They point to other destructive
aspects of television that have been stressed by television researchers and theorists; the privatization
of experience at the expense
of family and social interaction and rela - tionships; (33) the promotion
of fear as the appropriate attitude to
life: (34) television's cultural levelling effects which blur local, regional, and national differences and impose a distorted and primarily free - enterprise, competitive and capitalistic picture
of events and their significance; (35) television's suppression
of social dialogue; (36) its distorted and exploitative presentation
of certain social groups: (37) the increasing alienation felt by most viewers in relation to this
central means
of social communication; (38) and its negative effects on the development
of the full range
of human potential.