Television has more Advantages than Disadvantages

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Ghaida Ayrine

Dinda Puspita Rani

Agnes Monica Sari

Salma

What is Television?• Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting

and receiving moving images that can be monochromatic (shades of grey) or multicolored. Images are usually accompanied by sound. 

• A system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education

• A box-shaped device that receives television signals and reproduces them on a screen

What is the function of television in society?I think the function of television in society today is to make us not have an original thought of our own. It drowns out how we real feel and makes us believe we are never good enough and wants us to believe we need more things. Television wants you believe there is a pill for every aliment.

• The function of Television

• The Function of Television for Children and Adolescents

• The Good Things About Television

The function of Television

• This millennium who does not know with television, in almost all countries have a certain television station, all the events in the world can be witnessed via television. Almost all people around the world, spend a minimum of 5 hours for watching television.

However the function of television is very different for each person, there are in use as entertainment, education, for futures trader the television as the information the development of money market information, and many more other functions.

The Function of Television for Children and Adolescents

• A study was devised to investigate the function of television (TV) in children's leisure time. Subjects were 3000 school children in a suburban area of Tokyo. From the children's responses to questionnaires, they were separated into TV-type (heavy TV viewers and light print media users) and print-type (light TV viewers and heavy print media users) groups, and the data for these two groups were compared across age groups.

• The findings indicated that print-type children are superior in intelligence, creativity, positivity, and adaptability and are also more future-oriented. However, children who are heavy TV viewers and who are also high print media users have a wider range of interests than do low users.

Television offers lots of benefits to kids

• Because of its ability to create powerful touchstones, TV enables young people to share cultural experiences with others.

• Shared viewing gives family members of all ages an opportunity to spend time together.

• Parents can use TV as a catalyst to get kids reading—following up on TV programs by getting books on the same subjects or reading authors whose work was adapted for the programs.

• Great television can teach kids important values and life lessons.

• TV programs often explores controversial or sensitive issues, which can make it easier for parents and kids to discuss them.

• Educational programming can develop young children's socialization and learning skills.

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• Results also suggest that the school achievements of TV-type children are inferior to those of print-type (although this difference was ascribed to different intelligence rather than viewing levels), that children in a high parent-child conflict group tend to view TV heavily, but that children tend to watch TV for the sake of enjoyment rather than to escape reality, and that boys watch more than girls.

• When heavy and light viewers were compared, clear differences in academic achievement were not found, although most children thought they should cut down their viewing of TV. It is recommended that children be trained to be selective viewers.

The Good Things About Television

• Television is an inescapable part of modern culture. We depend on TV for entertainment, news, education, culture, weather, sports—and even music, since the advent of music videos.

• With the recent explosion in satellite and digital speciality channels, we now have access to a plethora of both good quality and inappropriate TV content. In this crowded television environment, the key for parents is to search out high quality TV programs for their kids, and whenever possible, enjoy them together as a family. 

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