Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Need some data - Pam in Fresno

[Pam Rank (pamrank]

Thanks Sharon  - That was very helpful. My appreciation. Pam.

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From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:34 AM
To: Cohousing-L Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Need some data - Pam in Fresno 

On Oct 29, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Pam Rank wrote:

> Any surveys or data collected that you are aware of which 
> specifically addresses how cohousers access information? What I mean 
> specifically is - I've been told that most cohousers do not own nor 
> watch television,

I doubt if it is true that cohousers don't watch TV, but for many here 
a big source is public radio, and newspapers. And journals. "Everyone" 
seems to listen to PBS. Some download radio news programs to their 
iPods. Others in the car. Others just listen.

On TV: When we moved in there was to be absolutely no TV in the 
commonhouse and some people did not have a TV at home.

Then we needed a TV for watching movies together.

Then we started watching programs together, like the Academy Awards, 
election coverage, football games.

Then some people wanted satellite TV and agreed to pay for it 
themselves.

The third year of satellite, about 5 years after move in, we put it in 
the operating budget with one person standing aside who objected on 
moral reasons -- TV had ruined society with its commercial and 
rightist messages. Controlled by the conservatives. He's a Green Party 
Candidate and a life long radical. Now close to 90. After a year or 
two, he watches TV with us -- special programs. Including the Academy 
Awards.

Some people liked having satellite in the CH because they could watch 
it there but didn't have it on in the house. They sent their spouses 
and teens to the CH.

As people started having children and they got older, more TVs 
appeared in houses, with cable. And computer games that were the 
scourge of the earth previously.

I would say on the whole, that people watch far less than "the Average 
American." If you go to someone's house, it is less likely to be on. 
But if it is, it is PBS or an educational TV channel, like National 
Geographic, etc. The kids do seem to know alot about Disney Channel 
and those pink power things.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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