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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Many people read or watch TV for 4 or more hours a day without being addicted I think.
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The Ashes are on, so yes, there is definitely >four hours going on around here at the moment! But in general - sure, an hour of news, a couple of primetime shows, and one late-night/talk show, and you're there. That's easily within the realm of "normal" for a lot of people on weeknights with no other activities planned. On the weekend, it's just one footy game and two other shows (or one long one). What activity a person is doing can also be difficult to define clearly: are we "watching TV" while the cricket's on and we're also having a beer together and idly chatting about our days and making plans for the weekend? Am I only "reading" when I'm also parenting?
"Addiction" has a very specific definition, and applying to behavioural compulsions in the first place (as noted above) is very very dodgy. Trying to then go a large stretch further and apply to it normal levels of activity that plenty of people engage in without any sense of compulsion or anxiety on withdrawal is just incorrect.