‘Remember, it’s just television’

Television and its Viewers

Television violence and its effect on children.

Television (TV) has become a large part of children's activities. Much discussion exists as to the level of violence on TV programs and its effect on children's behavior. This article reviews the literature, discusses social issues, and presents some interventions available to nursing professionals to assist children and families in coping with the impact of TV on children's lives.

Inability to Remember--Its Analysis in Medicolegal Orientation

It's not just the television: survey analysis of sedentary behaviour in New Zealand young people

BACKGROUND Sedentary behaviour has been linked with adverse health outcomes in young people; however, the nature and context of being sedentary is poorly understood. Accurate quantification and description of sedentary behaviour using population-level data is required. The aim of this research was to describe sedentary behaviour among New Zealand (NZ) youth and examine whether sedentary behavio...

Preserving Digital Public Television: Not Just an Archive, but a New Attitude to Preserve Public Broadcasting

Television production has shifted rapidly from an analog process to one where virtually all programs are created and finalized as digital files. Such productions in public television are at great risk of being lost, because practices for long-term preservation of digital video are just now emerging, and because there is no mandate for preservation within the public broadcasting system. NDIIPP f...