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Influence of television not necessarily all negative

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Television has become increasingly influential in our lives. However, it tends to turn us into passive observers as very few of us consider the question - is TV healthy or harmful?

Actually, evidence can be found to support both views.

On the positive side, TV can provide us with the latest news, keeping us up-to-date. It can also save a lot of time compared to reading newspapers and it is more environmentally friendly as we are saving our valuable resources too.

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It also provides students with another source of knowledge besides textbooks. For example, ETV has a lot of popular study material and animations make learning from the TV more engaging.

Apart from this, TV provides entertainment. Nevertheless, the medium may have harmful effects.

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People may become lazy or they may be affected by violent or explicit material.

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