Television can gives us advantages and disadvantages, increase our knowledge of the outside world science medicine, the arts, and so on. Moreover,there are several serious disadvantages to television. Many children stare at a television screen for more hours each day, including studying and sleeping. That its influence is often negative.
On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages to television. Of course, it provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some countries, people watch the “boob tube” for an average of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a TV screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and sleeping. It‟s clear that the tube has a powerful influence on their lives and that its influence is often negative.
Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of TV, a person‟s brain “relaxes” the same way it does just after the person falls asleep. Another effect of television on the human brain is that it seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view a lot of TV can often concentrate on a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes; they can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials!
Another disadvantage is that TV often causes people to become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life does not seem as exciting to these people as the lives of actors on the screen. To many people, TV becomes more real than reality, and their own lives seem boring. Also, many people get upset or depressed when they can‟t solve problems in real life as quickly as TV actors seem to. On the screen, actors solve serious problems in a half- hour program or a thirty-second commercial.