Topic 7:
With the popularity of movies and television, people today no longer feel lonely. If we find ourselves solitary, we flick the remote control and invite the whole world to our home. We can go to movies with our friends as well. That is to say, movies or television have a great impact on our behaviors. The following aspects are assumed to be dominant.
People, nowadays, have many accesses to the foreign cultures, through movies and television. We are immersed in “Friends” and moved by Korean TV series. Consequently, it is likely to learn shining examples of other cultures. Our life styles have been changed gradually. Such cultural influences are, to some extent, transmitted through those visible media.
Furthermore, people are able to enjoy life in various ways by means of movies and TV。 In twenty years ago, people spent their spare time in extremely limited ways. After the prevalence of TV and movies, people have many flexible choices. Watching news, enjoying TV series or going to movies are available to everybody at no time. Some people even take up seeing films as their hobbies which, of course, make life colorful and meaningful. We don’t complain about life humdrum any more. These media are so important to our life that we cannot live without them.
However, it is argued that movies and TV have negative effect on our behaviors. Imagine that if a husband is addicted to watching sports game on TV, what will be the consequence? He seldom communicates with his family. To him, home only serves as a bar. Thus, even if all the family members gather at home, they disperse in every corner of the home, enjoying what they like to watch individually. No communication, no chatting will eventually contribute to the alienation between family members. Maybe TV achieves the function of family gathering, but it doesn’t promote the connection between their hearts.
To repeat, TV and movies are great invention in the history. They save us form boredom and solitary. But we need to stay with our companion when we enjoy these wonderful moments given by TV and movies.