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An intriguing topic of discussion at hand is whether printed books have had greater effects on society than television has. The answer to this question can vary greatly, depending on the individual perspectives. Thus, the jury may still be out, but as far as I am concerned, I disagree with the statement. In this essay, I will present two reasons supporting my standpoint as follows.
To begin with, development of Internet and television lead to the reducing of book’s effect. In detail, reading rate of people had reduced until now. According to a report recently released in 2012 by the Seoul National University, readers have been reduced about 10 percents of people comparing to the past 10 years. The study found that publics usually use the Internet or television, which means people resort to these convenient mass media, while the impression of reading books is weaken. This phenomenon makes people to far away from the printed books. As a result, this lends itself to the following logic: influence of books had been subdued along with the change of contemporary society. In this sense, it is evident that few number of reader lead to the lack of power within the books.
Moreover, publics are exposed by the television for long period. In particular, people who are in current society live together with television in their daily life. I have personally experienced this on many occasions, but the most notable example is as follows: although my parents did not have television in their family when they were young, students who can be encompassed all young people from elementary school to university students like me have television in their house. Thus, exposure of television would not make big problem to young people. I have learned the common knowledge and news from television because it is easy to contact with this. Accordingly, society had been used television for their purpose. Entertainers have gotten a lot of popularity and politicians who join the TV program can get a lot of acclaim. Therefore, this leads to the following logic: people execute their influence by broadcasting through the television because of effect of exposure by television. In this respect, it is apparent that influence of the television will be increased from now on.
In conclusion, I strongly argue for my standpoint on account of the two reasons mentioned above. Once again, although the verdict may still be out, I personally believe that two of my rationales above are sufficiently convincing enough to represent the viewpoints of a majority of people who are in favor of my claim. |