essay - TOEFL8

Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinions.

Answer:
I totally disagreed with the statement that television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Television promotes communication rather than deteriorates it.

First, television can provide topics that people can share and discuss among them. For example, an episode from a TV drama may cause meaningful discussion among people.

Moreover, television provides communication space to people. A family can gather in front of TV and have same time with them. For example, a news from TV may make the family gather in front of TV and make them talk with each other, resulting in better communication.

Needless to say, spending too much time to watch TV brings negative effects. Or if family concentrates on TV too much, the family doesn't have any conversation among them. Therefore, people need to keep in mind that television is not a perfect media.

As a whole, television has been playing a vital role in communication in this contemporary era. Although there are several setbacks, television can contribute to people in terms of making them communicate with each other through the existence.