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Those who believe the power of image might say that it is television which is more effective way to deliver information than book since television gives information in the form of image. However, I believe that people can earn much more information from books rather than from television programs. There are two major reasons: letting people have time to examine given information thoroughly and providing specific information.
To begin with, people can learn more from the books by thinking as for the meaning of information. It is through reading text that people can have time to imagine what is going on in the book and can earn essence of any given information. Some might say that there are certain television programs which encourages profound understanding for the certain information. However, what matters is not the fact that television program encourages it, but the fact that such program does not give time to think. They just successively go through images from beginning to the end and end up with their own conclusion: no time for thinking at all. However, when it comes to the reading books, reading text can help people to imagine what they are reading and what information they are getting from the book. As a result people can understand -- not just learn-- about certain information very well. For example, according to the annual report from KDCDI (Korea Digital Contents Development Institute) on the people who saw the Harry Potter in television and book, it was the reader of the books who understood the situation better. If it had not been for the time to think about the information, the survey result would be reversed.
In addition, reading books can be the fastest way to earn specific information as to certain field. Unlike televisions, books are containing profound information in certain specific field. Since television programs are oriented for publics, rather than specialists, specified information cannot be the topic of television programs. It only causes drastic decrease in attention of television viewers. However, in case of the books, it is possible for the writiers to contain specified information since it should not have to be focused on public taste. Rather, books are allowed to have specific information that are usually handled by mavens. For instance, there was a Korean broad casting studio which only deals with professional scientific issues. However, the company fell over after two years of its opening. As this case shoes it is only through books that people can learn more about specialized information.
All in all, it is reading book that people can get more information. Through reading books, rather than seeing television programs, people can learn more by having time to think on certain topics and by having access to specialized information. |