Television viewing constitutes a significant chunk of a person’s leisure time activities. With many channels flocking, there is so much of awareness today and a whole world of information is ready to unravel at the mere click of a remote button.Dance shows, reality shows, serials, films, news, sports, music videos, quiz shows and innovative advertisements, constitute the most popularly viewed programmes on the television.
Television, which has long ago invaded our drawing rooms and bedrooms, constitutes for some disturbance to our privacy. In the nuclear families of today, parents are unable to spend quality time with their children as television has become their major source of entertainment.
The television ads seem to impact young minds by introducing variety of changes into their lifestyles. Unlike working women, house wives usually get glued to the popular afternoon soaps that dwell on inter-family disputes and emotional warfare.
Children, who are often found glued to TV sets, gradually become addicted to watching cartoons. They even get exposed to other television channels that very often gloat on sex, violence, horror shows, crime, murder and mafia serials, alcoholism, extra-marital relations etc.
In a society dominated by televisions, mobile phones, laptops, new-age toys and other hi-tech gadgets, is there sufficient time to enjoy reading a nice book?
As the umpteen television channels lay siege to the privacy of our drawing rooms, can we hope to get back that privacy which our ancestors enjoyed before the influence of the television era?
2 comments:
In our globalized world of multimedia we need to be cautious and wary.
It's a parent's duty to supervise what their kids watch on tv.
I, for one, would prefer a good book or a long walk rather than sitting in front of a tv watching mindless rubbish.
P.S. I really like your new profile pic Charan and the new outlook on your blog.
I express my gratitude for your opinion Margaret and also for your encouraging words.
I suppose the title of this post is not justifiable. Well, I actually started thinking on television as a threat to our privacy but ended up discussing the impact of television on the society.
About my profile pic & new look - well, you know that I always crave for variety and the only theme I don't like is the one I use, so I keep changing it again and again :-)
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