Television is by nature predominantly ...

Television is by nature predominantly drug culture of enslavement. Control over the content of his uniformitarianism and repeatability inevitably make television an instrument of violence, brainwashing and manipulation of the individual. Television is the viewer a trancelike state that is a prerequisite for brainwashing. As the nature of drugs and technologies, the nature of television can not be changed, television can be rebuilt or reformed nothing more than the production technology of automatic weapons. " (Jerry Mander. Four Arguments for the Eliminatsion of Television. New York: Quill. 1978) test for the detection of television dependency: abstain for 3-4 days of watching TV. 1. if you have at the same time there were weakness, tiredness, weakness, uncertainty, anxiety, fears and sense of helplessness and neprikayannosti, as well as a decline disability. 2. If you are experiencing frustration and begins to irritate you every detail, mood and falls at the first opportunity "to access the TV" You calm down and forget all worries. 3. if you lose your temper at the same time: answer to irritation, anger, anger or express his displeasure at the slightest pretext. 4. if you have the feeling that you something is missing while you lean heavily on a sense of emptiness, or you feel "at ease" as well as a decline disability. 5. If you have any discomfort, an unpleasant condition, dissatisfaction with something or you feel the apathy, indifference, detachment, regret, sadness, grief, sadness, depression. 6. if you find yourself in guilt, humiliation, resentment toward someone, suffering, pain, unbearable torment 7. if it all disappears, you should again turn on the TV 8. If you are running flat, kitchen, mountain unwashed dishes and you are ashamed to invite anyone to visit 9. If your children have problems in relations with spouse appeared chill of alienation and lack of sex life and in the morning you became difficult to get up. 10. If your old hobbies, hobby forgotten and you can not remember when was the last time you read a serious book, were in the theater or a concert live. 11. if all the problems and failures telegeroev you perceive as their own, and in conversations with friends and colleagues you do not talk about, as soon as the theme, seen on TV. 12. if you spend every night at least 4-5 hours and if you are not able to conduct this test, then ... If you find yourself at least three criteria - consult a specialist. Measures should be taken that these signs did not escalate into a serious relationship (level of need, habit). If you found yourself in half of these traits - need professional help (the level of the beginning and development of dependence - I and stage II), with no psychological help is necessary. If you have found out more than five attributes - is formed depending on the level that corresponds to the II-III stage - a threat to the health, social status, family life, this is an indication that in addition to the television depending you have formed a combination of depression or other forms of dependency).