What does TV do to your Head?

[itsthepathocrats]

http://psychicdriving.com/disconnect/television.html


Psychophysiologist Thomas Mulholland found that high frequency alpha waves [sic] does not occur normally when the eyes are open. In fact, Mulholland’s research implies that watching television is neurologically analogous to staring at a blank wall.
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While watching television, the brain appears to slow to a halt, registering low alpha wave readings on the EEG. This is caused by the radiant light produced by cathode ray technology [CRT, LCDs also?] within the television set [increases serotonin levels?]. Even if you're reading text on a television screen the brain registers low levels of activity. Once again, regardless of the content being presented, television essentially turns off your nervous system.

Television, Drug of a Nation
http://psychicdriving.com/disconnect/television_article_01.html



I will let you in on a little secret that marketers and governments have been relying on for decades. That television you watch every day, your secret best friend, is an addictive opiate, and not only that, it’s one of the most potent mind control devices ever produced. And I’m not just basing this on intuition. I have the neurological evidence to prove it.
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When you watch TV, brain activity switches from the left to the right hemisphere. In fact, experiments conducted by researcher Herbert Krugman showed that while viewers are watching television, the right hemisphere is twice as active as the left, a neurological anomaly.1 The crossover from left to right releases a surge of the body’s natural opiates: endorphins, which include beta-endorphins and enkephalins. Endorphins are structurally identical to opium and its derivatives (morphine, codeine, heroin, etc.). Activities that release endorphins (also called opioid peptides) are usually habit-forming (we rarely call them addictive)
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....when you're watching television the higher brain regions (like the midbrain and the neo-cortex) are shut down, and most activity shifts to the lower brain regions (like the limbic system). The neurological processes that take place in these regions cannot accurately be called “cognitive.”
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Herbert Krugman’s research proved that watching television numbs the left brain and leaves the right brain to perform all cognitive duties. This has some harrowing implications for the effects of television on brain development and health. For one, the left hemisphere is the critical region for organizing, analyzing, and judging incoming data. The right brain treats incoming data uncritically, and it does not decode or divide information into its component parts.

[bojo68]

Makes my ears grow gray hairs....

[phill4paul]

I agree. the only time I really "watch" television is when I have too many things on my mind and I just need to go to sleep.

[RSLudlum]

My entire household has cut down on it's TV viewing drastically in the past 6mos...The only time I watch TV now is to find out what kind of info everybody else is getting and then it's for no extended amount of time; I really can't stomach it much anymore.

[Anti Federalist]

I have only one in the house, and to my mind, it's one too many.

If I had my way, I'd drag it out back and shoot it.

[Andrew-Austin]

So I wasted so much time growing up basically staring at a magically hypnotic blank wall. Least I kicked the habit years ago at a young age, but still time wasted like that...


Have they conducted tests like this on interweb surfing?

[dannno]

It makes people apart of the collective consciousness of the establishment, and as the article demonstrates is an extremely effective brainwashing tool.

[RSLudlum]

Have they conducted tests like this on interweb surfing?


I was actually thinking the same while reading the linked articles.

[Andrew-Austin]

I was actually thinking the same while reading the linked articles.

I mean this kind of stuff really helps people kick bad habits. I'm sure we've all heard stories of someone immediately quit smoking, after seeing a picture of their lungs from a doctor.

I'd show this to TV-viewing family members but I'm a tad bit afraid of insulting them.

[orafi]

So I'm only half the brain my ancestors were?

[dr. hfn]

i threw my tv out in the street during the presidential campaign

[nodope0695]

If I watch the MSM, then it makes me into a mindless sheep who should die.

[schiffstudent]

If you are all going to agree that viewing all tv is bad then you have to say the same about You Tube videos that we've learned so much from. Not all tv is crap, just most of it, but if watched properly it can be a great educational tool. I mainly just watch historical programs, documentaries and classic boxing, for me anything else is a waste.

[dannno]

If you are all going to agree that viewing all tv is bad then you have to say the same about You Tube videos that we've learned so much from. Not all tv is crap, just most of it, but if watched properly it can be a great educational tool. I mainly just watch historical programs, documentaries and classic boxing, for me anything else is a waste.

I agree, but also consider that television utilizes audio frequencies and psychological patterns that lull people as well. The film Zeitgeist actually scares people who watch TV into thinking that they are about to get brainwashed with misinformation because they use an overt audio and visual pattern at the beginning of the film, when the reality of what it presents is actually quite accurate and the information contained within is completely backed up with citations. It's really making a point about what we have known about the brainwashing techniques used by television for a long time, and really what it is supposed to represent is de-programming, but they are just messing around with the audio and visual patterns, obviously it doesn't actually do that.

[Theocrat]

I don't know if I agree with what the information in the OP says, but I do know that too much Internet browsing can lead to this (especially here on Liberty Forest):

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/funnyshittwentytwo.gif

[nodope0695]

If you are all going to agree that viewing all tv is bad then you have to say the same about You Tube videos that we've learned so much from. Not all tv is crap, just most of it, but if watched properly it can be a great educational tool. I mainly just watch historical programs, documentaries and classic boxing, for me anything else is a waste.


I only watch the following: Discovery, History, NGC, Travel, TV Land, and occasionally the scrambled channels where if you look really hard, you can see a boobie.

[schiffstudent]

I agree, but also consider that television utilizes audio frequencies and psychological patterns that lull people as well. The film Zeitgeist actually scares people who watch TV into thinking that they are about to get brainwashed with misinformation because they use an overt audio and visual pattern at the beginning of the film, when the reality of what it presents is actually quite accurate and the information contained within is completely backed up with citations. It's really making a point about what we have known about the brainwashing techniques used by television for a long time, and really what it is supposed to represent is de-programming, but they are just messing around with the audio and visual patterns, obviously it doesn't actually do that.

I'm not really a Zeitgeist fan, but I can definitely agree that TV has played a huge role into conditioning our society into being over consuming sloths and becoming enslaved debtors.

[schiffstudent]

I only watch the following: Discovery, History, NGC, Travel, TV Land, and occasionally the scrambled channels where if you look really hard, you can see a boobie.

HA!! Man, I remember those days when we had our huge satellite dish, where as a young teen, I also watched my first scrambled boobies. I didn't know they still make those dishes :D

[dannno]

I'm not really a Zeitgeist fan, but I can definitely agree that TV has played a huge role into conditioning our society into being over consuming sloths and becoming enslaved debtors.

Well the whole point of the first part of Zeitgeist is that you don't have to believe every little detail because the information has been controlled, changed and discarded over time. Even if it is evidence for 9/11, etc.. The point is that we have found out about these types of things in the past and we didn't adequately question the event. They straight up say that information has been controlled, changed and discarded over time, but many people don't seem to correlate what the movie is saying with the movie itself. I always have a very hard time explaining this, but that is very important for people to understand in order to comprehend the truth that is presented in the second and more importantly the third part of the film, the third part of the film being related to the components you stated you agree with above. So next time, if there is one, you can sit back and enjoy the film for what it is and understand that the cognitive dissonance to some information is natural, and you can do your own research to find out your own personal beliefs.

[itsthepathocrats]

If you are all going to agree that viewing all tv is bad then you have to say the same about You Tube videos that we've learned so much from. Not all tv is crap, just most of it, but if watched properly it can be a great educational tool. I mainly just watch historical programs, documentaries and classic boxing, for me anything else is a waste.

Yes, the computer screen has similar impact as the TV screen....

"....when you're watching television the higher brain regions (like the midbrain and the neo-cortex) are shut down, and most activity shifts to the lower brain regions (like the limbic system). The neurological processes that take place in these regions cannot accurately be called “cognitive."


I agree, but also consider that television utilizes audio frequencies and psychological patterns that lull people as well. The film Zeitgeist actually scares people who watch TV into thinking that they are about to get brainwashed with misinformation because they use an overt audio and visual pattern at the beginning of the film, when the reality of what it presents is actually quite accurate and the information contained within is completely backed up with citations. It's really making a point about what we have known about the brainwashing techniques used by television for a long time, and really what it is supposed to represent is de-programming, but they are just messing around with the audio and visual patterns, obviously it doesn't actually do that.
Please keep the Zeitgeist psyop out of this discussion... lets focus on the technology, which is the primary technique of interest. Once the technology transitions humans into non-cognitive-states, they can download whatever "content" they want into our cerebral "kernel."

[heavenlyboy34]

I only watch the following: Discovery, History, NGC, Travel, TV Land, and occasionally the scrambled channels where if you look really hard, you can see a boobie.

You make me laugh. :D

[heavenlyboy34]

If you are all going to agree that viewing all tv is bad then you have to say the same about You Tube videos that we've learned so much from. Not all tv is crap, just most of it, but if watched properly it can be a great educational tool. I mainly just watch historical programs, documentaries and classic boxing, for me anything else is a waste.

I don't think of youtube the same way I think of television. It seems more like an "impression" of TV than TV itself. Sort of the way a photo is a snapshot of reality, not reality itself. It could be bad if one spends hours watching youtube, but the most vids are relatively short. Plus, it's not a continuous stream-you have to make an effort to find the vids, which puts the time more into perspective (at least for me it does). TV tends to make people oblivious to passing time, so they wind up watching for hours without even realizing it. :eek:

[Bro.Butch]

How Television Affects Your Brain Chemistry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw_7CJ5ozaM

TV Mind Control, Brainwash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdy-wF3h9Q

Controlling society http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtht2BPCl9k&feature=related

XXX-Mind Control - TV Education - Mass Media http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdmpv48Rwo&feature=related

The media is controlled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlvdSQ6cAM

[lucius]

^^

[The_Orlonater]

The only good TV, is a TV used for social gaming, about once a year.

I hate TV.

[Rael]

If there is porn on the TV, my head gets bigger and turns purple.

[Matt Collins]

After Feb 5th 08 (Super Tuesday) I got rid of my cable box and just do NetFlix. I haven't watched TV in almost a year.

Now I cannot stand to be in the same room when broadcast/cable TV is on; especially the news. It makes me want to scream, yell, and throw things at the TV even on the most average unimportant stories. Why? Because their shallowness, ignorance promotion, and bland propaganda has become crystal clear.

If you quit watching TV (especially the news) for a month or two, and then go back to watching it, things will become exceptionally transparent, and you will feel the same rage I promise!

[The_Orlonater]

After Feb 5th 08 (Super Tuesday) I got rid of my cable box and just do NetFlix. I haven't watched TV in almost a year.

Now I cannot stand to be in the same room when broadcast/cable TV is on; especially the news. It makes me want to scream, yell, and throw things at the TV even on the most average unimportant stories. Why? Because their shallowness, ignorance promotion, and bland propaganda has become crystal clear.

If you quit watching TV (especially the news) for a month or two, and then go back to watching it, things will become exceptionally transparent, and you will feel the same rage I promise!

Father leaves it on all the time. That shit dumbs me down and makes me forget my Austrian Economics and the other historical things I read, that and the public school. 5 months..., 5 months.

[heavenlyboy34]

Father leaves it on all the time. That shit dumbs me down and makes me forget my Austrian Economics and the other historical things I read, that and the public school. 5 months..., 5 months.


After Feb 5th 08 (Super Tuesday) I got rid of my cable box and just do NetFlix. I haven't watched TV in almost a year.

Now I cannot stand to be in the same room when broadcast/cable TV is on; especially the news. It makes me want to scream, yell, and throw things at the TV even on the most average unimportant stories. Why? Because their shallowness, ignorance promotion, and bland propaganda has become crystal clear.

If you quit watching TV (especially the news) for a month or two, and then go back to watching it, things will become exceptionally transparent, and you will feel the same rage I promise!
QFT-to both of you

[Matt Collins]

occasionally the scrambled channels where if you look really hard, you can see a boobie.



HA!! Man, I remember those days when we had our huge satellite dish, where as a young teen, I also watched my first scrambled boobies. I didn't know they still make those dishes :D
That is soooooo 1993 ;)



If there is porn on the TV, my head gets bigger and turns purple.And then it explodes, right? :D

[Fox McCloud]

I don't know if I agree with what the information in the OP says, but I do know that too much Internet browsing can lead to this (especially here on Liberty Forest):

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/funnyshittwentytwo.gif

agreed, Theocrat.


In any event I'm sure there's some validity to the statements...none-the-less, I'm always analyzing things that are going on in a show's storyline or plot...it's usually only with comedy that I really enjoy that I ever "lose myself" so to speak.

In any event, I was never a big TV watcher when I was younger--it just didn't appeal to me really; the only thing I enjoyed were the (now very very long gone) Saturday morning cartoons.....besides that, I may have watched about...oh...maybe 1-2 hours a week.

These days, if I watch TV it's mostly re-runs of sitcoms I like, a few newer shows, and movies.

[heavenlyboy34]

That is soooooo 1993 ;)


And then it explodes, right? :D
rumor is that the explosion occurs after light friction is applied consistently for a few minutes. ;):eek:

[Matt Collins]

rumor is that the explosion occurs after light friction is applied consistently for a few minutes. ;):eek:Bah... minutes? What about seconds? :o

[heavenlyboy34]

Bah... minutes? What about seconds? :o

If it only takes seconds...I imagine there's a little blue pill for that. ;) I've never dealt with that problem-maybe another RPFer could help ya.

[KevinR]

I'm glad they are doing this digital switch, it forces me to do other things and do homework without being distracted by tv...That and I only get 5 channels at the moment :)

But from a propaganda standpoint, it seems counterproductive to turn off soo many tvs, unless they are assuming most will buy new ones or the boxes...

[NCGOPer_for_Paul]

After Feb 5th 08 (Super Tuesday) I got rid of my cable box and just do NetFlix. I haven't watched TV in almost a year.

Now I cannot stand to be in the same room when broadcast/cable TV is on; especially the news. It makes me want to scream, yell, and throw things at the TV even on the most average unimportant stories. Why? Because their shallowness, ignorance promotion, and bland propaganda has become crystal clear.

If you quit watching TV (especially the news) for a month or two, and then go back to watching it, things will become exceptionally transparent, and you will feel the same rage I promise!

LOL!!

About the only things on TV I watch are sports, the occassional show on Discovery or History, or maybe a movie on HBO.

My wife will watch the news. Occasionally I hear the stories they report on. I feel the same way as you when I hear them.

The good thing is that both my wife and I are such sports fanatics so the only thing on during prime time is a hockey game, basketball game, football game, or baseball game depending on the season. And yes, we subscribe to NHL Center Ice and MLB Extra Innings and we get more than our money's worth.

[pacelli]

Now I cannot stand to be in the same room when broadcast/cable TV is on; especially the news. It makes me want to scream, yell, and throw things at the TV even on the most average unimportant stories. Why? Because their shallowness, ignorance promotion, and bland propaganda has become crystal clear.

If you quit watching TV (especially the news) for a month or two, and then go back to watching it, things will become exceptionally transparent, and you will feel the same rage I promise!

Absolutely agreed!! I experience the same phenomenon. I used to be a cable news junkie. Even when I wasn't watching it, it was on. Since I stopped watching, I have zero tolerance for it. I honestly cannot stand to watch any cable news channel for more than a minute or two at the most. In addition to the garbage peddling & propaganda that you mention above, the channels are too disorienting with the graphics, constant rapid movements, and sound effects.

Turning off cable news has definitely impacted my ability to carry on a conversation with people who are still cable news addicts. I just don't have any frame of reference anymore. They bring up 1 news story after another, expecting me to mirror their reaction. They have wonderful memory for what is reported, and then emotionally react in the way that the report is delivered. I think the information cited in the original post is spot on regarding the effects of TV on the brain.

[Matt Collins]

Absolutely agreed!! I experience the same phenomenon. I used to be a cable news junkie. Even when I wasn't watching it, it was on. Since I stopped watching, I have zero tolerance for it. I honestly cannot stand to watch any cable news channel for more than a minute or two at the most. In addition to the garbage peddling & propaganda that you mention above, the channels are too disorienting with the graphics, constant rapid movements, and sound effects.

You MUST check this out; it will only take a few seconds but they sum this up nicely:
http://www.jibjab.com/originals/what_we_call_the_news

The best quote? "this crap is turning our brains to goo":D


Turning off cable news has definitely impacted my ability to carry on a conversation with people who are still cable news addicts. I just don't have any frame of reference anymore. They bring up 1 news story after another, expecting me to mirror their reaction. They have wonderful memory for what is reported, and then emotionally react in the way that the report is delivered. I think the information cited in the original post is spot on regarding the effects of TV on the brain.Yes, very much so. I think there is a lot of sociology that goes into this nonsense.

[BuddyRey]

When I was little, I was a big TV watcher, but now the only thing I ever watch is The Dog Whisperer.

I feel ever so much more connected, informed, and mentally alert now that I don't watch 2+ hours of boob tube a day.

[nodope0695]

Well, if you watch it these days, it makes you sympathize with terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezzbola.