Talk:Social aspects of television

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This was moved from the television section and will be re-written and added to as a new article.

[edit] Suggested elements for inclusion

There should be some mention of Newton Minow and his Wasteland Speech. I'm also looking for a landing spot for a reference to "boob tube" as slang for television, and this article seems like a reasonable place for that... . (I'll try to contribute rather than just comment as time allows)--NapoliRoma (talk) 22:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" should be included in this article somehow as well. It is about a man who instead of watching television like everyone else, goes for walks at night and is subsequently arrested (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pedestrian). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.3.158 (talk) 07:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality Issue

I tried cleaning up the "negative effects" section which had been written like anti-television propoganda, noting only studies supportive of the "causal" hypothesis, and not noting studies unsupportive of this hypothesis, or comments by the numerous skeptics of television violence effects. American Behavioral Scientist actually had a good issue this month with reviews from scholars on both sides of the debate, perhaps that ought to be noted more. Also note, I referenced some additional material in the reference section, but am not adept at doing the in-text citation thing...if someone could clean it up I'd appreciate it.

~~MV Guy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.92.177 (talk) 03:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Propaganda Issue

I think that this section doesn't add much as is uninformative. If audiovisual media is the "second most" persuasive media, what's the first? This section (despite an oblique) cite reads more like hyperbole than anything factual. I recommend deletion, or at least significant cleanup.

~~ MV Guy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.92.177 (talk) 05:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)