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Is Today`s Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?, Reini-Ly Sukk

Nowadays, television is very important part of everyone`s lives. We spend hours and hours watching different shows form television but most of the time, we do not think about is this educating or we just devolve on that, but if you choose right channels, television is a useful source of information and education.
Firstly, television is full of informative shows and if you want, you can find very educational shows and films. For example, every Tuesday ETV2 shows AegRuum, which gives us information about everything you can think of. Furthermore, even entertaining channels show informative and educational shows and also most of Estonian channels show what is happening in Estonia and in the world.
Secondly, there is a lot news showed in television, which gives us glue what is going are and what are worldwide problems. In ETV you can see news or shows that give us a lot information (like Terevisoon) five times a day. It gives everybody a opportunity to find time to gen up with problems around the world.
Besides, there are many shows which does not give us any information at all and are just for entertainment. As a result of that, people are started to devolve on television and do not pay attention on what is important and why television was made at first place. There are many informative shows too, but people are so comfort these days and do not watch informative shows because they are too lazy to find entertaining activities besides watching television and it is a big income for companies who make entertaining shows and movies.
In conclusion, people have taken a side that informative shows are boring and it is much funnier to watch entertaining shows, but I think, it is not why you should turn on your TV. It shows a lot about you, if you know what is going on in the world and you have your own opinion about things. Nowadays, it costs more that knowing who is Romeos next mistress.

Reini-Ly Sukk, 11.b

Toomas Oosalu, Essay

Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

The percentage of people who own a television is very high, atleast in developed countries and it is a big part of our lives. It is not unheard of that a person comes home after work or school and turns on the television and watches it until going to sleep. Since there are a lot of commercials, movies, the news and talk-shows, which can interpet a subject like it wants, it definitely affects the way we think. Even if someone watches television only for an hour or two per day, it has an effect on a person. But is the amount of valid information enough for television to be labeled as a source of information rather than a source of entertainment?

Firstly, the biggest reason why television should be thought of as a source of entertainment is that when watching TV-shows and films, it is not likely to acquire a lot of useful information. There may be some real life facts from the time when the movie was made, but surely only watching films will not keep you up to date with what is going on in the world. As for the talk-shows, usually these kind of shows do not cover so called ''serious'' news and talk about gossip, cultural subjects or an interesting persona. Althought it might be good if adequate people would talk about what is going on around the world, it probably would not get as many viewers as gossip about celebrities. And since television is all about ratings then a serious talk-show just would not survive.

Secondly, when people come home after a hard day at work or anywhere else they want to relax. If all that was showed on television were news then they would have to keep thinking and worrying. For example when a stockbroker comes home, turns on the TV and sees that the stockrates, which he was working with had gone down he would not be able to sleep all night. That is why it is much easier to just switch off the real world and watch television. Many people do not even turn on the TV to watch news anymore, because internet has taken over and you can get information online much faster, whenever you want and in bigger amounts. So television's main purpose is to entertain.

On the other hand it can be said that television is a source of information, but only if left out that not for useful or thought-provoking information. A quarter of an hour on TV is filled with commercials about different things that people actually do not need, but they will make you want it, because they show these advertisments so often. Althought it is still information as it is a new thing and let's you know what people have come up with, it does not actually help you in life and probably makes your mind numb, while you watch it.

In conclusion I think that television is a source of entertainment rather than a source of information. There are other ways to get sophisticated knowledge and the news than the television. The internet and thematic magazines, for example. And the amount of news on TV definitely succumbs to the amount of mindless information, which is fed to people and that is why television is far from being a source of information.

Nele Tüvi - Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

 

 

Lots of people in the world watch TV every day. But why is there a need to sit hours on a couch and watch just a box where pictures are moving with voices. Is this activity worth doing or is it just another way how to spend an endless time? I think that today's television is more a source of entertainment than a source of information.

 

Firstly, to stand for my opinion, there are a lot more entertaining channels on TV than channels which give out information. TV packets such as Starman, Elisa offer an extremely wide choice of different channels, which are mostly directed to avoid boredom.  Therefore for those who still have only four Estonian channels, such as TV3, ETV, ETV2 and Kanal 2, their programmes also contains mostly of „easy watching" TV-shows or series, like Dinner for five, Dr.House and Two and a Half Men, in addition to give us some laugh. While watching them there is no need to pay attention to the facts that information offers.

 

Secondly, people usually watch television because they do not have nothing else important to do. On Saturday mornings after waking up, the typical morning routine consists of washing a face, brushing teeth, making coffee and some sandwiches. While eating also watching what is on television in order to make breakfast more exciting.  In the evenings when people come home from work and all the household chores are done, they would like to relax inasmuch as be entertained. Futhermore, watching good movies, funny TV-shows or excellent series is an enjoyable way to spend a nice, peaceful evening at home. Television is a part of peoples daily routine.

 

On the other hand television gives us also loads of information, through news or advertises broadcasted between programms. Some people watch only news from television, to keep up with what is happening in the world. Younger generation reads news from the Internet because there is no need to wait until seven o'clock if it is possible to read them earlier. On the Internet, there are multiple sources to find an information which is needed. Although, people have to find an information theirselves.

 

All in all, I am sure that nowadays people have find different ways how to get information what they need more quickly and rationally, so that they would use TV only for an entertainment.

 

 

Nele Tüvi

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Minna Räty - Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

 

            Few decades ago, television was the only source of information, where you could get the information and see the picture in the same time. That is why everybody were following the news from the televison. Nowadays, televisor just stands in the corner of the room to just watch the movies and soap operas, everybody uses the internet to find out the news, which they are interested in.

            Firstly, you can search all the information from Internet. If you visit some newspaper's homepage, you can just read the titles and you can open only those news, which interest you. On the Internet, you can also say, what you think about some article, although some people are using the anonymity to post cruel comments. Watching the news, you can not just skip the stories. You have to watch them all. For example. Estonian news Reporter is a show, where they talk half an hour about celebrities and cute animals, but they do not talk so much about the serious news. If you want to know, what is happening in the world, you have to follow some serious news agency.

            Moreover, from the Internet, you can also hear the different opinions. The news services can be very subjective and when you hear only one opinion, you may be wrong or brainwashed.  Therefore, I use the Internet to get my news and use television to watch movies. It is more comfortable to watch movies from the televisor instead of the computer monitor. Our generation is used to watch movies from TV, because we all watched cartoons, when we were little.

            On the other hand, there are still people, who tend to get their information from television instead of the Internet. Many old people are not used to surf on the internet, that is why they are reading the newspapers, listening to the radio or watching the televisor. They prefer the television because you can not see the picture from the radio and the articles in the newspaper may be little bit boring to read. When the news are about some catastrophe, they want to see debris of the buildings. Reading the interview is never so excting than watching it, because you can see the reactions and people's expression.

            To sum up, I think that in the future, people get all their news from the Internet. Already now there are lot of entertaining shows, which people like to watch, for example reality shows. But I think there always are some people, who prefer watching the news from the television, because yellow news services are mixing entertainment and information, that is why Reporter is so popular in Estonia. 

Priit Trink essay

Is Today's Television A Source Of Entertainment Or A Source Of Information?

Television, as we know today, is used in many different ways. The first thing that almost everyone does when he arrvies home is turn on the TV. Is it because he wants to get entertained or because he wants to hear the news? Probably he wants to get the news.

First of all, the entertainable side has moved to computers where anyone can watch exactly the videos they want, play different games and listen to music. Everything is in one place. People can read the news on the Internet as well so getting the news about what is going on is not impossible when one does not have a TV. The television is more comfortable in watching the news, however, because they are brought to people so that they do not need to do anything more than to turn it on.

What is more, at least one third of what can be seen on TV is commercials. They take a lot of time and this is one of the reasons why people today do not like to watch television. They are extremely annoying especially during the movies. Some scenes in the movie are usually cut out because in other way it would last too long with the commercials. Movies are the only entertaining things in television. At least in Estonia.

On the other hand, these commercials, that you can not avoid, are starting to appear on the internet as well. Commercials are very good money makers for the famous sites and that is why they probably can not resist it.

Television is very good for watching the news. They are brought to viewers in a good summary and that is why it is comfortable. But on the entertaining side television has a lot to work on to be competitive with the computers today. Television does not fill the need of every person in entertainment but the news are everywhere pretty much the same and that is why television has more potetial in giving people information.

 

Martin Remmelgas, 11B All Adverts are Dishonest.

All Adverts are Dishonest. They do not Give Us a True Picture of a Product.

 

We have all seen advertisements of products that magically grow your hair back or eau de toilette, which suddenly makes every woman in the world crave for you. I would like to ask, if any of those advertisements are actually true?

I think that none of today's adverts actually give you the full truth. It would be very bad advertising tactics, when you are trying to sell your product and then say that it has a few flaws and you would not personally use it. That would not tempt people to buy those products and therefore advertising companies all over the world try to paint their products in bright colors.

The second reason why people try to touch up their products is, that the competition in some areas, where products have similar effects is really tough, for instance washing-powders and other cleaning products. It would be hard to compete with others without making your goods sound better than they really are.

In today's society some people think that it is perfectly okay to lie to costumers just to elevate profits, but I strongly disagree and as far as I know I am not the only one who disagrees. False advertising is illegal in Estonia and therefore advertising companies are very careful not to say something that could be proved otherwise, for example instead of saying "We are the best out there", it is said in advertisements that they are one of the best, because it would be easy to prove that they are not the best, however, you can't prove that they are not "one of the best", because of the possible different explanations of the term.

I am not saying I enjoy commercials or advertisements, but if I did, I would say that I enjoy simple commercials, which sometimes have very little to do with the product itself. I hate commercials that repeat the products name annoyingly.

In conclusion I would like to say that the more accurate the advertisements are the better they seem to me and using vague phrases does not appeal to me at all. This might be off-topic, but I like to call commercials, which look fake and flawed "polish commercials".