Maybe TV’s not so bad after all
From the Wall Street Journal:
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business economists Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro aren’t sure that TV has been all that badf or kids. In a paper published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics this year, they presented a series of analyses that showed that the advent of television might actually have had a positive effect on children’s cognitive ability.
Gentkow’s and Shapiro’s article, PRESCHOOL TELEVISION VIEWING AND ADOLESCENT TEST SCORES: HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE COLEMAN STUDY, is available in LexisNexis in full text. Once the database is open, simply search for one of the authors.
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December 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Check out the book, “Everything bad is good for you”. It makes some interesting points about TV and video games that changed my mind a bit. I still do not play video games or watch TV, but it got me thinking.