Study Says Internet Good, TV Bad

[tlaktan]

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/health_television_dc;_ylt=Ahoa6Km3.4OKvuZh2IdpNeCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/health_television_dc;_ylt=Ahoa6Km3.4OKvuZh2IdpNeCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The more time children spend watching television the poorer they perform academically, according to three studies published on Monday.</p>

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<p>For instance, children in third grade (approximately 8 years old) who had televisions in their bedrooms – and therefore watched more TV – scored lower on standardized tests than those who did not have sets in their rooms.</p>

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<p>“Consistently, those with a bedroom television but no home computer access had, on average, the lowest scores and those with home computer access but no bedroom television had the highest scores,” wrote study author Dina Borzekowski of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.</p>

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[bandit_TX]

<p>The author of Freakenomics discounted the effect of both TV and internet and has some solid data to back it up.</p>