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The
world we are living in has changed significantly from the beginning. Adam and
Eve became the population of seven billion people. Along with the growth in the
number of people, technology has experienced extensive growth as well and there
is no doubt that the invention of television is indeed one of the greatest achievements
of the 21st century. TV works as a theater and a school at the same time. In
this regard, TV enriched the lives of humankind and many people have benefited
from it. Due to these great aspects that the television has, some people may
contend that it should be used for the purpose of entertainment. Nevertheless,
I strongly believe TV must be used for education purpose because it is the most
efficient way to deliver variety field of knowledge to people and if TV serves
people for purpose of entertainment, it will influence people in many different
negative ways.
Most
importantly, TV does not have limitation in the field of education. It teaches
people from history and economics to math and science. Those are the subjects
that are taught in schools. When people learn those subjects from schools,
people usually get board. However, when the subjects are presented on TV
programs, those become fun and interesting, and people even become more curious
about those subjects. This is the one thing that no other media can do. People
consider TV fun, which makes everything on TV intriguing. For example, I have a
six years old younger brother. He barely reads Korean. Yet, one day he came to
me and wrote the word pencil in English. I asked him where he learned to write
in English and he said “from the television.” I could not be more surprised,
but it was the power of TV.
There
is no opposition that TV influences people greatly in many ways. When there are
positive effects, there are always negative effects. TV used in purpose in
education is a positive side of the influence. However, if it is used to
entertain people, it will influence people in many negative ways. To be
specific, television has no limitation in its content. Therefore, it has
content from romance and variety to nudity and violence. There are regulations
to protect children from watching nudity and violence on TV, but it is useless.
For instance, when I was young, there were channels that air adult movies after
midnight. One of my friends had a father whose job starts late at night, so my friend
was left alone at night. Since it was scary for him to stay at home by himself,
he watched TV until he fell asleep. Therefore, it was inevitable for him to
watch those adult movies. I do not know it was solely from watching those adult
movies in early age, but he is now in jail for raping.
I
do not deny that television can be a good source of entertainment sometimes.
However, I am still strongly for the statement that TV has to be used for
education purpose, not for entertainment purpose, because it can spread wide
spectrum of knowledge efficiently and using TV for entertainment purpose can
influence the society negatively. |