The Role of TV in Our Life

TV is one of the best inventions the man has ever made. We are beginning to forget what the world was without TV. Thanks to TV we get a great amount of information. It gives wonderful possibilities for education. It enriches our intellect. We also become better informed by watching documentaries, science programmes, discussions and by learning the most important issues of the day.

TV gives an opportunity to see the best actors, sport matches, to meet famous people. TV brings the world to our room. We see people in our country and in other lands and learn about their customs, occupations, traditions, problems. We become cultured people by learning more of the arts. Television helps us relax after a hard day’s work, so we can then cope better with the next day’s work. Besides, there is a considerable amount of TV programmes: news, different talk-shows, TV games, concerts and variety shows, sport programmes, feature films, serials and so on. They are of great entertainment value and provide useful topics for conversation. A lot of these programmes are very popular. For example, news deals with political and social problems of modern society. Its aim is to give the analysis of the problems and show different view points. They are concerned with the country’s national events and the most topical political problems of the day. Thus, we can say that TV attracts millions of people to the screen.

But tastes differ. Some people are against TV. They say that TV does a lot of harm. It occupies a lot of free time. People used to have hobbies, to meet with friends, to go to the cinema or theatre, to read books, to listen to music. Nowadays many people sit watching TV hour by hour. They don’t read books, they don’t do sports, and they begin to forget the art of conversation. Watching TV for a long time may lead to poor health and ruin eye-sight. But nobody makes you watch TV for hours. You can simply switch off your TV-set. Finally we can say that TV is still a great force in the world today.