Watching 'Jersey Shore' might make you dumber, study suggests

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15. it would be helpful

from the perspective of a discussion actually being about something, if you would offer something that could actually be discussed.

For instance:

3) I've read enough popular reports on actual studies to know that the quotes they cherry-pick often have nothing to do with the actual results.

Tell us something about them. We don't know what you've read, and knowing that you've read something really isn't particularly interesting, or anything that anybody could even discuss.

2) they didn't look at any actual programming, they made up a story for this experiment.

Explain how this is relevant, let alone invalidates their conclusions. Ditto for your point (5).

1) media psychology can be, charitably, described as a soft science.

That's quite possibly a valid complaint. Does it invalidate the conclusions in this particular study?

I think most people here would welcome some actual meat in the sandwich. I know I would. I like to learn stuff.