Date : 23/04/2000
1.5 MILLION GERMANS DO NOT WATCH TV
BONN, APRIL 23 (KUNA) -- UP TO 1.5 MILLION GERMANS DO NOT WATCH TELEVISION
BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER ITS PROGRAMMES AS HARMFUL AND NEGATIVE, ACCORDING TO A
GERMAN EXPERT.
PROFESSOR PHILIP AGRAS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEDIA SCIENCES OF THE FACULTY
OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY AT BONN UNIVERSITY, TOLD KUNA THAT THESE GERMANS,
THE BULK OF WHOM ARE RICH AND CITY INHABITANTS, CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS A
DISTINCTIVE CLASS OF EDUCATED PEOPLE.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THE TV OPROGRAMMES "CONSTITUTE A DANGEROUS PHENOMENON AND
HARMFUL TO THEIR LIFE STYLE AND THEIR CREATIVITY POTENTIALS," HE SAID.
AGRAS SAID THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER GERMAN PEOPLE -- THE WHOLE POPULATION IS
85 MILLION SOULS -- DO NOT WATCH TV FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, SUCH AS
INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER HOBBIES AND ACTIVITIES.
THE SOCIAL EXPERT ADVESED PARENTS TO SUPERVISE THEIR CHILDREN, AGED BETWEEN
3-5 YEARS, AS THEY WATCH TV.
CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS SHOULD NOT WATCH TV FOR MORE THAN HALF
AN HOUR A DAY, HE ADDED, AS THEY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN EXERCISES AND OUTINGS,
HE ADDED. (END)
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