The Influence of Television and Movies

There is no doubt that watching television and movies can influence the way that people behave. Moreover, it seems that people are spending more and more time watching some sort of visual entertainment, whether it is television, a video tape or a DVD. Therefore, the effects of visual media cannot be ignored.

One obvious effect of the these media is that watching them induces people to buy certain products. television advertising is widespread and, nowadays, even movie theaters permit advertisements. Another way TV and the movies affect people is that they give people either a broader view of the world or a distorted one, depending on what type of program they watch. Those who watch news and educational program can learn many new things while those who watch primarily entertainment shows may come to believe that most people in the world possess great wealth and good looks. It may make them become dissatisfied with their own lives. Finally, perhaps the most susceptible viewers are children, who may be unable to tell fact from fiction and may try to imitate acts that they see on TV or in the movies.

With the every-increasing popularity of video entertainment, society must pay attention to these effects. Television and movies, while entertaining and informative, cannot take the place of real experience.

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電視和電影的影響

電視和電影無(wú)疑會(huì)影響人們的行為舉止。此外，人們似乎在花越來(lái)越多的時(shí)間去觀看一些視覺(jué)娛樂(lè)節(jié)目，無(wú)論是電視、錄像帶，或是DVD。因此，視覺(jué)每體的影響是不容忽視的。

這些每體所造成的比較明顯的影響是，人們?cè)谟^看之后會(huì)被誘使去購(gòu)買(mǎi)某些產(chǎn)品�，F(xiàn)在電視廣告非常普遍，即使是電影院，也允許播放廣告。另外一個(gè)電視及電影會(huì)影響人們的方式是，它們能使人們對(duì)世界有更廣闊的見(jiàn)解或是扭曲的看法，而這取決于人們所觀看的是什么樣的節(jié)目。凡是觀看新聞性及教育性節(jié)目的人可以學(xué)習(xí)許多新事物，而主要觀看娛樂(lè)節(jié)目的觀眾可能就會(huì)認(rèn)為，世界上大多數(shù)的人都很有錢(qián)，而且長(zhǎng)得都很好看，這可能會(huì)使他們對(duì)自己的生活感到不滿意。比較后，兒童可能是比較容易受影響的觀眾。他們可能無(wú)法分辨真實(shí)與虛構(gòu)，而且可能會(huì)試著模仿在電視或電影中所看到的行為。

由于視覺(jué)娛樂(lè)越來(lái)越普遍，所以社會(huì)大眾必須注意其可能造成的影響。盡管電視及電影兼具娛樂(lè)性和知識(shí)性，但還是無(wú)法取代實(shí)際的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。