A Twelve-Step Program for TV Addicts. by Father John McCloskey. Is watching television a problem in your home? The average American family watches more .

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Television Addiction. Since television is such a large part of American pop culture , television addiction is not always recognized as a serious problem, yet there .

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Arguably the most well known look at television addiction is a piece a few years ago in Scientific American called “Television addiction is no mere metaphor,” by .

Mar 23, 2011 – Obesity. Violence. Irrational Fear. All of these are major issues with Americans, and they all have one root cause. In.

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A 2002 article in Scientific American suggested that compulsive television watching, television addiction, was no different from any other addiction, a finding .

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Jan 5, 2011 – We watched more television in 2010 than ever before — but viewers' tastes continued to evolve in some unexpected ways.

Jun 17, 2007 – In the article "Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor," (Scientific American, February 2002) Kubey and Csikszentmihalyi describe their .

Intervention is an American television program about the realities facing addicts of many kinds. Each program follows one or two participants, each of whom has .

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Sometimes it's the things that we want most that can hurt us. In "Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor", an article published in Scientific American on .

Aug 10, 2011 – I used to be a tv addict! Before I regulary watched Lost, 24, Prison Break, American idol to name some. Now I watch just the beginning of .

May 10, 2004 – According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of homes with . According to the same article, “The term 'TV addiction' is imprecise and .

“American Psyche + Trump = Reality TV Addiction. People will vote for him for chits and giggles, and that will be all that will matter to many.” .

The Scientific American researchers, Kubey and Csikszentmihalyi, who explored TV's addictive qualities, explain: "A tranquilizer that leaves the body rapidly is .

Mar 6, 2002 – From Television Addiction in Scientific American: [thanks MMF] Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the struggle for survival is how easily .

Nov 4, 2010 – While the self-ascribed TV addict, or even the majority of Americans may admit to having these problems, according to the Scientific American .

Apr 21, 2010 – And one the most effective means of preventing us from collectively making these changes is our addiction to TV. It's unlikely anyone reading .

Apr 12, 2011 – From reality TV to soap operas, TV watching is a favorite American pastime. But is it possible to actually have an addiction to television?

A Scientific American article entitled "Television Addiction" examined why children and adults may find it hard to turn their TVs off. According to researchers .

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How do you even define TV addiction as so many of us are watching it ever day. When does it become too much?

Jun 14, 2010 – Television Addiction: The Effects Of Watching Too Much TV . And yet…there was something missing, an absence that made us antsy and .

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, "The average American child watches 4 hours of TV every day" (White 70). TV addicts are usually introverted .

Jan 30, 2003 – Shows like Survivor and Joe Millionaire have hooked networks and captivated viewers, but withdrawal promises to be painful.

Oct 11, 1982 – Addiction may be a metaphor, but the reality, according to Wilkins, is that among American children, television ranks second only to sleeping as .

Apr 22, 2002 – Michael Medved provides provocative insights into the U.S. entertainment . But so does the greater rate of television addiction, and the black .

Jun 23, 1992 – Lasn goes so far as to call TV addiction the continent's No. 1 mental-health problem. Indeed, statistics now show that the average American .

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In 1990, a symposium at the convention of the American Psychological Association developed the definition of TV addiction as "heavy television watching that is .

Feb 23, 2002 – Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the struggle for survival is how easily organisms can be harmed by that which they desire. The trout is caught .

Jun 13, 2011 – Michael Medved on why TV addiction could cripple their future, and . “It's clear that, overall, American youth spend an enormous amount of .

Sep 27, 2007 – Now the American medical community, which has long-voiced its concerns about the nation's epidemic of violence, TV addiction and the .

Nov 17, 2010 – Addiction is NOT a disease: Controversial interview with Mr. Chris Prentiss, founder of Passages, a celebrity rehabilitation center.

In 1990, a symposium at the convention of the American Psychological Association developed the definition of TV addiction as "heavy television watching that is .

Jan 1, 2004 – Understanding how closely compulsive TV viewing resembles .

According to this 2002 cover article for Scientific American "Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor" (Full Text) the explanation is that "the simple formal .

Feb 2, 2002 – Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor. By Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Scientific American. Perhaps the most ironic aspect .

Jan 7, 2011 – We've already looked back, with our list of the top 10 American TV shows surveying the best that US TV had to offer throughout 2010 (which I .

computer addiction show that addiction is not uncommon in American society. Other studies about television addiction indicate that children need parental .

Jun 12, 2004 – It is such a part of mainstream America that we don't even realize what we're doing until it's too late. TV addiction is uncontrollable. The price for .

Has our love affair with TV gone too far? Consider the research and see how your family compares.

Aug 11, 2009 – tv 10 Great Sites to Feed Your TV Addiction. Have you sometimes wondered how much longer conventional TV would be useful to us? .

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TV Addiction Quiz. By Katherine Westphal. According to Nielsen Media Research , Inc., the average American watches TV for 4 hours 35 minutes every day. .

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