Turn Off the TV Turn On The Possibilities

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Turn Off the TV Turn On The Possibilities
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So. Whats the problem with
TV?
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The average number of hours kids watch TV
Four to Five Hours per day
The amount of time parents spend talking to their
kids
38.5 minutes per day
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Percentage of Americans who can name
59
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Percentage of Americans who can name Three
Supreme Court Justices
17
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By the time you are 65 years old you
will have seen
2 million television commercials
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• Television is about advertising.
• Advertising is about selling people things they
  dont need.
• The more we have the more we throw away

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Television also effects The music we hear
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Only 2 companies control Over 60 of the
Music Videos you see on TV
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Television affects the clothes we wear.
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Count how many logos you have on your
clothes right now..
ReadySetGo
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Television affects how we act.
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By 18, you will have seen
18,000 murders
200,000 violent Acts
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10 of all youth violence is directly
linked to Violent television viewing
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Television affects many behaviors

• 91 of kids say they have been upset or scared by
  what they see on TV
• 77 of teens say they learned about relationships
  from watching TV

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So what do we do about it?
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Turn Off the TV
Turn On the Possibilities
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Pledge To Turn Off Your TV TV Turn-Off Week
April 25 to May 1
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TV Turnoff Week www.tvturnoff.org Ki
tsap County Health District Healthy Living and
Media Literacy Programs
www.kitsapcountyhealth.com University of
Washington Centers for Excellence in Media
Literacy project Kitsap Center http//depts.was
hington.edu/nwmedia/