Well, it's not entirely relevant to the topic, but I will go ahead anyway. My paper was essentially over the ideas of how public television is programmed; its time intervals of entertainment vs. advertisement and the effects on the human brain.
So a TV program of about 30 minutes runs off of roughly 5 minutes of commercials, so you're getting 25 minutes (approximately) of actual entertainment/engagement. Then the time in between is made up of commercials which usually last from 30 seconds to 1:15. With these splices of concentration introduced at a very adolescent age, you will severely impair that particular adolescent's ability to receive and digest information. The child will think in time intervals related to TV programming.
A child's mind's development stages are through the ages of 1-3 (roughly depending upon the individual of course). If a child is shown any public television programming for prolong periods of time (which usually happens in this day, as an acting "baby-sitter"), it can corrupt the child's way of thinking. The symptoms are then usually shown around the ages of 5-7; roughly when a child starts to reveal problem-solving and critical thinking skills (on the proportioned level of a child of course).
It was an interesting project and I learned a lot from it and when I have my kids, they will NOT be watching ANY public TV whatsoever. If/when they do, it will be on a (whatever digital format for entertainment is around that day and age); so it will be commercial free and I will make sure that we discuss and analyze said material so that they can exercise their critical, independent, and creative thinking skills.
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