http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-4050 Tony Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:37:45 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-4050 I was supposed to be watching the TV? I call it more catatonia in front of the TV. I was supposed to be watching the TV? I call it more catatonia in front of the TV.

]]> http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-4049 scott Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:39:04 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-4049 This is shocking! Who would have thunk it? This is one stupid study. All you have to do is ask one depressed person and they will tell you they can't concentrate worth a darn to read, so you switch on the tube instead. This is shocking! Who would have thunk it? This is one stupid study. All you have to do is ask one depressed person and they will tell you they can’t concentrate worth a darn to read, so you switch on the tube instead.

]]> http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-4048 Lisa Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:56:20 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2008/11/18/least-surprising-headline-of-the-day-6/#comment-4048 The whole study seems like a pointless academic exercise to me. The author says: "this habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise" - this strikes me as a rather trite attempt to establish a causal link between tv watching and depression. Aren't there more useful things university sociologists could be studying?! The whole study seems like a pointless academic exercise to me. The author says: “this habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise” – this strikes me as a rather trite attempt to establish a causal link between tv watching and depression. Aren’t there more useful things university sociologists could be studying?!

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