Ten Commandments for Family TV Viewing

1. Let TV expand and enlarge your world views.
2. Establish limits on how much TV your family watches.
3. Plan your TV viewing.
4. Develop Family Guidelines for selecting programs.
5. Make TV watching an interactive family event.
6. Question all media.
7. Don't hesitate to reject media that violate your family's values.
8. Don't hesitate to uplift media that reinforce your family's values.
9. Recognize media stereotypes.
10. Explore your child's culture.

Ten commandments courtesy of the Center for Media Literacy and the National Telemedia Council, Inc. Used by permission of the Center for Media Literacy.

Organizations Concerned with Values and the Media

The Center for Media Literacy
3101 Ocean Park Boulevard, #200
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-581-0260
310-581-0270 (fax)
Website: http://www.medialit.org

The National Telemedia Council, Inc.
1922 University Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53726
608-218- 1182
Fax: 608-218-1183
E-mail:  NNTelemedia@aol.com Website: www.nationaltelemediacouncil.org


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