The influence of TV on our society
Press the button of a remote control, then you can turn to any programs you like. Yes, that’s TV, an electric appliance which can be easily found in almost every family. With its great popularity, television has great influence on our society, changing our lifestyle.
On the one hand, TV brings us lots of information, news and entertainment. What is going on around the world recently? What kind of sports event is on live? Television will tell you. And when you feel bored, you can turn on a TV, listen to music or watch films, TV series, funny programs and even play games. Meanwhile, it’s a convenient way for us to acquire many fields of knowledge in the world. Just as a Chinese old saying goes, ”To know the world without stepping out of your home”. Holding a remote control in your hand, the world is in front of you.
However, on the other hand, TV is not without its problems in spite of those advantages. First comes to the addiction to television. Attracted by the TV, some people can not help sitting in front of it for a long time regardless of day or night. As a result, study or work is neglected and most of their time is wasted on TV. And as TV brings so much convenience and entertainment, many of us may just stay home and enjoy ourselves instead of going out. In this case, there is less communication between us and others in the real world. Everyday we “communicate” with TV, receiving pictures, sounds and words from it. But most of the time, we absorb the information passively without deeper thinking or process from brain which bleeds laziness. And a typical example is coach potato.
Furthermore, more and more unhealthy and harmful information floods on television. It has bad effect on audiences, especially the kids who are too young to distinguish the good and the evil. Their imitation from TV can be very dangerous if it’s about violence, sex or other evil things, no mention to adult people.
Through the discussion above, it seems that television’s bad influence overweighs its good ones. But as technology develops, the tendency is that TV may become even more popular with its multiple and intelligent functions. So what we should do is to keep the balance between work and entertainment form television. Rational arrangement is quite necessary to avoid disorder in life. In addition, legislative measures should be taken to prevent unhealthy and harmful information as well as put TV under good guidance. In this way can we make good use of TV and enjoy it.