TV Turnoff Week
Today is the first day of TV Turnoff Week 2001.
In 1994, Adbusters launched TV Turnoff Week as a seven-day break from the dreamworld of the tube. It’s an explosive idea - this year, millions of people in over 25 countries around the world will take a break from televised culture. Some will host rallies, parties, or TV smash-ins to let the world know that TV Turnoff is a turn-on to reality. Most, though, will quietly celebrate. They’ll have friends over for dinner; play with their kids; go bowling, hiking or swimming; start a journal. Above all else, they will have time to think - and that makes them the most dangerous kind of citizen.
If you don’t think the TV Turnoff is for you (or you don’t think you can make it), try the Zen TV Experiment. It might give you a different perspective on what actually happens when you’re watching TV.
