notice it with ER where they have lots of ad breaks but not in UK created programmes Now I'm distracted reading your Twitter updates on your blog so I see you're up and about so I'll go and say hi there :-) Joanna I think I could probably live without it now… but I do still like to watch some things, I find it’s a good way to switch off and get my mind to stop trying to blog!

I follow two UK Soaps and ER (probably my all time favourite TV programme!) Maybe the advertising isn’t so bad with us – I notice it with ER where they have lots of ad breaks but not in UK created programmes

Now I’m distracted reading your Twitter updates on your blog so I see you’re up and about so I’ll go and say hi there :-)

Joanna

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