Impact of Television Viewing: A Review Article

Abstract

Today, television has emerged as the major source of entertainment and learning in our country. It has changed the lifestyle of people and become a major influence on the culture. Some students use Television and an educational tool, on the other hand, some uses it as a leisure tool. In particular, televisions impact on young people has garnered the most attention by academia and has been one area of intense study and debate. In fact, there are thousands of studies about television and its impact on young children and adolescence teenagers. For example, scholars know how many hours of television children and young students’ alike watch each day and how many television sets are in the average household. Moreover, they know where in the household these devices are located and much about children’s access to them. They know the types of programming they view and what kinds of programming different groups prefer. According to recent studies, almost every single student in the world watches television each and every day. Kinds of television programs, especially the serials, film clipping, news and news based programmes, sports and cartoons, affect people irrespective of gender, age and other demographic variables. Many people arises question as to whether television is really beneficial or does it has an actual impact on the viewer. This review article will provide us with an insight to some of the question that arises.