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| ACHYUTH J M |
( CLASS IX MIRRORING TIMES )
INTRODUCTION
Ever since television was invented in the 1920s, the development of new technologies has influenced people’s life for many generations. Considered widely a main medium of mass communication, however, debates over TV’s fundamental purposes have never stopped. The main purpose of TV , for instance , should be educational as well as entertaining the eyes.
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......................Educational TV
programmes can offer people fresh knowledge that is often hard to find in
books. In a globalised world it is necessary for people to be open minded and
keep up to date with the current
situation.
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Educational
TV programs as well as entertaining programs have their own merits and
demerits.
FUNCTIONS
OF TELEVISION
Educational
TV programs can offer people fresh knowledge that is often hard to find in
books. In a globalized world, it is necessary for people to be open-minded and
keep up-to-date with the current situation around the world. Not everybody has
a chance to go abroad, so TV like other media such as the internet surely
serves as a bridge that enables people to learn about cultures in other parts
of the world.
Informative
programs can supplement and deepen what students learn from school since much
of the knowledge taught in class many either be out of date or not related
closely to the society. Therefore educational TV programs will be very helpful
and can help those who have been out of school update their knowledge or joust
to improve themselves.
Moreover,
informative and educational TV programs can also teach people practical skills
that often prove to be useful in daily life. “Absolute Challenge” , a popular
TV program in China Central TV , for instance , often offers , their audience
practical advices in finding a job. Human resource managers and college
graduates who are either hunting for a job are invited to the studio , where
the entire process of candidate selection , recommendations , interviews and
decision making are broadcasted live. By watching the program, audiences are
taught on how a particular company chooses a candidate over another. They also
can learn from the mistakes of those who are turned down by a company.
Although
people can benefit from educational TV programs, education is not the only
function of such programs. Another important function of TV is to entertain
people. As one saying goes, all study and no play will make Jack a dull boy.
People need entertainment which can help relieve them out of the daily
pressures from work or school. If life was full of nothing but lectures and
sermons whenever a TV set is turned on, that would want to watch TV anymore.
Humorous and entertaining programs can help forget what made them unhappy or
pressurized, even temporarily.
CONCLUSION
To
summarize, the function of television should be educational as well as
entertaining since people need only new knowledge to update themselves but also
entertainment programs that inform people in an entertain able way can hold
back more audience in front of TV sets.
