TELEVISION
(See also Child Training; Communication; Education; Entertainment)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
absence of religion from dramas: w85 8/15 10
addiction: g85 2/22 18-20; g84 12/22 22-24; g78 4/22 3, 17-18; g75 6/22 26; g74 9/8 11
advertising: g74 3/8 9-12; g74 9/8 9; g73 12/22 30; g71 11/22 21, 23; g66 6/22 30; g64 9/8 9-10; g64 9/22 13; g63 9/8 15; g63 12/22 10-11; g61 12/22 8, 10-11
alcoholic beverages:
portrayal: g85 11/8 31
programs involving drinking: g79 7/8 31
benefits: g82 10/22 9; g78 4/22 4-6
of not viewing: g85 2/22 18-19; g77 12/22 30
blood transfusion issue presented: yb79 158-159
children: w83 6/15 6; w78 2/1 3; g78 4/22 12-17; g77 7/8 4-5; g75 6/22 26; g74 9/8 8-11
controlling children’s viewing: g80 1/22 19-20; fl 139-140; g78 4/22 18-20
effect of alcohol consumption on TV: g84 11/8 18
effect of commercials: g82 4/8 29-30; g81 1/22 23; g79 1/8 30
effect of sexual scenes: g79 7/8 31
effect of “supermen” exploits: g78 5/22 29
effect of unrealistic way of life portrayed on: g84 11/8 17-18
effect of violence: g85 1/8 8; w84 6/15 9; w84 10/1 5; w84 11/1 5; g84 4/8 13-14; g84 11/8 16-17; g82 1/8 30; g82 7/22 7, 29; w80 10/1 18; g79 7/22 29; g78 4/22 15-17; g78 6/22 3; w77 167; w77 710; g77 4/22 29; g77 6/8 22
effect on attitude toward crime: w84 6/15 9
effect on attitude toward work: g84 12/22 24
effect on eyes: g79 9/22 31
effect on grades: g84 12/22 23
effect on kindergarten classes: g80 12/22 30
effect on learning ability: g84 12/22 23-24
effect on mental skills: g84 12/22 23; g78 4/22 14-15
effect on obesity: g85 10/8 30
effect on physical fitness: g78 4/22 14; g77 11/22 31
effect on reading habits: g84 12/22 23-24; g82 8/22 24-25; g78 3/22 16-17
effect on young drivers: g84 7/8 30
example of parents in turning off: w78 1/1 29
harmful effects: g85 1/8 29-30; g84 12/22 22-24; g83 2/22 26-27; g82 10/22 6-8; g80 1/8 31; w78 1/1 29; w76 7
interview with a former addict: g84 12/22 24
life pattern improved without: g78 4/22 19-20; w77 167
number of commercials seen by the age of ten: g82 4/8 29
number of killings witnessed on TV by the age of 14: w84 10/1 5
parental guidance: g80 1/22 19-20; w78 1/1 29; fl 139-140; g78 4/22 18-20; w61 326-327; g61 9/8 29; g60 12/8 28; g57 11/22 20; g51 3/8 11
rivals a father in a child’s affection: g76 2/22 30
survey as to relationship between TV viewing and school test scores: g81 5/8 31
survey as to youths who watched programs they did not even like: g84 11/8 16
time spent viewing: w84 10/1 4-5; g84 12/22 22-23; g82 8/22 24; g76 3/8 29
color television: g77 5/8 30; g76 1/22 30; g54 1/22 12-16; g51 2/8 17-24; g47 2/22 27; g31 5/13 517
commercials: g57 12/8 17, 19-20; g56 9/8 14; g54 10/8 19-20
cost of, during 1984 Super Bowl: g85 4/22 29
“feelgood” ads: g79 4/22 5-6
communication of data: g63 2/22 31
controlling: g85 2/22 18-20
crime, corruption, and violence: g80 3/22 30; g80 4/8 9; g78 4/22 7-8, 10, 15-17; w77 77; g77 7/8 4-5; yy 119-121; g76 6/22 5; g71 11/22 23; g71 12/8 30; g70 3/22 30; g69 1/8 30; g69 1/22 29; g69 2/8 30; g69 2/22 7-8; g69 6/8 31; g69 7/22 5-6, 10-11; g69 9/22 30; g69 11/8 30; g68 1/8 13; g68 9/8 29-30; g67 7/22 30-31; g66 11/22 4; w65 692; g64 4/8 11; g64 5/22 30; g64 12/22 30; g63 12/22 10-12; g61 3/22 15; g61 6/8 29; g61 6/22 30; g59 5/22 16
criminals learn from: g78 4/22 10; g77 5/8 29
frequency of display of deadly weapons: g78 2/22 31
discussion: g84 11/8 16-18; g83 2/22 25-27; g82 10/22 3-9; g78 4/22 3-20; g74 9/8 8-11; g71 11/22 21-23
eating and drinking while watching: g77 7/8 31
educational use: g74 9/8 8, 10; g71 11/22 22-23; g70 11/22 29; g65 7/8 26; g62 8/22 30; g61 6/22 17; g61 11/22 30; g59 5/22 16-20; g59 11/8 15; g57 6/8 9-12; g57 11/22 20; w55 324; g48 8/8 24
electronic games: g77 11/22 29-30
experience:
family who stored TV away: g85 4/8 28
failure to teach courtesy: g82 3/8 15
families test living without, for one month: g78 8/22 31
family disputes regarding: g78 2/8 30
harmful effects: w83 8/15 28-29; g83 2/22 26-27; g82 10/22 4-9; g81 4/8 5; w80 11/15 6-7; g80 7/22 31; g78 4/22 4, 7-11; w77 77; g77 11/22 31; yy 119-122; g76 3/8 29; w75 503; g75 5/22 31; g75 6/22 26; g75 12/22 30; w74 91; w74 262, 272; g74 2/8 5; g74 9/8 9-11; w73 144; g73 1/22 31; g73 3/22 3-4; g73 4/22 11; g73 12/8 30; g72 1/22 29; g72 5/8 29; g71 1/8 11; g71 3/22 30; g70 3/8 31; g70 3/22 30; g69 1/22 29; g69 2/8 30; g69 2/22 8; g69 6/8 31; g69 7/22 10-11; g69 9/22 30; g69 11/8 30; g66 1/22 18; g64 12/8 30; g63 4/8 29
attitude toward work: g84 12/22 24
family communication: g85 1/8 4; g81 1/22 25
family life: g84 12/22 24; g78 4/22 10-11; g75 6/22 26; g69 11/8 30; g63 12/22 9; g61 6/22 17
learning: g84 12/22 23-24
morals: w64 420; g63 6/8 29-30; g63 12/22 11-12; w61 455-456; g61 3/8 29; g61 4/8 16; g61 6/8 29; g61 12/22 30; g59 7/22 3; g57 11/22 20; g51 3/8 8-10
potential for good unrealized: g82 7/22 29-30
reading: g85 9/8 5; g84 12/22 23-24; g76 7/22 29
sports: g53 3/22 16-18
work values: w84 6/1 31
hazards: g70 3/22 31; g67 9/8 31; g66 12/8 20
fire: g83 7/8 28; g83 9/22 28
safety hints: g79 1/8 31
hypnotism banned: g61 2/22 15
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
misrepresentation: km 1/77 2
television presentations by: qm 108-111; qm55 108-111
use by: yb82 243; yb79 166-167; yb77 186; g77 12/8 29; w75 43; yb75 232; w74 207; yb68 187-188; g68 11/8 18; qm 108-111; yb67 106; g66 10/22 22-23; mg63 49, 121, 147, 164, 180-181, 183, 191; w62 639-640; g62 3/22 26; qm55 108-111
Witness questioned at Ontario’s McMaster University: g76 2/22 13-16
letter and reply on TV’s influence on people: g85 3/8 28
letter regarding use of TV as robbery prevention: g84 1/8 28
materialism: g74 9/8 9
medicine: g71 12/22 31
moderation in use: g61 3/22 4
motion picture Exorcist II: g80 7/22 31
news: g84 2/8 31
news gathering: g77 3/22 7
number of nations producing programs: g75 8/22 30
number of owners: g74 9/8 8; g61 9/22 29
United States: g78 10/8 30; g76 8/8 30
number of sets: g64 3/22 31; g64 12/22 30
per capita by country: g78 5/8 30; g78 7/22 29
Soviet Union: g76 12/8 29
worldwide: g83 2/22 25; g78 4/22 3; g76 11/22 31
Pentecostal view of: w75 327
pictures of—
Mars: g65 1/22 29
moon: g65 5/8 31
power of: g83 2/22 25-26
number one influence: w74 360
preferred leisure activity: w74 273
preparing for a TV appearance: g75 2/8 31
principles of operation: g71 11/22 21; g69 3/22 16; g54 1/22 13-15; g51 2/8 18-19, 21-23; g48 8/22 7; g47 2/22 20-28; g35 1/30 268; g31 5/13 515-516
projecting image on wall: g77 1/22 30
quiz shows: g62 5/8 3; w61 547-548; g57 11/22 20; g54 1/8 3-4
religion:
absence as a moral force in dramas: w85 8/15 10
Electric Church: g81 3/22 5-12; g81 10/8 30
Evangelists: g82 5/22 30
programs: g84 4/22 30; g71 7/22 3-10; g70 8/8 30; w66 591; g65 2/22 29
requests for money: g83 7/8 29
repair shops: g76 9/22 30
satellite transmission: g76 8/22 30; g71 12/8 19; g66 6/22 29; g66 7/22 24-25; g64 5/8 30; g63 3/8 26; g63 8/22 29; g62 7/8 29; g62 8/22 29
selectivity: w83 6/15 19-20; km 10/80 8; g79 1/22 8; g78 4/22 19; w74 112; w74 153; g74 9/8 10-11; g72 11/22 11, 31; w69 761; w63 122; g63 12/22 12; w60 117; g60 12/8 28; g57 11/22 20; g51 3/8 11
sex: g83 2/22 26-27; g82 4/22 30; w81 10/1 10-11; g79 7/8 31
effect on viewer: g85 9/22 22
small sets: g57 7/22 4
“pocket-size” set: g77 4/8 30
soap operas: w84 11/15 29-30; w82 12/1 3-7; w81 10/1 8; g74 9/8 9
letters of appreciation for articles on: w83 12/1 23
spectators: g79 3/8 23-24
sponsoring of programs: g64 9/22 13; g57 12/8 18; g56 9/8 15
Stylesetter (previews appearance): g82 3/8 31
survey as to using TV as a baby-sitter: g82 10/22 6
talk shows: w74 563
tape recording: g63 11/22 19
three-dimensional: g85 12/22 24; g80 8/22 30
time consumed: g82 10/22 7; g78 4/22 3; w75 503; g75 11/8 30; g74 9/8 8, 10-11; g71 3/22 30; g71 12/8 30; g65 2/22 29; g65 11/22 3; w63 109; g63 12/22 10; g61 3/8 30; g61 6/8 29; g61 12/22 30; w59 35; w58 342; w57 92; g57 3/8 24; g57 6/8 9; w51 164; g51 3/8 8, 11
benefits of limiting: g79 11/22 31
by age 16: g79 11/22 6; g78 4/22 12
by age 18: w84 10/1 4-5; g84 12/22 22; g78 1/22 29; g77 7/8 29
by average family: g85 1/8 4; w84 11/15 14; g84 4/22 30; g80 1/8 30
by preschool children: g84 12/22 22
compared with reading: w79 4/1 7
gaining more free time through less: g80 9/8 7
per day: g84 12/22 22; g80 6/22 31; g80 12/22 30; g77 7/8 4
thief of time: w84 11/15 14
two-channel-at-once set: g77 7/22 31
underwater: g49 6/22 24
use in zoo: g65 8/8 30
videocassette recorders: g82 10/22 8
deleting commercial messages: g84 11/8 30
viewers’ inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy on: w81 10/1 8
view of “the father of modern television”: g82 3/22 31; g82 10/22 9
violence:
effect on viewer: g85 9/22 22
number of violent acts per hour: w84 11/1 5
vocabulary: g74 9/8 8-9
world’s largest, Jumbotron: g85 12/22 24-25
List by Place
Afghanistan:
first TV station: g77 11/22 30-31
Britain: g64 3/8 31; g61 12/22 30; g56 9/8 13-15; g54 3/22 21-23
family gets rid of TV set: g83 11/8 29-30
Chile: g62 11/8 25
Europe:
highest number among European nations: g77 4/22 30
Germany, Federal Republic of (West):
anti-TV club: g80 2/22 29
chancellor’s views: g78 8/8 29
Holocaust: w79 6/1 20
Indonesia:
ban on advertising: g81 11/8 29
Italy:
TV station silences monks: g78 9/22 30
Japan:
households owning color TV: g76 1/22 30
largest color set: g77 5/8 30
no way to relate TV violence to crime in Japan (quote): g78 6/22 3
Korea, Republic of (South):
Korean Broadcasting System’s program to reunite families separated by Korean War: g84 12/22 18-21
Portugal:
religious attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses: w66 591
South Africa: g82 4/22 30
first nationwide TV presentations: g76 3/22 30
Soviet Union: g69 5/22 30
number of sets: g76 12/8 29
Sweden:
result of program What Does the Church Say?: g65 2/22 29
United States:
homes that have: g77 9/8 31
number of owners: g78 10/8 30; g76 8/8 30
Zimbabwe: g61 6/22 16-19
Quotations
formidable educator whose effects are both pervasive and cumulative: g82 7/22 29
television takes up more time than any other activity: g82 10/22 3