10/ 05 한국 : The purpose of television should be educational, not entertaintmental. |
With the development of broadcasting technology, in these days, most homes have televisions. Many people are enjoying watching TV to relieve their stress or just know what is going on in the world. Based on the studies, more than 98 percent of people enjoy watching TV daily. Many people who are watching TV have a many variety of purposes. Generally, there are two main goals. Some people want to know news and what is going go in the world. Their purpose is somewhat educational. On the other hand, other people are watching TV for just fun. They totally want to see their favorite movie stars and interesting dramas regardless of any helpful news. Of the two ways, I firmly believe that the former seems to be right. The reason is that the original purpose of broadcasting is not giving funny things but delivering new information for people to help their live and broaden knowledge.
First of all, sending new information to all people is a very primary mission of television. Many people are able to know what is going on in the world and tomorrow's weather by just watching TV in their homes. Some people against my opinion might say that entertainment is much important than any other news. The reason is that TV is one of the most effective machine to relieve people's stress and people are able to earning new information from other alternatives such as newspapers or journals. I partially agree with this refutation but I think that entertainment is only the second purpose of television. Although there are many media to sending new and benefit information, the TV is the most effective and convenient media among all of them. In addition, unlike other media, the most remarkable character of television is that it is able to give information in real-time. Along this line, television should be not entertainmental but educational. On top of that, as a matter of fact, a vast majority of people seem anxious to earn new information rather than entertainmental programs. For more objective evidence, my father and mother are watching TV everyday to look for today's news. Not only that, but According to a research conducted at New York University in 2007, more than 80 percent of respondents replied that they need helpful and fresh information because it is pretty essential part in their life. Furthermore they said that they do not have any interest about funny programs which are broadcasting on TV daily because they are pretty busy everyday. Even, they do not have a little time to watch TV. For the point of view of busy businessmen, these funny program for only entertainment is totally not useful and time-consuming to them. Their's top priority in watching TV is being given new and useful information.
To sum up, the many purpose of TV is not entertainmental but educational for two reasons: One is that the major objective on TV is sending new information to people daily. The second thing is that many viewers are eager to get new information rather than useless entertainment things. |