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When did television make it to private homes?
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1930's
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Explain the explosion of TV's in private homes.
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1936- 200 homes with TV sets
1996- almost 2 billion TV sets worldwide |
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How many TV's per home?
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2001 Census Bureau- 2.4 TV's per house.
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How many kids have TV's in their homes?
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99%
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American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation regarding TV
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children under two should not watch ANY tv
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Christakis study on kids/tv
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early exposure linked to attention problems. as the number of hours of TV increased, likelihood of attention difficulties increased
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negative impacts of TV
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-childhood obesity
-violent behavior -developmental issues |
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Singer & Singer
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if the environmental influences of language acquisition was a 4 course dinner.... television input would be one of the dessert options
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TV viewing styles
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1- ignore completely
2- focus completely 3- play while watching #3 kids performed better with word production/comprehension |
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TV & eating
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- 60% of TV advertising is food-related
- people eat while watching tv |
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Displacement theory
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What children could be doing if they weren't watching TV that would stimulate and nurture the brain (reading, attending museums, cultural events, school work)
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screen media time vs. reading time
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children under 6
2 hours/day with screen media 39 minutes/day reading or being read to |
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2 biggest reasons for slang
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1- to show that someone is "in the swim"
2- to show that someone is NOT "in the swim" |
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Historical trend of slang (new trend)
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Slang will not disappear; but it will continue to evolve
-texting has been likened to slang |
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Teenagers and online (related to single/married households?)
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Nope... more related to socioeconomic status (more married households have computers at home, but it's generally because they earn more)
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SES and going online
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93% teens go online of households that earn >$75k
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IM's affecting communication skills of our children?
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IM strips down all unnecessary items (capitals, punctuation, spelling) until its down to its bare phonetic representation
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Effects of this "slang" genre?
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Too soon to tell (longitudinal studies haven't been completed)
-some say it's bad (trying to break bad habits) -others say that it's good (any communication is good communication) |
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Pragmatic implications of technology
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-many people use cell phones, BB's, etc. during dinner, dates, movies
-many answer phones in mid-conversation -cyber harassment in grades 7-9 |
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2010 techonology predictions
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70% of people in developed nations will spend 10 times longer (per day) interacting with people through technology than in person
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