PROMPT # 14 “The television has a greater effect on people’s lives than the telephone has. Do you agree or disagree.”

“The television has a greater effect on people’s lives than the telephone has. Do you agree or disagree.” I agree with this prompt. Both the telephone and the television have made a great leap in people’s lives to make the world more improved and modern. The telephone has made it possible for people to communicate with each other even when they are far away from each other. Before telephones were made, if a person wanted to tell someone something they would have to walk to the person and tell that person the news in person. The telephone was a very effective invention because without the telephone, many people would have died. In emergencies, now people could just call 911 for help. Now a days, people could call the police in situations that are life threatening, asking for help, but before when the telephone was not invented, people would have to walk miles just to get a doctor . People had to ride horses or walk by feet to get help. By the time a person got help of a doctor, the patient at home would already die. Even though the telephone was a very influential invention, the television has affected the lives of people more than the telephone has.

People were influenced in bad and good ways because of the television. The television made people watch TV which is a bad thing if they watch TV for the whole day. Television shows is something that is very addictive and lures people to continue watching the next episodes. At first, when the televisions were first invented, only high class people could buy televisions because it was extremely expensive. This also made the unfairness of how rich people could watch TV and poor people could not afford to buy one. Even though these are some bad influences, this does not mean that the television was just a bad invention. The television shows news about how things are going around the world. These kinds of channels are very good because people around the world should know what is happening in the world or at least what is happening in their country. These kinds of channels have helped educate many people with the knowledge of daily news. Many people around the world have learned a lot from news they watch at home. Also, because the television was invented, many people got jobs. If there was no television, dramas and TV shows would have never been made. The numerous actors and actresses would have never got their jobs and the economy would have been worse. The television also brought joy and entertainment for everyone in the world. It brought families to get together more often and watch TV together. The television has improved a lot from when it was first invented. At first the computer was very big and heavy and needed antennas for the television to connect to the satellite, but now the TV has improved a lot. Now TV’s come in different colors and sizes. Now the TV does not need antennas for the television to work. Now there are flat screen TV’s and so many different kinds. Also, now some TV’s are cheaper so poor people could also afford to get TV’s but this does not mean that every single person in the world could get a TV because you also need to pay for the electrical fees. This is the reason why the television had a greater effect on people’s lives than the telephone.