On Wednesday we talked about how TV and how it relates to children.  One thing we looked at was how more violent children usually watch a lot more TV than less violent children.  We also talked about how children that watch a lot of TV during the week usually have worse grades and struggle with reading when compared to children who don't watch as much television.  I found this really interesting video on YouTube about TV here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zh4XThSaFk

In this video it talked about how the average person watches 4 hours of TV every day!! It talks about how when we watch TV our brain gives out Alpha brain waves, that are associated with relaxation, and when watching TV our Beta waves go down, these waves are associated with mental alertness.  The video says that one reason this might be is because throughout the whole day our brains are in a Beta state and so when we go home we want to watch TV  because we want to turn off those Beta waves and turn on our more relaxing Alpha waves.

The video also states that in order for something to be an addiction one has to be physically or psychologically dependent on something for it to be considered to be an addiction.  So most experts agree that even the most "addicted" TV watchers aren't necessary addicted.  They say however that there is a direct correlation with obesity with obesity and TV.  The more TV one watches the higher the probability this person has of being obese.

I really disagree with many of the points this video makes because TV or anything else electronic can be very addicting.  In class on Wednesday we talked about the Navy General who was so addicted to his Google glasses that he had to go through a 12 step program in order to solve the addiction.  So I really disagree, electronic things are definitely addictive things.  I also don't think that lots of TV consumption is always associated with obesity, I think that is a good general statement but it is not always true.