Some people believe that watching television is a worthless or meaningless activity, while others view it as a valuable way to relax or gather information. Is watching TV a valuable activity? Make sure you support your position with reasons, explanations,

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If you will ask a scientist about the above argument he will definitely say that watching television is worthless because he feels that his work /research relaxes him and he enjoys it . And if Romeo is asked the same question i .e about watching TV for getting relaxed or for getting information he would have laughed at it because his only passion was Juliet and she was thew means of relaxation for him he had nothing to do with the information because his world started and

ended with Juliet Now , if you ask the parents of children who always watch TV and do not listen to them then such parents will definitely say that watching television is worthless and meaningless because their experience with their children is not good about watching television . While on the other hand if you ask the same question to a person who likes to watch movies or like cricket or football could not even think to live without TV because for him TV is the prime source of relaxation and his passion . If you ask a journalist or the person who likes to watch news and like to watch documentaries he will definitely say that watching TV is very informative . So , it passion , past experiences and his objectives of life that whether watching television is a worthless activity or a valuable way to relax or helps in gathering information

As far as my point view is concerned I will say that television is one of the most outstanding inventions to date . Nevertheless , nothing in this world is worthless or meaningless , everything has some advantages and disadvantages and if something has considerable amount of disadvantages then one says that this thing is worthless albeit its not and if something has more advantages it is definitely neither considered worthless nor meaningless . In the same way I think that now a day 's television has produced more problems rather than the blessings , which it offers but it is not First problem is that your intentions may be very right but once when we start watching television , our intentions may change and its hypnotic power makes us to keep it watching independent of the triteness or triviality of the content . This happens because we have inherited orienting response . Orienting response can defined by an example that an insect finds its way to my home , once when it is pointed out by my cat , she keeps an eye on that insect and finally attacks upon that insect . The behavior of my cat is called the orienting response This simply means cats attention was grabbed by sudden movement

The negative impact of TV is not only because of its harmful influence but also it also impacts in terms of opportunity cost . Marie Winn illustrates this point in better way in her book The Plug-In Drug She writes

The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces - although there...