Television vs Telephone

Does the television have a greater effect on people’s lives than the telephone does?  To answer this question, we have to take in one important factor.  What is an “effect on someone’s life?”  Does this mean the time it takes out of their day, or how important the device is to them?   These two questions can lead to different answers.  If an effect was the time it takes out of their day, I would say on average that the television would take up more of people’s time.  Even though people may talk more frequently on the phone than watch the television, people will watch the T.V for a number of hours while they may only talk on the phone for a number of minutes.  However if an effect refers to the importance of the device to the person, I would say that the telephone is much more important.  This is because the telephone allows people to talk to each other at different places whereas the television is just a form of entertainment.  There are many other things to entertain yourself with but only one way to talk to people in different places.

If you asked me the question, does the television have a greater effect on people’s lives than the telephone does, I would say overall that the telephone has a greater effect on people’s lives due to its importance in the world.  This importance creates a huge effect on people’s lives because instead of having to travel a long ways either by car and wasting gas, or by foot or bike and wasting energy, you would be able to talk to another person while you are both in separate places.  This is great for a traveling husband, to call an ambulance, or even to order pizza. 

I would say the telephone is more effective than the television because of all the major advancements the telephone has lead to.  The television has only lead to newer smaller or thinner televisions with more definition, but the telephone has led to major companies, smaller and faster telephones, satellites for casual talking and texting, texting, video chatting, and much more.  The ways of talking to other people without meeting them face to face has become so popular because you would be able to tell friends where to meet and when.  The television on the other hand is just a newer form of entertainment that keeps kids from reading and doing homework.  It has a hard factor on school life.  Another thing about the television is that it has increases the amount of laziness and thus weight gain for people.  For example, many people will sit down and watch the television while eating unhealthy foods and drinking unhealthy beverages at least once a week.  I know I do that.  This has lead to people becoming more interested in sitting down and watching T.V than going outside and playing.  The telephone has no effect like that whatsoever. 

   All in all, I would say that the telephone has a greater effect on people’s lives, in a positive way, than the television, which also has an effect on people’s lives, but a bad one.  The telephone has lead to greater inventions and will keep prospering while the television will just become smaller or larger, thinner or thicker, and with more definition.  This shows that the telephone was a great change for people due to its great ability to communicate two or more people, while they are in different places.  The television is only another form of entertainment that makes people lazy and fat.  The telephone will lead to great things but the television will not.