Sentences with phrase «heavy television viewers»

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Gerbner explained to the study committee the role of television in creating a «mean and violent world» in the minds of many viewers — particularly heavy viewers:

For most heavy viewers of religious television, watching is both an expression of belief and an act of protest against the world of general television.

The study boldly suggests that «commercial television viewing may supply or supplant (or both) some religious satisfactions and thus lessen the importance of religion for its heavy viewers» (p. 10).

Heavy viewers of religious television are more likely than light viewers to describe themselves as conservative, to oppose a nuclear freeze, and to favor tougher laws against pornography.

When heavy viewers were asked whether watching religious television had changed their involvement in the local church, 7 % said it had, and 3 % said it had decreased their involvement.

The Annenberg report boldly suggests that «commercial television viewing may supply or supplant (or both) some religious satisfactions and thus lessen the importance of religion for its heavy viewers.

Heavy viewers of general television tend to describe themselves as politically moderate, are more likely than light viewers to favor a nuclear freeze, and are not as concerned with pornography.

Studies show consistently that heavy viewers of television begin to reflect the perceptions and myths which television subtly propogates.

Most children and adults who are heavy viewers of television express a greater sense of insecurity and apprehension about their world — the «mean world» syndrome — than do light viewers, and the generation of insecurity, vulnerability, and dependence creates the overall condition in which violence is facilitated in society.

On a tilted, heavy - headed television, the viewer sees fragmented rectangles showing cars crashing and billowing gas mixed with more tranquil images of telephone poles and clear skies.