INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TV
- Number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000
- Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 38.5
- Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680
- Percentage of children ages 6-17 who have TV's in their bedrooms: 50
- Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
- Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
- Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500
- Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66
This Blog is for promote the TVturnoff week in Thailand.
- WeChange group and ally such as Tonkla institue, Nonviolence study center of Mahidol university, Makhampom Drama Group etc. had set campaign for TV Turnoff week in Thailand on 23-29 may 2007.
- The motto of this campaign is "Turnoff TV HAHAHA" that phrase is mean "Turnoff TV 555". 555 is a target of member who register for turnoff TV on that week and 555 in Thailand is mean HAHAHA. That metaphor of campaign is to fun, to turn on life.
- We promise, We will continue set this campaign every years.
Sorry if you can't understand my article, Because I'm weak on English language but I will improve it.
