Television consumption
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Television consumption is a major part of media consumption in Western culture. Similar to other high-consumption way of life, television watching is prompted by a quest for pleasure, escape, and "anesthesia." Extreme dependence on television is actually an addiction to the prepackaged forms through which pleasure, escape, and anesthesia can be conveniently attained.
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Statistics
In the US, there is an estimated 119.9 million TV households in the TV season 2018/19.
In 2017, an average U.S. consumer spent 238 minutes (3h 58min) daily watching TV.
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See also
- Digital divide
- Internet television (Online TV)
- People meter
- Smart TV
- Social aspects of tv
- Streaming service
- Television addiction
- Television advertising
- Television program
- Television studies
- TV formatting
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