A Town Without Television

a comic about an experiment.

Bogsnorkler said:

A Town Without Television

a comic about an experiment.

I wonder though, if the television programmes had all been educational…
They may know how to hold a candle to the wall with limited resources.

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

A Town Without Television

a comic about an experiment.

I wonder though, if the television programmes had all been educational…
They may know how to hold a candle to the wall with limited resources.

I suggest you skip Part 1 completely. All it says it that a researcher studied the use of time by people in a Canadian town before and after the introduction of television. Which deserves no more than a single cartoon panel.

Scroll straight to the end and click “read part 2 ot the comic”, then page 38, testing for “divergent thinking”.
You’re welcome.

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

A Town Without Television

a comic about an experiment.

I wonder though, if the television programmes had all been educational…
They may know how to hold a candle to the wall with limited resources.

I suggest you skip Part 1 completely. All it says it that a researcher studied the use of time by people in a Canadian town before and after the introduction of television. Which deserves no more than a single cartoon panel.

Scroll straight to the end and click “read part 2 ot the comic”, then page 38, testing for “divergent thinking”.
You’re welcome.

No. I found it all interesting.

Bogsnorkler said:

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

I wonder though, if the television programmes had all been educational…
They may know how to hold a candle to the wall with limited resources.

I suggest you skip Part 1 completely. All it says it that a researcher studied the use of time by people in a Canadian town before and after the introduction of television. Which deserves no more than a single cartoon panel.

Scroll straight to the end and click “read part 2 ot the comic”, then page 38, testing for “divergent thinking”.
You’re welcome.

No. I found it all interesting.

Well it was quite interesting, but the format seems a monumental waste of time for both the person who created it, and the people reading it.

Also I wonder how reliable the findings are.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

mollwollfumble said:

I suggest you skip Part 1 completely. All it says it that a researcher studied the use of time by people in a Canadian town before and after the introduction of television. Which deserves no more than a single cartoon panel.

Scroll straight to the end and click “read part 2 ot the comic”, then page 38, testing for “divergent thinking”.
You’re welcome.

No. I found it all interesting.

Well it was quite interesting, but the format seems a monumental waste of time for both the person who created it, and the people reading it.

Also I wonder how reliable the findings are.

I dare say a paper is most likely available.

I thought the format most excellent.

I have now discovered:

Tannis Macbeth died in in June of this year.

It seems that neither she nor her study are considered Wiki-worthy.

Bogsnorkler said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

No. I found it all interesting.

Well it was quite interesting, but the format seems a monumental waste of time for both the person who created it, and the people reading it.

Also I wonder how reliable the findings are.

I dare say a paper is most likely available.

I thought the format most excellent.

No accounting for tastes :)

I’ll do a proper search later, but the lack of comment from a quick search does seem most strange.

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Tannis-MacBeth-Williams-2020780026

Bogsnorkler said:

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Tannis-MacBeth-Williams-2020780026

A general article that references here:

https://www.raisesmartkid.com/all-ages/1-articles/13-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-tv-on-your-kid

Seems to have broadly similar conclusions.

I’ll read part 3 later. The comic format is maybe a bit unintentionally ironic.

Can’t agree that TV always has a negative impact on children. My favourite programmes as a child tended to stimulate my imagination and suggest other activities including reading, writing, artwork, adventure games etc.

I would say the internet has had a much more profound impact on my life than television, and a lot of it is arguably negative.

Part 3 hasn’t been written yet.

Bogsnorkler said:

Part 3 hasn’t been written yet.

Right, so I’ll read it later :)

Bubblecar said:

I’ll read part 3 later. The comic format is maybe a bit unintentionally ironic.

Can’t agree that TV always has a negative impact on children. My favourite programmes as a child tended to stimulate my imagination and suggest other activities including reading, writing, artwork, adventure games etc.

I would say the internet has had a much more profound impact on my life than television, and a lot of it is arguably negative.

+1

Bubblecar said:

I’ll read part 3 later. The comic format is maybe a bit unintentionally ironic.

Can’t agree that TV always has a negative impact on children. My favourite programmes as a child tended to stimulate my imagination and suggest other activities including reading, writing, artwork, adventure games etc.

I would say the internet has had a much more profound impact on my life than television, and a lot of it is arguably negative.

This was 1973, they didn’t have the internet back then.

Bogsnorkler said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ll read part 3 later. The comic format is maybe a bit unintentionally ironic.

Can’t agree that TV always has a negative impact on children. My favourite programmes as a child tended to stimulate my imagination and suggest other activities including reading, writing, artwork, adventure games etc.

I would say the internet has had a much more profound impact on my life than television, and a lot of it is arguably negative.

This was 1973, they didn’t have the internet back then.

Plus anecdotes don’t equal data and Tannis et al actually did the experiment. And I would say that TV wasn’t a negative influence for some inhabitants of Notel.