Television

Write a composition in 250 words about ‘Television’.

Television

Hints: Introduction What it is, Usefulness, Abuses of television, Conclusion.

Introduction: Television is a wonderful gift of modern science. Nowadays it is a popular medium of mass communication. It has brought a remarkable change in human life. It has become a companion to the lonely people and friend to the friendless. It is now a part and parcel of everyday life.

What it is: The word ‘television’ comes from the Latin word ‘tele’ and ‘vision’. The term ‘tele’ means distance and ‘vision’ means a sight. In a word, television means a sight from distance. It is somewhat different from the radio. From a radio, we only get the voice of the speaker. On the other hand, we get both the voice and the picture of the speaker from a television.

Usefulness: Television is very necessary to modem culture and civilization. We can get various kinds of news throughout the world sitting at home. Political leaders can also form a public opinion through it. It is the best medium of being familiar with customs and traditions fashion and culture of the people of different parts of the world. It is a great source of recreation. We enjoy drama, dance, music, and songs through it. Television plays an important role in education. It is being used to teach the students and illiterate people. It also arranges special programmes for children women workers and soldiers.

Usefulness: Television is very necessary to modem culture and civilization. We can get various kinds of news throughout the world sitting at home. Political leaders can also form a public opinion through it. It is the best medium of being familiar with customs and traditions, fashion and culture of the people of different parts of the world. It is a great source of recreation. We enjoy drama, dance, music, and songs through it. Television plays an important role in education. It is being used to teach the students and illite ate people. It also arranges special programmes for children women, workers and soldiers.

Abuses of television: Television is not only useful to us. It has some abuses too. Sometimes young boys and girls concentrate their attention so much on it that they forget everything. They forget about their studies which is the main-duty of the students.

Conclusion: Really, television is the charm of the age. “In a developing country like ours, the importance Of television cannot be ignored. So the government should try to make it available among all sections of people.