The Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching TV

There are many advantages and disadvantages in watching TV. For the advantages are getting information such as, health, education, and weather. Then, we can get knowledge about science, politic, new development in the world and so on. Besides, watching TV can give us peace when we need time to rest. There are many programs on TV, for example, news, action movie, and horror movie. One of the programs that important to increase our knowledge is quiz.

Those are the advantages of watching TV. But, those activites have the disadvantages, too. According to the result of a survey in America, children and adults turned out to spend 22-28 hours per week or 3-4 hours per day in watching TV. It means that the children have more time to watch television than do the other activities that more healthy and beneficial.

These conditions cause symptoms of obesity, decreasing development of intellectual and social skills, increasing fear and aggressive behavior. But, we also get the positive side from watching TV if we can choose good program that suitable for us. It will give us some information, knowledge, entertainment, and so on without loose the positive side of TV.

Written by : Siti Aisyah Putri _201010100311099