Television was invented by John Baird. Scientist have brought about a lot of improvements in it. It is a box like apparatus with a screen that receives broadcast signals and turns them into pictures and sound. It transmits both the pictures and sound from one place to another. Programmes are telecast through transmitters and the receiving sets receive them. People can listen the sound and watch the pictures live sitting inside their houses.
THE TELEVISION
Outline: A gift of science-its invention-how it works-its educative value-other advantages - its misuse-watching television by students.
This is the age of science. Now-a-days people in the modern society are enjoying a lot of gifts of science. Television is one of them. Television sets are found in almost all the families. It has become so popular that even common people living both in rural and urban areas have television sets of their own. This has become a necessity in life.
Television was invented by John Baird. Scientist have brought about a lot of improvements in it. It is a box like apparatus with a screen that receives broadcast signals and turns them into pictures and sound. It transmits both the pictures and sound from one place to another. Programmes are telecast through transmitters and the receiving sets receive them. People can listen the sound and watch the pictures live sitting inside their houses.
Television has become a medium of education these days. Some TV channels produce and telecast programmes based on the curriculum of schools and colleges. The UGC programme telecast by Doordarshan in India has been quite beneficial to the students. In some countries pupils leam their lessons through television as they do in classroom. There are some other programmes on television which give the children some new information and knowledge that broaden their outlook.
Everyday entertainment programmes like song. music, dance, films etc. are telecast by different television channels. The news on television is more natural because the person concerned and situations are not only heard but also seen. Besides this live telecast of sports and games, group discussions and debate on political and social affairs and celebration of important festivals are also telecast through different programmes. People watch programmes of their choice.
Television is often misused by some people. While watching television they forget their usual duties and neglect them. Today's cricket mania spoils a lot of valuable time of many people. In spite of the restriction of the parents students often watch television neglecting their studies. They should not watch programmes wich
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