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Some people argue that television should only perform as an educational device. On the other hand, others suggest that television should include entertainment. I think television should only function as the educational one, not the entertaining one. To begin with, you should restrict the entertainment contents since there exists higher danger of addiction toward television. Since television offers exciting sounds and vivid images at the same time, it attracts viewer's attention much more easily that the other devices. It means that if you use the television as the tool of fun, people will be addicted to the television even more deeply. This can lead to the addiction problem. In order to prevent this illness, it is required to limit the function of the television to make them less attractive. For instance, according to the recent study, among children under the age of 10, about 25% of the them are suffering from ADHD which represents lack of ability to concentrate on something. Many scientists argue that this increasing percentage attributes to addiction to the television. Since young children were exposed to television watching more often than before, they became addicted to the television, and they suffer from ADHD, in turn. To prevent these side effects or illness, it is important to restrict the function of entertainment. Secondly, due to the frequent use of violent images in the entertainment contents, they give off negatives effects, so they should be prohibited. When they carry violent images it makes children more violent and aggressive. Also, this is not good for adults because when you are exposed to the violent or crime scenes, you might think the crime as a natural one or something friendly, and this enhances the ratio of crime even further. For instance, if you look at the entertaining movies or films, you can find lots of violence and crime scenes. Most of the famous Hollywood movies contains explosion, killing people, beating, torturing. Since they are more appealing to the viewers, production company put more violent images and this lead to negative impact both on children and adults. To sum up, television should not convey entertainment stuff because it has higher chance of being addicted to television, and it gives bad influence on both children and adults. It is our duty to make the restricted function of television not to be governed by the television. |