Seunghyun Lee/ TV: could you be without it?/ Wed 11a.m
There is a word 'Flood of media'. This is literally true to the people who are living in 2012. TV, Newspapers, Magazines, DMBs are in everywhere near us. Recognized by most, TV is one of the most powerful media we have. Life without TV is beyond imagination for the modern people which include us. It is because TV is the easiest media we can get social information, most useful media make us feel something. And what's more, It has no alternatives.
Firstly, we can't live without TV because it is the easiest way to get social information. Frankly speaking, I don't like reading newspapers. It is boring and takes me much time. I have to buy it, find a wide space to open it, scan some articles I am intersted in. Most of all, I have to read it by myself and this procedure specially makes me be tired. When it comes to TV, I can just lean on the couch, turn the TV on, watch 9 o'clock News. I can even do some other things because the announcer still speaks what happens in my country today. What's more, It shows what happens for me to understand easily.
TV is the best media that enables us to feel emotions. Imagine that there is a documentary "Tears of the Antarctic" on TV now. We can see, listen to the sound of the polar region in TV. We can observe the appearance, behavior, sound of penguin. Therefore, we can imagine as if we were there and It can be easier to be absorbed to the program we are watching. This make us feel emotions much better than other forms like newspapers or books. In the same vein, people might tend to laugh more when watching "The Big Bang Theory" as a TV sitcom program rather than reading it as a paperback form.
Lastly, no other media can replace TV now. Some people argue that TV is useless because we can watch some programs with computer, cellphone or PMP. I want to ask them "Is a small TV or portable one can not be a TV?". Things changes. Books are changing. There is an e-book which can be readable with smart devices. it is just a new format of a book and people still call it "a Book". So does TV. Its form has been diverged. DMB, internet broadcasting is just other methods to watch TV. Media like books, radio and newspaper can not wholly substitute TV.
People who claims that they can live without "The idiot box" is ignorant of how much TV make their everyday life comfortable and fertile. If there is no TV, we should put more effort to know what happens in the world, feel emotions less than today. No other media will do the same role when TV is gone. It's obvious that TV is essential. We have to think how to make TV beneficial to our lives, stop regard TV as a useless box.
Hanul Park, I agree with your opinions, specially in third one. Though the internet is growing massively, It just re-produce other media`s contents. But I think the word 'makes me be tired' may replace to 'makes me tired'.
ReplyDeleteJimin Baik
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't totally agree with your opinion, your point is very interesting. I especially liked the way you 'hooked' us by suggesting the word "Flood of media," which exactly explains our world today. One thing I didn't understand is "Is a small TV or portable one can not be a TV?". I think your writing would be even better if you make your thesis statement stronger.
Seunghyun Lee
ReplyDeleteThere is a word 'Flood of media'. This is literally true to the people who are living in 2012. TV, Newspapers, Magazines, DMBs are in everywhere near us. Recognized by most, TV is one of the most powerful media we have. Life without TV is beyond imagination for the modern people which include us. It is because TV is the easiest media we can get social information, most useful media make us feel something. And what's more, It has no alternatives.
Firstly, we can't live without TV because it is the easiest way to get social information. Frankly speaking, I don't like reading newspapers. It is boring and takes me much time. I have to buy it, find a wide space to open it, scan some articles I am intersted in. Most of all, I have to read it by myself and this procedure specially makes me tired. When it comes to TV, I can just lean on the couch, turn the TV on, watch 9 o'clock News. I can even do some other things because the announcer still speaks what happens in my country today. What's more, It shows what happens for me to understand easily.
TV is the best media that enables us to feel emotions. Imagine that there is a documentary "Tears of the Antarctic" on TV now. We can see, listen to the sound of the polar region in TV. We can observe the appearance, behavior, sound of penguin. Therefore, we can imagine as if we were there and It can be easier to be absorbed to the program we are watching. This make us feel emotions much better than other forms like newspapers or books. In the same vein, people might tend to laugh more when watching "The Big Bang Theory" as a TV sitcom program rather than reading it as a paperback form.
Lastly, no other media can replace TV now. Some people argue that TV is useless because we can watch some programs with computer, cellphone or PMP. I want to claim that they are just other forms of TV. Things changes. Books are changing. There is an e-book which can be readable with smart devices. it is just a new format of a book and people still call it "a Book". So does TV. Its form has been diverged. DMB, internet broadcasting is just other methods to watch TV. Media like books, radio and newspaper can not wholly substitute TV.
People who claims that they can live without "The idiot box" is ignorant of how much TV make their everyday life comfortable and fertile. If there is no TV, we should put more effort to know what happens in the world, feel emotions less than today. No other media will do the same role when TV is gone. It's obvious that TV is essential. We have to think how to make TV beneficial to our lives, stop regard TV as a useless box.