sooooo do you think it's taking over your social life?
Maybe not to an extreme level but maybe in small ways?

Eating dinner whilst watching the telly etc...

Please give me your views on this subject whatever they are, whether its about you or someone you know...

Its for my media studies coursework so as many replies as possible as soon as possible would be awesome.

Thank you!!

Frankie xx

it's you again lol.
anyhoo
i think the eating in front of the telly as a family has been happening for a long time now. I personally think the net is making a bigger influence on kids social lives and they use forums and msn to substitute for talking live.

But social life and TV are pretty reliant on each other. For personal interests where the kids at school gossip about the latest show and so on.

Well, it does give kids something to talk about in the play-ground.
My friends and I still spend each morning at school recounting several shows from the previous night.
I guess in that sense it enhances communication and therefore, social life.

Personally, it isn't taking over my life. I barely ever watch television. I'm overly consumed with school, work, and soccer so if I get the chance to watch more than a few hours a week, I am lucky.

I know a lot of kids who care too much about media though; and spend too much time on technology. But I think it is a socially accpeted thing, and it has become a part of social interactions (movie theatres). In short, I don't think media has ruined social lives, I think it has been incorporated to a new definition of social life.

I know that whenever we eat dinner home, we definitely have to have the TV on. Most of the time it's actually because there's something we want to see, but sometimes it's just ncie background noise. Even so, I don't believe it's taking over MY life. If there's something someone wants to say, they'll say it anyway.

And I agree with everyone who says that TV offers new discussion topics for kids. Sometimes you're not sure what to say to a friend because you've known them for a long time and you're out of things to say...and then you can talk about the latest episode of whatever show you've been watching.

Now, there are some kids who go overboard with their TV watching and literally beat up people who turn it off , but most people know when enough is enough.

i think the internet is taking over far more these days. i used to watch loads of tv but now hardly watch any, spend probably the same amount of time on the net instead. theres just nothing on tv anymore

i think the internet is taking over far more these days. i used to watch loads of tv but now hardly watch any, spend probably the same amount of time on the net instead. theres just nothing on tv anymore

same with me.
tv used to be the best thing but now all the shows are pretty much boring and repeats.

I had to do a report on this in English. Turns out television is the most used activity by kids except eating and sleeping. Sadly, too much ages at ages 1 and 3 result in ADHD symptons at age 7.

Here's a quote I remember from the project, "The average American watches an estimate of 4 1/2 hours of television a day, which results in 5 1/2 days a month, which results in 2 1/2 months a year, and by the time a person has reached age 70, they had spent over 13 years of their life staring into a screen."

Most televison shows are trash. There are a few exceptions, but otherwise I prefer to keep the TV off.

Sports, however, is a completely different story. Whenever I DO have the TV on, it's on ESPN.

So I'd wager to say that sports effects my social life more than the means by which I obtain them.

yes