The Benefits of Television

Essay by angie2424, University, Bachelor's, A-, May 2004 download word file, 2 pages !" #ownloaded $$"%% ti&es 'eywords friend or foe, ed(cation news, bad sit(ations, provides news, school closings 2)i*e0 +elevision is part of the A&erican c(lt(re! ,t benefits people in &any ways! Many people (se the television as a &ayor part of infor&ation! +elevision is beneficial beca(se it provides news, entertain&ent and ed(cation! -ews is the first beneficial aspect of television! .or e/a&ple, people today need to watch the news to *eep trac* of what is happening with the war in ,ra0! Also, news provides infor&ation on weather, cri&e and &any other news that are occ(rring aro(nd the world! Another e/a&ple is that news gives people infor&ation on school closings and traffic before he or she &ay want to leave the ho(se! +hese are so&e reasons why news on television are beneficial! Entertain&ent is the second reason why television is beneficial! Entertain&ent ta*es peoples &inds away fro& the bad sit(ations that co(ld be occ(rring in every day life! 1n the article 2.riend or foe3 +he c(lt of tivo 4o&eth,2 5arren st 6ohn says that 2people that (se the device called tivo is a gods &achine27$8! +his is beca(se tivo is a device that records one's favorite entertain&ent shows and the only shows they &ight en9oy7$8! Also at the sa&e ti&e this device deletes all of the co&&ercials so viewing can be &ore pleas(rable7st 6ohn,$8! .or e/a&ple, entertain&ent television can have on going progra&s twenty fo(rs ho(rs a day! Entertain&ent is the second reason why television is beneficial! +he final reason why television is beneficial is beca(se it is ed(cational for ad(lts and *ids! .or e/a&ple, so&e channels that are ed(cational are #iscovery, +)4, 4o(rt +v, #iscovery :ealth and &any &ore! ;eople that watch ed(cational television can find interesting topics that they &ay want to &a*e a career o(t of! Also, children can benefit fro& ed(cational television! .or e/a&ple, children watch shows li*e bl(es cl(es, sesa&e street that entertain the& and ed(cate the&! Also, these channels teach children &anners and &any i&portant things that they &ay have to learn! +his is how television is beneficial for ed(cational p(rposes! ,n concl(sion, the reasons listed above are why television is beneficial to the A&erican life style! By watching television, people learn new infor&ation that was not *now before! +elevision is beneficial beca(se of news, entertain&ent and ed(cation!

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The Benefits of Television

+elevision is pop(lar in all Malaysian ho&es as it is the best for& of ho&e entertain&ent these days! .irst of all, television enables people to find entertain&ent right within their own ho&e witho(t having to venture o(t at all! +his saves on transport and ti&e as it is 0(ite diffic(lt to travel to the cine&a with traffic 9a&s all over the town! Besides, par*ing is a proble& in the town and so ho&e television is greatly appreciated! <econdly, television keeps us in touch with national as well as world events! Motion pict(res help people to follow events better than if they were to read and get the news fro& the papers and &aga=ines! +he news b(lletin co&es reg(larly and we are well *ept infor&ed of all that is happening aro(nd (s! +hirdly, television entertains children with cartoons and other ed(cational progra&&es! +his *eeps the& happily occ(pied besides imparting *nowledge to the& in a way beyond the li&its of classroo& teaching! Ad(lts find watching television shows rela/ing after a day's hard wor*! +hey can choose their progra&&es to s(it their taste-detective series, thrillers, soap operas, &(sicals, tal*s or doc(&entaries which provide general *nowledge! 5e en9oy the advantage of having three channels to choose fro&! +he national lang(age is heard often and the p(blic can i&prove their Malay lang(age by listening to feat(res presented on television! :ence, television offers &any benefits! venture keep in touch impart proceed so&ewhere re&ain in contact to co&&(nicate infor&ation to so&eone