Specifically, each 1-hour increase in television viewing at baseline was associated with a 9 percent increased risk of initiating drinking during the following 18 months, after controlling for age, gender, and other media use
Each one hour increase of watching taped programming or movies was associated with an 11 percent decrease in drinking initiation.
11- to 13-year-olds watch 27.7 hours and 14- to 18-year-olds watch 20.2 hours of broadcast and taped television programming each week
1998-1999 season, for example, indicates that 71 percent of all programming depicted alcohol use and 77 percent contained some reference to alcohol (Christensen, Henriksen, and Roberts, 2000).
In programs more popular with teenagers, 53 percent portrayed alcohol use; 84 percent of TV-14-rated programming, 77 percent of TV-PG programming, and 38 percent of TV-G programming depicted alcohol use.
40 percent of episodes portrayed drinking as an overall positive experience and 10 percent a negative one, although negative consequences were mentioned or portrayed in 23 percent of episodes.
Below is a list of some of the television programming that was on in 1998-1999 which was mentioned in the statistics above. Did you watch any of these programs? Do you recall alcohol being in the programs that you did view? Did it affect your decision to drink or not to drink?
Top Ten Worst
Dawson’s Creek
Melrose Place
Will and Grace
Ally McBeal
Spin City
The Drew Carey Show
Millenium
Friends
Suddenly Susan
That 70 Show
Top Ten Best
7th Heaven
Touched By An Angel
Promised Land
Early Edition
Smart Guy
Cosby
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Moesha
Sister, Sister
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ReplyDelete(First post didn't show text)I remember watching: 7th Heaven, Smart Guy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sister,Sister, and Boy Meets World. Out of all of them the only one I can't remember having alcohol in it is Smart Guy. However, its been awhile since I last saw the shows so I might not remember seeing it. Seeing it used in shows doesn't really affect my oppinion on alcohol use. I also feel that we have gotten so use to seeing it that we almost tune-it-out in a sense. For the record, I have not drank alcohol, and I don't plan on drinking alcohol anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteI have watched some of these shows in the past and really the episodes where there was some crazy drama with drinking or drugs would lose my interest rather quickly. So needless to say it didn't impact me much.
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