Television program is a tool that was designed to demand undivided attention(Alexander 2001).An estimation show that 90% of household in developed countries have at least one television set (Sharif 1999).So,it can be said that almost everyone can watch television at home.Statistic shows that watching television have been the highest time taker for leisure and sports activities time (American time use survey 2003).This means television have really big influence on it's viewer.Debated have occur whether television programs brings positive or negative effects.For me,television give more negative effects towards human.
First,watching unsuitable program can caused affects on development of thinking process(Sharif 1999).Especially when children watch it alone without guidance from the elder.Children are at a process to shape their mind about world(Sharif 1999).Watching programs that contains violence,may caused children to think violence is part of life and it is an alternative way to solve problems(Sharif 1999).Watching too much programs that present short but attractive segment can caused tendency for children to have a very short attention towards something(Sharif 1999).
Apart from influencing children mind,television program can also influenced children behavior.Imitating character can lead to poor behavior(Sharif 1999).All these stretotypes influence children in their behavior towards themselves and others(Sharif 1999).Children,who is actually learning how to solve problems,might be fooled by a television programs who solved the problem within 30 minutes.They might have a thinking that all problems can be solved easily(Sharif 1999).But,when it comes to the real life,they might become frustated and give up easily when they fails to solve problems(Sharif 1999).
Next on the list about negative effects of television program is it can caused difficulty in communication among family members(Rutherford 2002).This happen when the family have their meals in front of television.Some of the fanatic viewers of television programs might suffer withdrawal symptoms when they did not watch their favorite progams(Rutherford 2002).Watch television can be harmful if it is watched with an exclusion of other activities.When is indulged with snacks,it may caused obesity and related disease(Rutherfor 2002).
In a nut shell,I strongly believe that watching television have negative effects like behavior problems,thinking problems,communication problems and health problems.So,its better for us to watch less television program and do more activities.
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hi,actually i really not good at commenting other's work,but i will give a shot.
ReplyDeletefor the 1st paragraph, i think the sentence should be either '..statistics show..' or '..statistic shows that watching television has been the highest time taker..' and if i m not mistaken,you should state what are the negative effects of television viewing at the end of the paragraph.
for the second paragraph,i think it will be better if you rephrase your 1st sentence of the paragraph.for example you might consider change it to '..watching unsuitable programs can affect the development of thinking process..'
for the third paragraph,in my opinion it should be '..television programs can also influence children behavior..'
and for the fourth paragraph,i think the sentence should be '..television program is it causes difficulty in communication among family members..this happens..' and i think it should be '..When television viewing is indulged with snacks,it may causes obesity and related disease..'
overall,i think there are some grammar mistakes that you have done and you might consider to reread your essay :D