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Many people, especially adults often say that there is nothing to learn from TV, arguing that rather it would be better to read a book. In fact, there is anything to learn in entertainment TV programs, but not all TV programs are not like that. There are helpful contents in TV. So I would like to talk about benefits of watching TV, in terms of learning.
First of all, TV helps people learn by evoking a variety of sense. Documentary programs treat a wide range of knowledge including flora or fauna, history, and natural science. This is like a book of encyclopedia. However, one different thing between two is that TV documentary programs convey knowledge to people by using image and sound. And this brings people's interest more by stimulating people's various senses. From my experience, I loved to watch National geographic, Discovery and History channel when I was young. Therefore, I came to understand the related books better in school, and this brought me high grades in subject such as natural science or history.
On top of that, people have hard time understanding by just reading a book. When people read, they use their imagination which is unclear and opaque. Moreover, this imagination can be different from real knowledge, which can lead people misunderstand. On the other hand, TV convey a clear and obvious image or sound to people, which can help people understand better. For instance, I often have hard time understanding the outward appearance of a certain animal or the interaction of chemical integration by reading a book, because its demonstration is abstract. However, I can understand much better by seeing the real image of that animal and the computer graphich of the integration of chemical elements.
In conclusion, TV helps people learn and understand better than a book does. This is because it brings people's interest by giving the image and sound which have great impact on people. In addition, they can understand well by watching TV because it gives clear image and sound which help understand abstract depiction well. In this regard, I believe that poeple can learn more from watching TV. |