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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Television
has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

When there wasn’t any television, people used to go out for having fun, to concerts, to

plays, to play with their neighbors to canalize all their energy and to parks with their

children. In those older activities, people shared information or news.IN CONTRAST,

Nowadays, television has become one of the principal entertainment for a lot of people in

the world. But is it true that television has destroyed communication among friends and

family?

It could be that television has destroyed communication among friends and family because Commented [U1]: I USED CAPITALS FOR THE THINGS I
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the high range of tv programs makes (PERMITS) a lot of kind of people find the perfect
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genre for them, therefore it is bad due inside a familiar environment, SINCE the different Commented [U3]: THE WORD That is not Needed then
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personalities of each member of it, would prefer to be alone watching his or her own Commented [U5]: NO NEED Of WORD kind OF
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program, avoiding being with the rest of the family. In addition, the new development of Commented [U7]: SUPERFLUOS COMMA

TV technologies like Smart TV or 3D TV could be one of the reasons why people prefer to

be alone watching series, sports, documentaries or movies instead of going out with their

friends to any of the above mentioned activities.

Notwithstanding, it is not totally true that television has destroyed communication among

friends and family, BUT INSTEAD, IN SOME CASES AND as a result of the existence of

some tv programs that let them create debate in favor or against some scientific, political, Commented [U8]: NOT NECESSARY
sports or social problems, PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, turning IT into a good

way to obtain knowledge and to create lasting ties of friendship. Moreover, teenagers

HAVE THE TENDENCY TO organize film marathons with their fellows and this help them

to keep contact.

In conclusion, in a general sense I agree with the statement that television has destroyed

communication among friends and family.(, BUT FORUNATELY NOT ALL THE TIME) Commented [U9]: TO SUPPORT YOUR PREVIOUS IDEAS

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