Television In Todays Society

People blame technology for changing natural habitats of many animals, or speaking generally destroying the environment. But not many people know, or want to acknowledge the fact that television can also negative influence on the environment and the human realm. The satellite communication is a way, in which images from Western world are sent to the people living in Africa or South America. The programs transmitted there, change the culture of native people living there. Before they started receiving the transmissions, the native people lived their own life. They cultivated their culture and customs. But the appearance of television changed everything. People began to th

ink about Western world, and because of that they started to change. They stopped to value their culture as a primary factor in life. The big problem was that the indigenous people were able to get the messages and information, but they were not able to send back any message about their feelings and how they perceive that way of communication.

I do not believe that technology and television are neutral. Big corporations use them to influence people to act differently. Many people believe what they see on television. Big corporations know that, and they want to convince people that their products are the best. They spend million of dollars on commercials just to show people that one product is better than the other, what is not always true. People are brainwashed to spend money sometimes on products they do not even need. Television is not neutral because it reorganized the way of life in almost every house on the earth. It is a tool for those who have money and control the society. Firms use television to train ordinary people to follow the trends. The technology does not care about culture and tradition: it cares about money and profit. Many native people lost their true meaning of life because they started to believe in what they see on TV. The traditions so unique to each of the groups of Indians went into the oblivion. The material world became more worthily to the natives than the spiritual world. People also became more egois

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