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Some people say that television has hurt the ability of people to communicate with one another. They insist that people these days, don’t talk to each other as much as before TV was invented. However I think TV has helped us to communicate with people for two different reasons. First, TV delivers the news from one side of the Earth to the other side. Second, TV provides us good topics to talk about with our friends.
Before TV was invented, it took few days to few months till one hears about an event from the opposite side of where he lives. But since TV was invented, it has played a role of a window for us, which displays the view of the world. Now, even if something happens in Africa, it takes only few hours for one, who lives in America, to hear about it. Let me take my experience as an example. Few years ago, there was a big earth quake happened in Haiti where it would take almost 20 hours with airplane from my house, Korea. However it took less than an hour for me to hear the news through the TV. TV lets us to communicate with people on the opposite side of the Earth.
If you take a closer look at people’s conversations, you can find out right away how many people are talking about TV shows they watched. TV also plays a role of a bridge between people. Whenever I get tired of talking about some boring and same topics like the weather or the color of the shirts that I am wearing, it is always nice to talk about TV shows I like. Many studies have proved that many people talk about TV shows they watch when they don’t know what to say in a conversation.
In conclusion, I personally think TV has contributed to help people to communicate with one another. It has let us to communicate with people from other countries, and always provides us good and fresh topics for our conversations with friends. |