- Date
- 2004-11
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologyfamilycommunitypublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The essay “A year without television” reflects on a household’s decision to remain television-free despite having satellite receivers and wiring available, and on the activities and conversations that filled the time instead.
Evidence limits
This is one household’s personal account, not a survey of island media use.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "A year without television."A first-person essay describes choosing not to connect the household to satellite television and filling the time with other activities. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the personal essay.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island household reflects on living a year without television”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-year-without-television-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "A year without television." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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