Television_In_Relationships

Television In Relationships Introduction Little is known about married couples and the role of television in their relationship and Margaret O. Fincane and Cary W. Horvath have set out in the article, Lazy Leisure: A qualitative investigation of the relational uses of television in marriage, to find out more. As stated by Haslett & Alexander (1998), television has always provided viewers with a common social reality that interpersonal communication can build upon. Many investigative studies in the past have focused around parent-child coviewing and have never ventured toward the types of communications that build around television viewed between married couples. Communication researchers don’t know why, but do know that couples evaluate television as a positive part of their lives. According to Harris (1994), television is a form of entertainment comprising almost half of our leisure time, the relationships that are built in the home while watching television are important. Television as Interaction Television has always been viewed as a negative influence in the home that tears a family apart due to the lack of interaction while watching. Researchers believe that watching television is an interactive type of reaction. For example, Kubey (1990), found that watching television at home with someone else can build such emotions television, couples, study, watching, viewing, relational, participants, time, social, communication, found, researchers, watch, together, idea, future, coviewing, affiliation, while, tv, research, relationship, positive, married, learning, interactive, home, facilitation, even, control, about, viewed, typology, two, talk