Monday, March 17, 2008

TV Hinders the Learning Process (I Think)


Forewarned, this article contains a lot of personal negative bias toward the entertainment industry, and was not accepted at suite101.com. I would still welcome any feedback on this tops here, thank you for reading!
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Television programs today have taken on unconventional forms of education and impede learning and maturing processes of psychologically developing audiences. Once recognized however, the resolution simply points to alternative pastime activities.

Onslaught of Commercials Shows and Movies

As the entertainment industry expands, an evermore widening selection of television programs has become publicly available. Every single day, individuals young or old experience assaults of advertisements and various scripted personalities. Inadvertently, the publicized manners of content arrive complemented with questionable influences. In other words, they create false ideals and hence alter common public perceptions.

False Principles

As propagandas lobby the public toward government biases, television advertisements perform the equivalent for products or services. With advances in behavioral research, commercials today thrust and exploit popular desires and fears. A typical theme accentuates the fear of crowd rejection, and the solution for acceptance lies somehow magically within the advertised item. Unfortunately the validity of these premises rarely gets scrutinized.

Change of Values

Television shows and films inspire emotional amusement, while the underlying opinions and impressions leave lasting effects. The public icons hold immense power over young audiences. Partying instead of studying, pursuit of coolness, or glorification of crime promote undesirable values toward growing adults.

Behavior Modification

While in the learning process within a campus environment, top priorities logically center on education and preparations for a rewarding life beyond school. Instilled with questionable beliefs and attitudes via television, many confounded individuals of this generation attempt to obtain the newly advocated ideals. This today has resulted in substantial consumerism, associated credit bubbles, lowered academic achievements, or wide range moral decay.

Alternative Utilizations of TV Time

No successful corporate executive or industrialist has ever coupled success with television watching. With less time in front of the tube, opportunities become available for attainment toward a variety of purposes. Getting into shape, writing that book, learning recipes for health improvement, or completing the school assignments on time, these goals all of sudden have become simply realistic with the additional time available. Once analyzed and meticulously executed, productivity often ends highly rewarding.

Limit TV Time for Better Campus Life and Beyond

As established above, television hinders the growth development of viewers, especially those in the educational and maturing stage of life. On the other hand, limited exposure to mass media entertainment leads to free and independent thought, uninterrupted learning; and of course, realistic happiness.

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