Many people say that communication among family members or friends is reduced due to television. However I don’t think that television prevent conversation among people. Television not only give us topics what we can think about together but also can teach us good communication skills.
First of all, after watching certain television program, we can talk and discuss about it with other people. In my case, my family watch the “Couple” which is famous dating television program in korea. While we watching this program together, we discuss about who is the best participant and we also evaluate each performers. Plus, almost of my friends like music program, so we can enjoy it together. It gives us opportunity to keep in touch.
Television also allow us learning appropriate conversation skills. Then, we can be a good listener as well as good talker. If you are good at conversation, many people such as family members or friends would like to talk to you, and then there is no reason to decrease communication. Television drama show us a lot of different situation that can occur among people. To be more specific, characters in drama manage several problems with their personal method. By watching them, we can learn how to cope with certain situation and we can also remorse ourselves. For example, let’s assume that there is a fictional person in drama who have hard time talking with strangers. Because the majority of television program prefer happy ending, he will be a person who can lead good conversation in the last scene. Drama may show us how he deal with his problems. we can get a lot of tips for good communication by following him.
In conclusion, I firmly disagree with the statement that television has destroyed communication among people. Television programs can be a nice topic of conversation and it also teach us how to communicate each other in appropriate ways.