The purpose of television should be educational, not entertaintmental. |
Recently, there are various knids of TV channels and people generally think that TV is essential for everyday life. And growing number of people are concerning about the content and purpose of the programs because people tend to affected by what they watch. Many people insist that television program should contain educational contents without entertainment but there are controversy about that idea. I disagree with the idea because entertainment on TV is beneficial for people and educational TV programs are insufficient for public education.
Fistly, entertainment program is not harmful for people. TV can help people relive their stress without going outside and enables them to enjoy number of indirect experiences. For example, It is impossible for me to visit stadium to watch soccer game everyday and only broadcasting can let me to enjoy game in distant city. If there were no TV, many people who like sports can't have accessibility for sports and will be disappointed. Therefore, giving people amusement is important role of mass media including TV and this role should not be underestimated.
Secondly, educational TV programs are not equipped for education. A good education should be done by bidirectional communication system but TV is unidirectional. In consequence, people can not ask question about further information. For example, I once watched educational program about composing when I was attending high school, but I could not get feedback about my own songs. Also, contents were hard for me to understand but there were no one who can answer my question.
In conclusion, I strongly disagree with the idea that TV should be educational, not entertainmental because owing to unidirectional method, It's not a apropriate for education. Furthermore, entertainment program provides good opportunity for people to relive their stress and it's benficial for people's mental health. |