This study on the effects of televiewing on children cites several detrimental effects on children who view more than 10 hours of television per week. Entertainment and Culture. The 1991 Almanac . This section of the Almanac contains statistics on American s television viewing habits. Preferred shows, number of hours watched per week, per day, and a breakdown of age classifications for viewers is offered.
Teenagers watch more sitcoms than anything else they view.
Funkhauser, G. Ray, and Eugene F. Shaw. How Synthetic Experience Shapes Social Reality. This article deals with media manipulation and rearrangement of not only content, but actual affect on the processing of information as well. Television, unlike literature, distorts interpretation and perception of the physical and social reality depicted. It provides a synthetic experience.