Television has destroyed communication among friends and family.
agree or disagree?
The disadvantages of a television have been argued for a long time since it limits people's creativity and prevent to spend time for other activities. Although I also agree that there are many drawbacks of a television, destroying communication is not one of them. It rather helps people have more things to talk about, so stimulate people to communicate.
To begin with, a television helps people have more things to talk with friends and family. This is because a television is the major source of information, so most of people have same information to share. To illustrate this point, I don't watch a television since I moved to the
Moreover, a television helps people voice their opinions, so they make a group with others who have same opinions, or argue with others who have different opinions. Although a television has many drawbacks, no one can deny that a television is the most important source to keep people's right to know. Before the wide spread of televisions, people had no way to access to diverse of information. Conversely, in these days, people are allowed to know almost all the information they want to know. This stimulates people to participate to voice their opinions. As a result of this, many people share their opinions with friends, family and even strangers who have same opinions or argue with others who have different opinions. Likewise, people more likely to raise their voice based on the information they got from a television.
To summarize, without the slightest hesitation, I don't think that a television has destroyed communication among friends and family. This is not only because of that people could have common information to share, but also because it gives more opportunity people to voice their opinions to share or argue with others. On the whole, despite of many of television's shortcomings, a television takes important role to provide information and stimulate people to communicate.