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Remotely Controlled
Dr Aric Sigman
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Description for Remotely Controlled
paperback. Britons spend an average of four hours a day watching television - television has become our national obsession. This work reveals the alarming reality of what television is actually doing to us physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially. It also show us how we can re-establish control away from the remote control. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
The figures are frightening: Britons currently spend an average of four hours a day watching television - that's more than a 24-hour day per week. Television has become our national obsession: it is our main source of common experience; it affects the way we think and act and, according to psychologist and broadcaster Dr Aric Sigman, its hold over our lives is so significant that, in some families, the television has greater influence over children than parents do.
In this insightful and shockingly perceptive assessment of our nation's relationship with the small screen, Dr Aric Sigman reveals for the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vermilion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091906900
SKU
9780091906900
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About Dr Aric Sigman
Dr Aric Sigman is an American psychologist, biologist, broadcaster and author who has lived in Britain for many years. He has been a columnist for Arena and Hello magazines and has written for the Independent. He won the Times Educational Supplement Best Information Book Award and was runner up in the Publisher's Awards as Best British Business Columnist. Dr Sigman ... Read more
Reviews for Remotely Controlled
...his argument is compelling...Sigman might inspire his own brand of TV dementia: sets thrown wildly from open bedroom windows, Aerosmith-style, smashing to smithereens while whole neighbourhoods applaud. Seriously, TV can ruin your life
Independent on Sunday
At last, definitive and readable proof that TV can damage your health. Well done, Sigman!
Oliver James 5
review: Compelling. Sigman ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
At last, definitive and readable proof that TV can damage your health. Well done, Sigman!
Oliver James 5
review: Compelling. Sigman ... Read more