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eople communicate with each other less than in the past because of the popularity of television

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These days almost everyone spends a lot of time watching their favorite television programs. However, I strongly believe that the advent of televised entertainment has not had a negative effect on interpersonal communication. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay. To begin with, I contend that television actually helps people to have more meaningful conversations. In the past, people mostly talked about what they had in common. Often, talk of this sort was quite limited because people lived fairly simple lives. These days, in contrast, individuals can enjoy spirited discussions about the wide array of current events and world affairs that they hear about on television every day. For example, I have a regular Friday lunch date with my work colleagues at a local restaurant. We do talk about office affairs, but most of our conversations are about the wide world around us which we learn about from watching television. We talk about everything from political developments in distant countries to sports results from entirely different continents. I strongly believe that without television to supply us with topics, my colleagues and I would talk mainly about banal office gossip. Secondly, I am of the opinion that television has mostly replaced solitary activities, rather than interactions with others. It appears that television has mainly taken the place of hobbies like reading and exercising that we used to do alone. My own experience is compelling evidence of this. I grew up in a very rural area without access to stable television signals. As a result, I spent my time either hanging out with friends or just reading books and magazines. When I started university, however, I moved to a big city and suddenly had access to one hundred channels. Almost immediately, watching shows and movies replaced reading as my primary hobby, but I still had time to do things with my classmates. I now read almost no books, but I still have meaningful conversations with friends on a regular basis. In conclusion, I disagree with the idea that the advent of television has harmed communication between friends and family. I feel this way because television supplies us with a variety of topics which we can discuss with our friends, and because television-watching has mostly replaced solitary hobbies rather than social activities.
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television
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strongly
believe that the advent of televised entertainment has not had a
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negative
effect on interpersonal communication. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

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actually
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helps
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to have more meaningful conversations. In the past,
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people
mostly
talked about what they had in common.
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,
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talk
of this sort was quite limited
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people
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lived
fairly
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lives
. These days,
in contrast
, individuals can enjoy spirited discussions about the wide array of
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current
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events
and world affairs that they hear about on
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television
every day.
For example
, I have a regular Friday lunch date with my work colleagues at a local restaurant. We do
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talk
about office affairs,
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but
most of our conversations are about the wide world around us which we learn about from watching
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television
. We
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talk
about everything from political developments in distant countries to sports results from
entirely
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different
continents. I
strongly
believe that without
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television
to supply us with topics, my colleagues and I would
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talk
mainly
about banal office gossip.

Secondly
, I am of the opinion that
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television
has
mostly
replaced solitary activities,
rather
than interactions with others. It appears that
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television
has
mainly
taken the place of hobbies like reading and exercising that we
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used
to do alone. My
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own
experience is compelling evidence of this. I grew up in a
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very
rural area without access to stable
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television
signals.
As a result
, I spent my time either hanging out with
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friends
or
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just
reading books and magazines. When I
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started
university,
however
, I
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moved
to a
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big
city and
suddenly
had access to one hundred channels. Almost immediately, watching
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shows
and movies replaced reading as my primary hobby,
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but
I
still
had time to do things with my classmates. I
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now
read almost no books,
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but
I
still
have meaningful conversations with
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friends
on a regular basis.

In conclusion
, I disagree with the
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idea
that the advent of
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television
has harmed communication between
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friends
and family. I feel this way
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because
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television
supplies us with a variety of topics which we can discuss with our
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friends
, and
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because
television-watching has
mostly
replaced solitary hobbies
rather
than social activities.
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IELTS essay eople communicate with each other less than in the past because of the popularity of television

Essay
  American English
4 paragraphs
388 words
6.0
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