Mass Media in Our Life

Mass Media in Our Life

Mass media play a very important role in our everyday life. They serve to inform people of different events that take place or may happen. They also entertain people or even help to make their lives better. But the most important thing that newspapers, radio or TV bring to people is information. Complete and accurate information is very important to get nowadays. Those TV and radio programmes and newspapers that provide reliable information are always very popular. Sensational events such as crimes, natural disasters or unusual events are also of great interest. That is why many newspapers and TV programmes combine them with serious information. Usually daily mass media carry some international, state and local news. They also contain some other topics like health care, arts and so on. A lot of newspapers have advice columns, review of books, comics, crossword puzzles, etc. Most of them have different pictures, photographs and illustrations.

Mass media also focus public attention on the most urgent problems of the society. Those may be problems in health care, education, transportation or even corruption in government. Advertising is also paid much attention to in mass media. It helps people to get oriented in variety of firms and shops that offer their goods and services. All in all, mass media help us to form our opinion on different events, provide us with the information of what takes place in society, and are also means of entertainment.

TV programs

Many people enjoy sitting in the evening on the sofa and watching TV. They like different programs to watch. There are several national and many private channels on out TV. The most famous are “Inter”, “1 plus 1” and “ICTV”. They are the main official information channels because they broadcast a lot of information about events in our country and abroad. They include some programs for children, teenagers and adults. You may see many interesting films there too. Every person can see his or her favourite channel or program.

Those who like music prefer concerts and music shows. Sport fans can watch football matches or competitions on boxing, swimming and so on. Every day almost everybody waits for the latest news. We can see different lands, new plants, unusual animals, mountains and seas in the newsreels and scientific films. TV programs tell us interesting facts about the live in different parts of the world and space. We follow the political debates and the everyday’s life of famous people of the world. But best of all people like to enjoy films. Sometimes we are waiting for the chosen film for some days. We choose feature, adventure, scientific, cartoon or some other kind of the film on the taste of everybody. But most of all people like to watch soap operas nowadays. It is maybe because there are so many of them are on our TV.

As for me, I, like any teenager, prefer to watch different films. I don’t like political shows and different talk-shows. They are boring. So I’d like to recommend you to watch some scientific, fantastic or historical film, such as “In the Search of the Truth”, “The Lord of the Rings”, “King Arthur”.

Television

Television plays a great role in our life. TV has a lot of channels and everybody can watch the programs he likes. Our television has many programs: talk shows, game shows, news, sport events, about animals and countries and so on. Soaps-lovers can watch their favourite films almost every day. TV shows us a lot of films: detective, melodramas, comedies and thrillers.

Television plays a positive role. We see people in our country and in other lands, and learn their customs, opinions, problems. We become informed by watching documentaries, science programs, and discussions. We can see famous people. Television helps us to relax after the hard work. But sometimes television plays the negative role in the life too. We forget to spend our free time. We don’t have hobbies, don’t meet our friends, and don’t go outside. We don’t read books and listen to the music.

I like to watch TV very much. My favourite TV channel is MTV. It is a music channel. I like to listen to music very much. I also like different channels with action films. I like to watch interesting films, which are shown in the weekend. My favourite actor is Sylvester Stalonne.

Television in Our life

Television now plays an important role in our life. It is difficult to say if it is good or bad for us. It is clear, that television has advantages and disadvantages.

But are there more advantages than disadvantages? In the first place, television is an entertainment. But it is not only a convenient entertainment. For a family of three, four or five, for example, it is more convenient and less expensive to sit comfortably at home than to go out to find entertainment in other places. They don't have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre or cinema. They turn on the TV-set and can watch interesting films, concerts, football matches.

Television programs keep people informed about the latest developments in different fields. Television is a very good type of entertainment. But people begin to depend too much on it; they don't often go out and even speak to each other less (well, it's a joke, of course). But, to put it seriously, some people spend too much time watching TV. They simply can't switch it off! It's like a drug. People get addicted to certain TV series, don't they? Let us take the so-called "soap operas".
But some people think that it's bad to watch TV. Those who watch TV need do nothing. We are passive when we watch TV. Television shows us many interesting programmes. But again there is a disadvantage here: we watch TV every evening, and it begins to dominate our lives.

Very often the programmes are bad. Sometimes they show too much violence in films and news programmes. There is also too much pop music and ads. Ads on the whole are convenient for grown-ups. But is it good for children to watch all those ads where they show all kinds of underwear and what not?

TV

A lot of people are fond of watching TV. Others say that television is becoming a national disease.
Every day millions of people watch TV and find it the best way of entertainment. Why is television so popular?

Personally, I spend at least two hours a day watching TV. Thanks to television, I can learn about the latest international and local events, I "travel" all over the world and broaden my mind.

Television gives me food for thought, introduces me to new ideas and activities. There is always a great variety of programs on TV: news and sports programs, talk shows and TV games, documentaries and feature films, concerts and theatre performances. Besides, there are a lot of excellent educational programs for children and teenagers. They help them improve their knowledge, transfer them to different places and develop their imagination and creativity.

However, there are a lot of silly programs and commercials on TV which stuff our heads with nonsense. Some people don't choose what they watch and they are glued to the screen the whole days. Watching television can be addictive as well as smoking or drinking coffee. This fact lets some people affirm that television is becoming a national disease. The other problem is that there is too much violence on TV. Every day we are reported about natural disasters, murders and robberies. We watch hits where people are killed before our very eyes. It dulls our sensitivity and makes us aggressive.

Many people watch soap operas or TV shows because they find them enjoyable and realistic. Others say that watching soap operas is just a waste of time. Personally, I don't watch soap operas. I find them absolutely uninteresting and totally boring. As a rule event unfolds rather slowly and sometimes actors' performance leaves much to be desired. Some soap operas have been running for several years. To my mind, people who are fond of soap operas find their own lives rather boring. If a person's life is full of interesting events, he or she will hardly have a desire to spend hours in front of the TV-set watching other people fall in love, quarrel, separate and so on.
I think that watching reality shows is a waste of time. Most of them are boring and stupid. I don't care about celebrities eating bugs or police officers chasing after stolen cars. To my mind, there are too many reality shows on TV and all of them are exactly the same.

There are a lot of good cartoons and feature films for children on TV. Besides, there are excellent educational programs and programs designed for schools. They help children broaden their mind, transfer them to different places and develop their imagination and creativity.

In conclusion, I would like to say that television should give us food for thought, and introduce us to new ideas and activities. It's up to you to decide what to watch and how much time to spend in front of the TV-set. All in all, television can be very dangerous when it is misused. That is why it is very important to choose programs that we watch very carefully and to limit our viewing time.