How do movies or television influence people`s behavior?

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How do movies or television influence people`s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.


I think that TV starts to play an important role in our lives nowadays. In fact, we spend near 2-3 hours every day in front of  television, watching educational and entertainment programs. How does this habit influence  us? On the one hand, TV motivates us for actions, when we watch inspirit films or some educational shows. On the other hand, we waste precious time, which we could spend with our families.

First of all, motivating movies help us to believe in ourselves and go forward. Indeed, films about real famous people with hard destinies are the most popular nowadays. The watchers realize life values, compare main heroes` problems with theirs and want to improve themselves after watching. For example, after watching movie «Legend 17» about famous Russian hockey player Valerii Harlamov I decided that there is no impossible in our lives.

Secondly, watching of some TV programs leads to unification of people. For instance, it could be football or hockey matches, when everybody supports for their teams. In fact, when Olympic Games 2014 were in Russia, main part of Russians watched them on TV. I think that such events bring people feeling of the unity and inspiration.

Unfortunately, TV has bad sides too, because people spend a lot of inestimable time watching it. Today everybody has a television at home and watching TV became into the permanent habit. In my opinion, we watch huge amount of family comedies, instead of spending time with our families. I am convinced that it is more valuable to live in reality.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that TV made our lives brighter: we became convinced in ourselves, more educated and more solidary. However, it is extremely important to not spend all your free time watching TV, but do something great as in movies in your real life.