美国研究社区意识衰落问题的泰斗罗伯特·普特南发现，电视节目是导致“社会资本 ” — —即维持社区凝聚的信任 — — 衰减的核心因素。
Robert Putnam, the leading scholar of America’s declining sense of community, has found that TV viewing is the central explanation of the decline of “social capital,” the trust that binds communities together.