TV

At the moment we live in technological age. Technology is part of our daily lives. What is technology? According to Oxford Word Power Dictionary {1999: 769} technology is '' the study and use of science for practical purposes in industry, etc.'' On the other hand, it is machinery that makes life easier. It is everywhere in our life at work, school and home. There are many roles of technology. First, it helps people to do their works. Second, it develops the way that peoples live. Third, it has changed our lives in many aspects. Finally, it has made life easier and quicker. For example, you can know what is happening in the world just from your PC. There are many kinds of technology like computer, TV, mobile phone, radio, etc. I will choose one type of it to talk about which is TV.

Advantages of TV

TV is one of the most popular means to spend our time. Nowadays more and more people spend much time in front of the TV than reading books or playing games outside or do any things. Today, TV is mostly available in every house in the world. We can watch TV any time and we can watch different types of programmes. It shows good and bad programmes. However, we can choose the best for us. There are many advantages of TV such as we can learn many things from TV. We can get a lot of information by watching TV such as we learn about the world, famous people, news, different cultures, etc. We can see important events live, especially sports events, political conferences, ceremonies, etc. TV also presents lots of scientific programs and nature movies as well, so people can expand their knowledge about the surrounding world. In addition, watching TV is good for old people living alone, since it gives them information and at the same time they can relax and enjoy their time. Similarly, TV can be an important source of knowledge for people who are uneducated especially in undeveloped countries .Moreover, TV is a window to the world. We can get all the information about our world without spending a lot of money to go to those places directly. In case we want to travel to any country in this world before we go we can know many information about this country and its cultures by watching film about it in any documentary channel. Eventually, when we arrive there, we will not be surprised because we already know every thing about the place.

Disadvantages of TV

It is true that TV is very useful but unfortunately it can be harmful. TV has a lot of disadvantages such as it has bad effects in the health especially in eyes and weigh. When someone spends much time in front of the TV, her / his eyes will be weak day after day. Also, it makes them lazy so their weigh will increase and this is very dangerous for the body. In addition, it might be a source of danger to our kids because they might learn bad things. Also, nowadays many people depend on TV as the first source of information although they are literate, and that make them away from the first really valuable source which is books. Another disadvantages of TV, it shows things which might be inappropriate like violence and immoral materials. According to Robert ''a study claims that television violence causes the viewer to forget advertising they see during the program. The basis for this argument is the theory that when someone sees a violent act on TV it can make them angry. This anger supposedly clouds the mind and interferes with the brain's encoding of information.''(http://www.englishforums.com/) these things affect children and young people. It can make them uncontrollable. Moreover, violent programming affects the brain’s ability to remember information from memory. Furthermore, it kills innocence in our children. The children are forced to know everything which is not necessary or suitable for their age. Because of this they get to the adulthood stage at an early age. Sometimes children want to dress like actors. As Tom states ''when children see Brittany Spears on TV they want to dress and be just like her. That's very inappropriate for a young child. People who are role models should dress and act like role models. Studies show that TV is the one raising children, not the parents (False Dilemma)'' (http://www.siaga.com/). This is a major problem in our society today. Moreover when we watch TV for long hours, we waste our time. For example, if we are students, we will not find enough time to study and do our homework. Also, some programmes are not useful and if we watch them that will result in wasting our time. Furthermore, we don’t find time to visit our neighbours and friends so we might destroy our relationship with other people.
To conclude, it depends on the people if they use TV in a good or bad way. If they use it in a good way it will be useful but if they use it in a bad way it will be harmful. Therefore, everyone should be selectable and choose useful programmes which don’t waste his/her time. In addition, parents should choose the best things for their children to watch. They must sit with children when they watch TV and try to encourage them to do other activities away from TV like playing and reading books. Also, to avoid health problems parents must advise their children to set far away from TV and don’t set closely to it.