TELEVISION
Television,
or TV, is one of humanity's most important means of communication. It brings
pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes.
People with
a television set can sit in their house and watch the president makes a speech
or visits a foreign country. They can see a war being fought, and they can
wacth government leaders try to bring about peace. Through television, viewers
at home can see and learn about peopl, places, and things in a away lands.
Television even takes viewers out of this world as the astronauts explore outer
space.
In addition
to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of
programmes that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more
entertainment programmes than any other kind of information media. The
programmes include action-packed dramas, light comedies, soap operas, sports events,
cartoons, quizzes, variety shows and motion pictures.
More than 83
million homes in the United States - or 98% of all the country's homes - have
at least one television set. On the average, a television set is in use in each
home for about 6 3/4 hours each day. As a result, television has an important
influence on how people spend their time, as well as on what they see and
learn. After they arrive from work, they usually watch TV. Then, the importance
of television is proven.