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Some people vote for the telephones as an invention which
influenced the most in their lives. However, I believe that the television has
a bigger impact on our lives. This is because that television changed the
people’s shopping style rigorously, and the time people spend on watching
television is getting more now than ever.
First, the home-shopping which we didn’t even exist 10 years
ago is now one of the main shopping methods. To be specific, people who are
living in the fast-paced lives no longer need to shop at bricks and mortar.
They can just sit on the couch with pajamas on and watch the home-shopping
television channel at home, which obviously changed people’s fundamental life
style. One research study shows that how drastically the shopping trend has
been changed. Only 10 percent which indicated people who shopped besides at the
physical shops outside skyrocketed to over 40 percent. Among this 40 percent,
shopping via television occupies over 50 percent, which is noticeable
phenomenon.
Second, people tend to spend more time on watching
television. Who can imagine a living room without a television? The television
has influenced a lot in our family lives: having a discussion while watching
new channel, giggling and laughing while watching comedy programs, etc. Not
only with family, but also ourselves we don’t take apart from television as
long as we are at home, which even created the new social problem that some
people are too much addicted on television and refuse to get out of the house.
Another research study supports this argument. The average time the people
watching television a week has been increased from 10 hours to 15 hours during
5 years. The conspicuous result is shown at teenagers sector, which the hour
has been soared up to 20 hours a week.
To sum up, the advent and advance of television changed
modern shopping pattern. In addition, we can’t not deny that we’re spending
more and more time before the television. In this regard, I agree with the
statement that the television has had a bigger effect on our lives.
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