[Week XI] Argumentative essay - it is better if you turn off your television

Almost everything in the world has its own good and bad effect in the different point of view. This pros and cons things also occurs on the impact of watching television. In this text I'm going to share my opinion about this issue.

Before i cut to the case, I have to admit that television is a great invention that has been used in people's daily life since the late of 1930. We can actually watch many things and activities in the different moment and place through this invention.

But in my opinion, watching television actually bing more harm than good effect for people. My main reason is because the power of television that can trap us to watch them regardless of the contain and lose our priceless time.

There is a term called orienting response, which refers to the response that grabs attention of sudden move which some living things has, including human. So, television basically has its power to amazed us by transmitting its flickering, ever changing colors and shifting contras which in fact, also plenty of sudden moves. And this seems to be the reason why we easily want to keep watching television for so long, even we didn't plan it. This actually gives us more disadvantages, because we would not even care of its content anymore.

TV also decreases one's attention span and weakens one's imagination. It weakens our attention span because we grow used to quick, short bursts of information. As a result, we grow impatient if it takes a while to make a point. TV weakens our imagination because everything is portrayed for us. All we have to do is sit back and observe someone else's imagination. Books are just the opposite. They increase our attention span and help to develop our imagination.

TV also has another bad effect to us, which is draining off our energy instead of reenergizing it. This happens because of the orienting response and swirling TV images that I mentioned earlier result in information overload. This over stimulus of the brain sucks the energy right out of us. Compare this with going to the gym for a workout after a tiring day at the office. Instead of growing more tired, we become energized. So, if you want more energy, far better to engage in some activity than to plop down in front of a TV.

Well, I'am not saying that you cant watch your television at all, i mean sometimes they have some useful show , but now days as I can see there are less useful program as not television invented to be. So it is better to get some activities instead of sitting in front of your TV screen and use your other devices like laptop or phones to access some information that doesnt have much flickering screen like TV does.