Remotely Controlled
How television is damaging our lives
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2007
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091906900 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091906903 |
| Author: | Aric Sigman |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vermilion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 25g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 126mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
…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 might inspire his own brand of TV dementia: sets thrown wildly from … windows, Aerosmith-style, while whole neighbourhoods applaud. * Independent on Sunday *
… the damage done to children, is forcefully pointed out. I found Sigman’s critique most welcome. * Publishing News, Personal Choice *
This is a book after my own heart, and every press should do a feature on it * The Bookseller *
Aric Sigman
Dr. Aric Sigman is an American psychologist, biologist, broadcaster, and author who has resided in Britain for many years. He has contributed as a columnist for Arena and Hello magazines and has written for The Independent.
His accolades include the Times Educational Supplement Best Information Book Award and a runner-up position in the Publisher’s Awards for Best British Business Columnist.
Dr. Sigman has extensive experience in media, having written, appeared in, and presented numerous prime-time radio and television documentary series. He frequently travels internationally to study the impact of television on diverse cultures, having visited countries such as Bhutan, Tonga, Myanmar, Iran, Korea, Vietnam, Mali, Bolivia, and Burkina Faso.
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