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From: jimh@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Hori)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Living in the 20th C
Message-ID: <9266@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 88 22:40:04 GMT
References: <1880@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <1887@physics.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimh@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Hori)
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In article <1887@physics.UUCP> greg@physics.UUCP (Greg Tusar) writes:
>I too have noticed quite the same phenomena. Much to my own distress, I find that
>I would rather watch the news on TV than actually sit down and read the paper. 
>People tend to look for the more 'accessible', for lack of a better work, way of
>obtaining information. It is yet another indication of the intellectual and cultural
>decline of America - this kind of fast food approach to everything...
>
>-greg
>

That's why politicians are judged worthy of coverage
based on their ability to provide 'sound bites' - i.e.
short, catchy phrases - with content a neutral factor.

About your attention span problems with TV info versus
print media - my serious suggestion would be to get
rid of the TV.


jimh@ism780c.UUCP
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