What Are Advantages And Disadvantages Of Television?

Television is one of the most important miracles of science. It has brought about a revolution in the field of entertainment, education and communication. Indeed mankind should be grateful to its inventor J.L.Baird who has brought the cinema and stage into the houses of the masses. One can now watch moving, talking and living pictures on the screen while sitting in one's home.


Advantages


Thus, while sitting in our homes, we can watch all kinds of programmes which are televised. Many educative and informative programmes can also be shown on the television which are of great help to the students and the masses. Television is especially very majority of the people are illiterate and live in the villages. The people can be imparted much information and education through the television programmes. Television is a way on improvement on the radio set, because now we can see the face of the speaker, whereas on the radio we could only here the voice of the speaker and could not see his face.

Now, there is no need of going to a cinema house to see the pictures. One can enjoy the films while sitting at one's own house, among the members of the family. Many dramas can also be shown on the television. Through folks, delivered by the eminent scholars the people can be informed about the latest happenings and the current problems. The politicians, scientists, social workers and other eminent persons can talk to the people directly through the medium of television. Thus the benefits of television are numerous. People can hear the point of view of all eminent persons, which can greatly help them in forming their opinions. They can gain a huge fund of information regarding, science, political and social problems.

Television can also help in removing the social and political evils from the society. It can highlight the evils of casteism dowry, drinking, gambling etc and help in their removal. Similarly the government programmes like family planning, afforestation, adult education and cleanliness of the cities can also be propagated through the medium of television very successfully.

The television can also play a very important part in educating the people regarding the corruption, prevailing in the social and political spheres. The people can be taught not to give or take bribes. They can also be advised to help the government in curbing blackmarketing, smuggling, hoarding etc. During the time of election the results of the successful candidates can also be announced through the television. The V.I.Ps like the President, the Prime Minister, etc can also keep a direct contact with the people by addressing them on television.


Disadvantages


Of course, with its advantages the television also has certain disadvantages. If a person spends too much time in watching television every day, then he will become lazy and shirk work. He would like to sit idle and waste his time. If one sees pictures from a close distance on the television set, it affects the eye-sight. It is thus very risky for the small children who always sit very close to the television set. The students also get the bad habit of seeing films on the television. During the television time the students do not pay any attention to their studies which will affect their educational career. The use of television set also increases the electricity bill greatly.

The possession of television is also a nuisance, because even if one doesn't want to watch it, there are always guests and children of the neighbours who will crowd your house. The situation becomes quite delicate as you cannot say 'no' to your friends or neighbours, especially on the days when the 'Chitrahaar' programme or Sunday film is being shown. Its repair is very costly and a man with ordinary means may not be able to afford it. It is just like a while elephant for him.

Inspite of all these disadvantages, the advantages are definitely more and the disadvantages are out-weighted. In the field of education and entertainment its vast importance cannot be denied. Of course, the Government should also show purposeful and good programmes on the television to increase its utility. The cost of the television sets should also be reduced so that even ordinary persons can afford to purchase them.

.Television is an important form of communication and has been for many years. Television brings important historical events, both positive and negative, directly into our homes. People don’t just read about current events, they experience them in real time.
Television can also be a fine teaching tool – there are many television shows on the air that are informative and educational. The right television shows can teach our children about morals and values as well as right from wrong. Educational television is not only for children however; Public television as well as cable television channels such as National Geographic and The History Channel serve as learning tools for adults. In fact many colleges and universities use local channels to provide distance learners the opportunity to attend lectures given on television.
Along with the advantages listed above there are also disadvantages to television. First the same proliferation of new channels that provides additional educational opportunities also provides opportunities for children to be exposed to more inappropriate content than ever before. It is not uncommon for children to have access to movies and programs intended to be viewed only by mature audiences. While technology has been put into place to help conscientious parents censor the channels and shows their children can access, these methods are far from fool proof and they are only as effective as the parents who choose whether or not to utilize them. This unfettered access to adult material appears to manifest itself in a variety of different ways but most people would agree today’s children are more aware of adult themes (such as sex and violence) at an earlier age than ever before.

Television is a good medium of communication that prevents us from communicating with each other. Glued to our seats we watch this one-eyed monster leaving our guests in the room, or turning a deaf ear to our mother's call. Often our food is left uneaten and home work undone. After the Second World War, Barid invented it for us so that we might get knowledge with pleasure. But we have closed our eyes to all kinds of knowledge and have opened up our hearts to all types of vulgar pleasure. Now the children who used to hear stories from their mothers and grandmothers like to see cartoons. Mothers are not in a mood to tell stories about ghosts and fairies.
They are busy in watching Television. But all this does not mean that TV has only bad aspects. Many educational, scientific, historical and political programs that are shown on TV are very interesting and informative. We are taken to any corner of the world where any game of our interest is being played. We are taught how a particular dish is cooked, how a particular disease can be prevented or cured, how our houses can be decorated without spending much money.

Television is one of the most important sources of communication these days. As everyone knows that the communication these days is being done either through print or electronic media and television is an integral part of the electronic media. There are several advantages of television like we all know that we can have a clear idea that what is happening in the world, we can have live information about the several events like sports and any other good or bad events happening on the globe.

One can have a weather forecast and accordingly plan several things before time. It is also a good source of entertainment which is very cheap and within the access of every one. Television has shrunk the distance of the world you can watch what is happening several thousand miles away from you. So in totality it is information from all over the world, and it is fun and enjoyment with convenience.

However along with some positive sides it has its disadvantages as well like watching too much of television also affects your eye and nerves. Television creates such a spell on children and in some cases it also effects the elders that they actually lose their own opinion they feel whatever is being shown on television is correct and should be practised as such. In such situation it is the responsibility of the broad caster to show what is safe to be shown on the television. But still several irresponsible television channels show content which is not be shown for every one like contents of sex, and violence etc.

Television can be considered as one of the most important inventions of this century. It has a global existence. In fact it can be considered as the prime factor that has given rise to globalization.

Following are the advantages of watching Television:
- Information from all around the world is in your lounge.
- People get the most current news from all around the world.
- It serves the purpose of education as well.
- It is a good time pass.
- Exposure to all kinds of cultures and societies.

Following are the disadvantages of Watching Television:
- Too much television can harm eyesight.
- Watching Television can prove to be an addiction and people especially youngsters are prone to waste a lot of time watching television.
- People start getting too much influenced by every kind of fashion.
- Youngsters get influenced by violence that is shown on Television.

Wasting time is one of the inherent disadvantages of watching TV. Let’s imagine : If one day , one person spends  a hour watching TV without gaining any useful information , then in one year he will waste 365 hours and in 10 year is 3605 hours. With that time, you can learn several languages as well as finish some studying course. On the other hand, television programmers are not always suitable for all ages. Sometimes, there are some movies contain sexual material and violence which affected the stormy phase of growing of children and should not be watched.

Television is an innovative invention of 18th century. People were shocked of it when it came in to being. It was to explore the world before all. It was giving us information about whatever we want to know within seconds. Now we have variety of channels and we are taking full advantage of all of them. We may get information about science and technology. We may get detailed news and information from television all the time. We may switch to the channel of our choice the way we want to see it.
It has some negative points as well. It is spoiling the new generation by the help of vulgar media. We should keep children away from bad channels. Nowadays media is ameliorating on a fast pace. We are unable to discriminate between good and bad but we may discriminate if we go for selective channels on television. It is easy to avoid disadvantages of television by highlighting its plus points but it is up to us that how we kill the bad effects of television upon society.

Advantages is that we are able to know the happening all around the world.
  On the contrary a person becomes lazy and acquires bad qualities when one watches unwanted stuff on the t.v.watching many movies as well as  violent program-me  influence today's youngsters adversely and makes them talk back to their parents &elders.

Hello to all.I think Television is one of the most important think for advertising.Nowadays all the Bank ,Companies ,cellphones ,and some more thing else advertise from television.one of good thing is that we can watch the daily news from television.it is a modern invention.about this advantage,i think it is depend to the personality that how can we use it.if we use it in a bad way we can do it and if we want to use it in good way it is possible to do evry kind of that you like.Television is like tongue,for example if we use from our tongue to talk about a person we can say everything .good thing and bad thing.tongue is flexible muscular organ in the bottom of the mouth that Allah give it to us.Azizullah From Afghanistan

Television has proved to be an effective medium of communication yet it has got some disadvantages as well.

Here is a list of some of the major advantages and disadvantages:

ADVANTAGES:

• TV is one of the best source of learning for children.
• It keeps you updated on what is going on in the world.
• It is also a source of pleasure, fun and time pass.
• Some of the good programs can lead you towards a healthy and positive life.

DISADVANTAGES:

• A lot of children spent more than required time watching tv and spoiling studies.
• It can lead towards a negative side of life as well.
• Some of the drams and movies and not appropriate for the children.
• Always looking at the celebrities and stars can make you feel deprived and ugly.
  

Hi every body. I think there are many advantages as well as disadvantages of television. About advantages, Tv give us news everyday that we can know everything happen in the world. We can study through teaching programs  language on TV for example: French; German; English so on. We also improve skills in cook; put flowers etc. Beside that, TV is an important resource to relax such as funny films, action films and music.

The advantages are that it enables people to have an idea of what is happening around the world.It is a means by which people try to free themselves from any kind of stress and can be relaxed.

The disadvantages are that it diverts people mind and make them follow the wrong path.It also causes youngsters to imitate actors and actresses.

The advantages are,
It is very important for our life style that we are having now.It is very useful for fathers,mothers,
grandparents,students etc.....There are many good channels like discovery channel,news channels etc....we get many,many more knowledge that we get from our school from the
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The disadvantages are,
if we are keeping more voice it wll cause due to noise pollution.There are bad channels also.
Watching television more thanm one hour is bad

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      Let's start with the advantages. We can use it for education e.g.: Educational channels. In addition there are Documentary films that enrich our knowledge. The other thing is the True Tales which increase the beneficial relationship with each other. There are many good channels like. Discovery channel, news channel e.t.c... There are many channels in different languages. From television we get much information about world, sports e.t.c...

      Now, after we have conferred the positives of this invention is time to start by mentioning some of the disadvantages of this device. If we sit closer to the television we will get eyes problem, head pain e.t.c...
Also, while some programs are useful in the other side, there are shows which against the ethics and morals. In addition it's a way to waste time and pieces of mind.

If we talk about the advantages of tv. They are a lot of that can change our lives and our views and improve our personality. Tv improves out interpersonal skills. We seek evey thing even good or bad that is very interesting thing.

I think that television is also good as well as bad,because some channels on the television are good but not all & that bad channels affect on the young generation.
The good channels are helpful for children,elder people.

I think television is harmful for children because it will waste time for studies. Many students are adopted wrong things due to there continous concentration of watching tv

I like tv.because i like see movie and sports
but there are some disadvantages like
you get problem when you watches so much

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Disadvanatages:when we sit on T.V our time can waste...we dont pray the namaz...and we dont do our home.work

Yes thats true. But sometimes people get addicted to it, which is harmful. Otherwise television has great advantage in human life.

It gives information about various things happening in our city
it creates eye problems if watched for a long time

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Most advantage is that we can watch all the news daily

Watching television ruins the life or our children

Review new answer There are various advantages and disadvantages of TV. The first advantage is that TV is an important form of communication media. Secondly, it is a good source of entertainment. Thirdly, TV also provides a lot of entertainment. Fourthly, TV is a good informational tool and the channels like National Geography can add a lot in our information. Moreover, some channels are also promoting education through TV. On the other hand, the major disadvantage is that wrong exposure of the children to the material transmitted on TV. It is very usual for small kids watching movies etc. TV can increase extremism in the public by spreading news quickly. Moreover, it has lowered our social associations like time we spend with our family, friends etc.

TV. Is one of the most important inventions in the last century .
It enables the people everywhere in the world to know alot of information and news easily at their home . But at the same time there are many disadvantages that we discovered at the begining of this century , it became a devil inside our houses because of the bad and useless programs and movies . Therefore, it wastes the time of the children and may kill their hobbies and other methods of entertainment.

Television is one of the important form of communication. There are end no. Of advantages and disadvantages of television.Television has helped in educational interests as well as entertainment interests.
  However it sometimes ruins elders, children's life.Broad caster should be aware and should think a lot to broad cast the show which shows violence, sex e.t.c channels

I think that watching television is good for some extent of time. It helps to improve our knowledge by watching some useful programs such as quiz prgms ,sports etc.., But there some disadvantages . The students and children waste their valuble time by sitting infront of tv and watching the useless serials and movies...

In television we get advantages and disadvantages . The advantage is that we get entertaintment ,education ,dailynews,and the advertised on things that we should get it .
The disadvantage is that we waste our time ,and we cant offer prayer, if we pray then we cant offer pray on time.

Talking about the disadvantages of télévision : It make us lazy not tending to do somethinge else, as some people can watch it all day long. So it has many of advantages but since there is computer which has replace it as well.

Television is considered as one of the most powerful media these days not just for learning but also as means of communication. However, this medium also have disadvantages in the form of pornography, violence and even risk to health.

Television has both good and bad effects,in fact everything in this world has two sides.it depends on the user what he takes from it

For it is the most important thing that all mankind have because  with television we're inform, entertain, etc with many things far from us.

Advantage of television is that we can see what is going around the world
disadvantage is spending more time on television

I think watching television will help us to discover more knowledges which is we did not know...

It will entertain u

It brings cancer

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Advantages:
It occupies you when you are bored. YOu can get new ideas. You can know the worldwide news.

Disadvantages:
It affects your eyes when you cross the limit. You loose your time which is precious.

The advantages of TV is that there are many educational programs which help help build on our knowledge. It is also a nice way to relax as it a lot less stressful that many activities available.

However the disadvantages include an increase in laziness. Also the high amount of advertisements lure susceptible viewers, into obesity, gambling and debt.

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It is one of the most interesting inventions of modern science.it has change the human outlook.it has many advantages and disadvantages.it can be very profitable if it is well used but the misuse of television leads to many problems

Its a good source of education but could spoil us

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Advantages: Discovery, Food Channel, Travel Channel, History Channel, and many others, actually have programs that one can learn from. Disadvantages: TV promotes a lazy mind. These days it is impossible to get kids to go out and play because they want to watch TV. Kids and adults should limit themselves and limit kids to 1-2 hours a day. Pick one or two shows that you follow, and find other hobbies, such as reading, working out, photography, hiking, biking, roller blading, coffee shops, or just quietly relaxing with no TV. Remember....TV promotes mental laziness when watching certain programs. Mental laziness does not promote a healthy lifestyle.