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This is an interesting article
But in my opinion I have found television and other media are not necessarily the problem it is more how you approach what is shown through these forms of media.
The way I approach much of what is in the media and on the internet at the moment, is I try not to allow it to directly affect my life, rather I watch television and read (listen, watch..) information on the internet out of interest and entertainment and try not use it as a gauge of my own life or let it affect my life, this is not always possible, but I belive it reduces the negative effects while maintaining to positive benefits of increase information available to us all.
I have seen many people who do gauge their lives by what they see in different forms of media, rather than looking at their lives for themselves...... when you look at your life for your self and don't compare it to the ""rest of the world"" you may see some things you didn't want such as areas of you life where you are not living up to your own values in life, if you don't take a good honest look at yourself it can lead to conflict in your own mind that you don't even know is going on, it only manifests itself as feelings of frustration, depression, anger, dissappointment in your own life (but you don't really know why).
It is hard to look at yourself with your own eyes, but as soon as you do and measure you life against your own values and not what is shown to you on television, you can correct the areas where you are not measuring up to your own expectations and you will also most likely find once you start doing this that you do actually measure up and possibly even exceed your expectations in many areas of your life that you had not even considered.

Television's picture of the World By: Aaron Solly
 
Who creates our picture of the world around us? Today, we receive information from all over the world through TV and the Internet.

I was reminded about the impact outside influences can have on our perception of the world after reading a chapter from a book I was given earlier this year. The book is called ""The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People"" by David Niven. In this book, there is a chapter specifically on the effects of watching television. I have provided the content of this chapter below.

For a thousand generations, the Gwinch'in tribe lived in northern Alaska in nearly complete isolation from outside cultures. Tribal members were completely self-sufficient, surviving on skills taught to them by their parents and elders.

In 1980, one of the tribe's leaders acquired a television. Members of the tribe describe the event as the beginning of an addiction. Soon the native customs were ignored to maximize TV-watching time. One researcher said of the tribe's experience, ""For these natives, like anyone else, television is a cultural nerve gas. It's odorless, painless and tasteless, and deadly.""

What happened to the Gwinch'in traditions that had existed for thousands of years? In the words of one tribe member, ""Television made us wish we were something else. It taught us greed and waste, and now everything that we were is gone.""

This story doesn't have a happy ending, however the message is clear. TV, the Internet and other media can change our perspective of our own life. The more time we spend on our own life, the happier we will become.""

Now let’s strengthen that thing between your ears.

1. What impact has TV and/or the Internet had on your life?

2. What positive impacts do they have on your life?

3. What negative impacts do they have on your life?

4. What are your thoughts on TV and the Internet teaching greed and waste?

5. What do you do in your life to continue to follow the values and beliefs passed on to you by your family, friends, mentors etc.?

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