Typically, children begin watching television at a very early age, sometimes as early as six months, and are fervent viewers by the time that they are two or three years old (Murray, 1997). It appears children spend more time watching TV than any other activity. Studies have shown that children, in the hours between school and dinnertime, spend nearly 80 percent of the time watching television (Chen, 1994).
Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcome till we, humans, find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. TV was also invented with positive thoughts in However, we are now trying to overcome its physiological and psychological adverse effects on human beings. Television can be a powerful influence in developing …show more content…
Excessive TV watching leads to many psychological and physiological problems.
2.1 Physiological …show more content…
There are many channels in the TV which make people to watch alike; kids’ channel, teens’ channel and adults’ channel. It makes them always spend their time in front of TV. Watching TV is liked by the people. The second cause is giving people update news. When their children are studying abroad for knowing them, parents will watch TV and they will know the situation where their children stay. So watching TV is important for some people when they are apart. One of the physiological effects of watching TV in excessive amounts is eye-strain. While watching TV, children of all age’s even adults don’t know the major sideffects of it. Too many children these days where glasses, why? Because the children these days watch TV in a way like they are stuck on it for life, in other words they are so close to the TV. It is proven by doctors that each and every second a child watches TV it starts to affect their eyes in ways which they can’t see very far or even very
Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcome till we, humans, find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. TV was also invented with positive thoughts in However, we are now trying to overcome its physiological and psychological adverse effects on human beings. Television can be a powerful influence in developing …show more content…
Excessive TV watching leads to many psychological and physiological problems.
2.1 Physiological …show more content…
There are many channels in the TV which make people to watch alike; kids’ channel, teens’ channel and adults’ channel. It makes them always spend their time in front of TV. Watching TV is liked by the people. The second cause is giving people update news. When their children are studying abroad for knowing them, parents will watch TV and they will know the situation where their children stay. So watching TV is important for some people when they are apart. One of the physiological effects of watching TV in excessive amounts is eye-strain. While watching TV, children of all age’s even adults don’t know the major sideffects of it. Too many children these days where glasses, why? Because the children these days watch TV in a way like they are stuck on it for life, in other words they are so close to the TV. It is proven by doctors that each and every second a child watches TV it starts to affect their eyes in ways which they can’t see very far or even very