Some people say that the purpose of television concentrates more on educational function rather than entertainment one. However, I disagree with their view because of the following two important reasons. First of all, many people need some entertainment sources by watching TV. In addition, television has various limits to be used as educational effects.
To begin with, since a lot of today’s people enjoy watching TV as their entertainment sources, television should not just focus on its educational purpose. In these days, since many people spend their time studying and working, they sometimes need to have some refreshing time such as watching TV. In this needs, a lot of funny and interesting TV programs can be good means for today’s hectic people. Take my case as an example. After my busy schedule as a military officer, I usually watch TV program such as various sports events and talk shows. What’s more, according to a study has released by media research group, only five percent of all TV viewer have used online education programs with TV. In this regard, given the point which most people watch TV in order to take rest and enjoy, entertainment purpose of television should not be underestimated.
Moreover, televise educational programs has many drawbacks to deliver academic knowledge and information. Some can say that TV can be a beneficial source to teach lots of academic knowledge due to its various useful functions such as audio-visual effects. However, beside these functions, there are many shortcomings that discourage people from concentrating on what they learn. For example, I used to watching live tutoring program to cover some information which I could not figure out in class. However, I could not entirely focus on the programs because of the many distractions just a flip away. What’s worse, occasional advertisement in the middle of each program made me be interrupted from what I want to learn through the tutoring programs. After all, I lose my motivation to learn more from watching programs. As this illustrates, watching TV as an educational purpose can not be promoted among students. All in all, function of television is not restricted as educational objects. This is because many today’s people spend their relaxing time while watching TV and it has many limits in teaching academic knowledge to people, especially students. For these reason, we need to note that television has much more desirable function besides its educational purposes. |