Negative effects of television

« Negative effects of television Introduction : Since its invention, television has been a revolutionnary invention.

Most of the shows that are proposed on TV are popular program, which could divert people who are interested in this TV shows.

It is truly a medium of communication, information, and also an entertainement to general public.

It has taken an important part in our lives, so much that almost every family has a television set in their house.

At the beginnings of television, it used be only an entertainment because of movies and series.

It is just after that it will become an instrument of information, with news that are broadcasted all around the world which is very useful to keep us in contact with the whole world.

On the other hand, television can be used advisedly for enriching activities like studying or practicing sport.

Even so, there is an observation that remains undeniable : television has primarly negative effects.

What are these negative effects ? First of all, we are going to talk about the direct effects of television.

After this, we’ll treat the indirect effects of television.

Development : Firstly, television has direct negative effects.

Among the direct bad effects of television, there is one effect that is clearly emanating more than others : the impact about family relations.

In fact, when TV is on, family attention is dragged by TV and then, communication within the family turns out very complicated, regardless of the ages of people.

For example, Dr Elizabeth Vandewater did noticed that for childrens between 9 and 12 years old, an excessive use of television would have disastrous effects on communication between childrens and parents.

In this case, Dr Vandewater has realised her study about a group of 2900 students aged up to 12 years old by analysing their daily activities by comparing the use of TV to activities like. »