26-20
TELE (local slang for television)
The group leader guides the discussion through 4 main areas of questions:
1. Naming the problem
What do you see in the picture? How does this family live? What do they have
in their house? How does the television compare with the other objects in the
house? What are the people doing? What problems do they have? What sort of
things do they see on T.V.?
2. Effects on the discussion group
Does your family have a T.V.? How many families in the neighborhood have
one? How much time do they spend watching it? Which programs do they
prefer? Who watches most, young people or adults? In a half-hour program, how
many minutes are spent on advertising?
3. Causes of the problem
What do people learn from T.V.? How does it affect children who watch it a
lot? Who pays for the programs? Who benefits from television? Does it help
people solve their problems? Does it provide an escape from problems? In what
way? What larger problems relate to what we see in this picture?
4. Possible solutions
Would it be possible for T.V. to serve the people better? How? Is this likely to
happen? Would it be possible to live without T.V.? Would this be better? What
might this family do? What might we all do?