Write an essay on the advantages and disadvantages of television.

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Television

Since the invention of television and especially since it has become so affordable, we have been able to bring a lot of the world into our homes. If looked at closely, we will realise that it has practically become unnecessary for us to go out of the home for entertainment. As a means of communication too it is without equal. The news and information programmes take away from us the need to read and to find out. It feels wonderful just to sit or lie in front of the television set and take in the world.

The advantage of television is that it actually brings the world into our home. Children nowadays develop faster in language because of early exposure to television. In a country like Singapore, where the government keeps close watch over television programmes, we can be sure that most of what comes over the air is good for us. These then are the advantages.

The main disadvantage of television is that it takes away from us the need to think. All programmes are digested and are what someone else has decided is interesting. The people who produce the programme and those who broadcast it, want only that the programme be watched. It is not in their interest to make us think. If we make it a habit of accepting other’s opinions expressed on television instead of forming our own —perhaps after reading widely — we are enslaved by the thoughts of others. Surely man is meant for greater things than tolie about and absorb what has been thought of by others.

Television also takes away the need to be active. Interesting programmes the whole weck could keep us stuck in front of the set instead of going out there and making things happen. There are games to be played, theatre, music, socializing and a hundred other things to make life worth living. All that will be lost if all we do is watch television.

I conclude that the advantages of television, though many, will turn into serious disadvantages if turned into an indulgence. In order for it to remain an advantage, a lot of thought needs to go into keeping it as a tool rather than let it run our lives.

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