Glued to the Tube: The Threat of Television Addiction to Today’s Family

Book ID/图书代码： 12311004B00484

English Summary/英文概要： Are Joey, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe and Monica your best friends? Did your children learn about the birds and the bees from Ally McBeal? You’re not alone. Research shows that TV has become such a part of our lives, it actually has taken over the roles once held by cherished family members.
Glued to the Tube explores the strong influence TV has over family interaction and communication. Using hundreds of reliable research studies and statistics, this book breaks down familial responsibilities into categories such as friend, family manager, arbitrator and sexual advisor, then shows how television has taken over these roles, and how it has performed.
While it may be easy to identify TV’s presence in society, Glued to the Tube goes one step further, exposing how:
The ratings system is set up to woo younger audiences Common depictions of race and religion isolate viewers Prime-time programming manipulatesadults and children alike Network television attempts to teach us all how to live--from what to buy to how we choose and communicate with our partners
Author and media ecologist Cheryl Pawlowski relies on numerous studies and her own research to conclude that the modern family is competing with the tube to its own detriment. Pawlowski offers practical ways a family can break free of the television addiction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 研究表明,电视已成为我们的生活中占据了重要地位,它实际上已接过了原来由家庭成员承担的许多角色.每个人每天平均要在电视前度过几个小时,所以他们很少有时间在家庭成员间进行非常重要的感情和文化交流.那么电视在家庭交流方面的作用到底如何呢?根据作者引用的许多资料和她自己的研究,在这方面电视是有害的.于是她提供了一些大破沉溺于电视的实用方法.

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About the Author/作者介绍： 伽丽尔-保罗斯基拥有纽约大学传媒生态学博士头衔,现在北科罗拉多大学担任演讲交流的助理教授.她参加了许多研究家庭交流的项目.

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