The type of media that has the most impact on my life is television. Though I believe television is a great tool for learning, communication, and information, it has negative aspects. For instance, television commercials attempts to influence people’s behaviors and beliefs since they have become one of the most effective, persuasive method of selling products of many sorts. In the commercials, most females are young, attractive, thin, and have an ornamental quality. These kinds of features force female teenagers to be one of them by purchasing the product. I once was persuaded by the medicine advertisement that was about model becoming slim and beautiful after taking the pills daily. Moreover, I realized that television programming emphasizes male character’s strength, performance, and skill while for women focuses on attractiveness and desirability. As a result, I have been shown to be stereotyped in the gender role attitudes. When I was young, I thought boys are in more active roles but girls are likely to be passive. Still, nowadays, I see women regarded as sex objects or hopeless individuals.
Even though I know the negative side of television programs, I still watch the television in order to obtain main source of information. Everyday I listen and watch a short news sequence that provides with necessary information. This information allows me to communicate and interactive with other individuals. Besides, television is the way to release my stress, for it offers a variety of possibilities to have fun sitting on the sofa and relaxing.
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