Today, there is a television in most houses. Some people watch it for their entertainment while some use it as the form of education. In my opinion, television needs to focus more on entertainments than on information. This is because people usually turn on the television when they want to relax and laugh as well as it has more economically benefits.
To begin with, the most useful and common way that people approach for taking a rest is watching television. This is because there are less constraint of time and place. Anyone came back home from the work places later at night could enjoy the interesting sports or comic movies. It is very important for them to relieve their stress and refresh their mind for staying healthy. For example, my family used to gather together in front of television after works and study and watch the Ugly Betty not the CNN news. It is more enjoyable for us to see simple and easy story than the serious news. We all want to laugh without concerning any bad societal problems because we need to be free in mind from being enforced to compete at company and school.
Besides, the entertainments are definitely more beneficial economically. It is true the program such as sports, drama, comedy, and movies are more popular than those including documents and news reports. High percentages of view for these programs make more profits by selling the advertisements. With more money, the broadcasting station could invest money in a good quality of program as well as in relaying more sports programs. By doing so, people generally have more options to see on television such as the England Premium Soccer game in Asia and the Olympic game. In fact, during last 2 years, the audience rating of the soccer from England was extremely high in Japan. The soccer programs from Spain and French are also provided for many viewers this year.
As such, television is worthy when it brings interesting and easy contents for many people. There are a lot of materials for educating people these days such as books, internet, DVD, and newspaper. It is not necessary to request people to study with television. |