“If everything on television is, without exception, part of a low-calorie (or even no-calorie) diet, then what good is it complaining about the adverts? By their worthlessness, they at least help to make the programmes around them seem of a higher level.” IfsHelpingSeemsLevelsTelevisionHigherLowsComplainingAdvertisingDietsExceptionProgrammesCaloriesHigher LevelAdvertsWorthlessness Book:America Source: America
“Television programming for children need not be saccharine or insipid in order to give to violence its proper balance in the scheme of things.... But as an endless diet for the sake of excitement and sensation in stories whose plots are vehicles for killing and torture and little more, it is not healthy for young children. Unfamiliar as yet with the full story of human response, they are being misled when they are offered perversion before they have fully learned what is sound.” NeedsGivingHumansChildrenLittlesStoriesYoungOrderSoundViolenceTelevisionBalanceHealthyResponseKillingSakeEndlessDietsExcitementTortureProgrammingPlotSensationsVehicleSchemesUnfamiliarYoung ChildrenPerversionMisledInsipid Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“The Street is as large as consciousness itself. So, when creating art for the street, be mindful of where the public's head is at these days. Give the public a real alternative to the strict diet of celebrity gossip, religion, and un-reality television.” GivingArtRealRealityConsciousnessStreetsTelevisionCreatingAlternativesThese DaysDietsGossipStrictCreating ArtReality TelevisionCelebrity Gossip Author:Eric Drooker
“Attention deficit is no longer the supposed domain of Generation Y's who were brought up on a diet of social media and new technology. A recent study revealed 65 percent of 55-64 year olds surf, text and watch television simultaneously.” YearsSocialAttentionWatchesTechnologyStudyGenerationsMediaTelevisionPercentSocial MediaDietsDomainDeficitNew TechnologySurfGeneration Y Author:Kevin Kelly