Professor Neil Postman, author of Amusing Ourselves to Death, reports that between the ages of six and eighteen, the average American spends some 15,000 to 16,000 hours in front of the TV or computer, whereas he spends only 13,000 hours in school. Postman says that during the first 20 years of an American’s life, they will see over one million commercials, at the rate of about 1,000 per week!
Media’s effects are infamous. People who frequently watch TV have the following: a shortened attention span, reduced linguistic power, and a limited capacity for abstraction. Thus, they struggle to think about God; they struggle to talk about God; they struggle to think about heaven; and they struggle to grow in Christ. What a negative impact!
From GEM-05c – Getting Serious About God in An Amused World (071118AM)
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