Television addiction
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Not to be confused with Television Addict.
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Television addiction is a disorder studied in television studies where the subject has a compulsion to watch television programming. The compulsion can be extremely difficult to control in many cases. It has many parallels to other forms of behavioral addiction, such as addiction to drugs or gambling, which create an altered mental state in the subject. It can occur at any age.
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Television addiction is not a diagnosable condition of DSM-IV[1] . It is however, widely recognized as a real problem that people face.[citation needed]
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- ^ McIlwraith, Robert. ""I', addicted to television": the personality, imagination, and TV watching patterns of self-identified TV addicts". www.bnet.com. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6836/is_n3_v42/ai_n25025100/. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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