TV and I..

kinBefore last week, I can't remember when was the last time I intentionally watched TV!

Sometimes (like once in two weeks) I turn TV on while cleaning the house, or cooking, basically I don't really watch it, I just use it as a silence-breaker and seldom I follow any of the programs.

According to an audio book about TVs and American Life, Americans spend 29 hours a week watching Tv, that's around 4 hours and few minutes a day. I can safely say that I watch TV for 0-29 minutes a week, and I'm sure some other people don't watch TV at all..

Fatima, my friend, told me the other day that when she actually watches TV for couple of hours it affects her negatively. She said that she noticed that after watching TV she turn to be a short-tempered person, which I can hardly imagine for how quite peaceful she is.

Video games? Internet? Audio books?, are these guys responsible for the end of the golden age of TV? is it really over?

Last week, I thought I'd start communicating with my TV, oh by that I mean: Turning it on and actually watching hehe. I found tons and tons of meaningless channels. By meaningless I don't mean entertaining channels cause I believe TV is an entertaining tool.. but I mean a channel that doesn't even qualify to be entertaining full of what we may call Junk-TV.

The majority of the remaining channels were entertaining, and the rest where actually useful.

I asked myself.. some of us might really watch tv just to watch tv.. not to learn anything not to do anything. I don't think I can do that. When I watch a movie or a show or even a commercial, I think there is a message in there, and when I receive the message, whether I like it or it, I still feel the power of the media.

Politically I don't trust news on TV. I may watch them, but I don't really believe all I see. I think the news are directed to convey what the owners or governments want the people to believe, and I don't like the idea that my mind is controlled, do you? :-)

I don't think I'll sell my TV yet.. Although I don't think of it as a friend, but Its noise break the silence of a home occupied by one person.

I might write more about this topic.. or I may not, but I can't blame TV for this ;-)