Influence of TV
Sir,—Several experienced media people have speculated recently on the influence of television watching on the impressionable minds of the young. By the age of 16 the average youngster has been looking at television for double the time he has spent receiving formal classroom education whose content and teachers are well supervised by the Government, in contrast to the random “education” provided by TV. I would take a lot of convincing that all this “bastard education” does nothing but good. Sooner or later society must face up to the problem. For a start I suggest that anyone engaged in the production of media news and views should undergo a course of training and receive a certificate similar to those demanded of teachers. Pay might have to be adjusted upward, but the benefit in terms of responsibility and skill would far outweigh the costs.— YOUrS ’\&ION WILKINSON. (December 16, 1985.
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