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6.13独立
Independent Writing:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Printed books have greater effects on society than television does.
It is widely noticed that both printed books and televisions have effects on society. Some people insist that printed books have greater effects than televisions, while others assert the opposite opinion. As far as I am concerned, it is indisputable that printed books' affect human society more profoundly.
First of all, Books has been the vehicle of wisdom that has influenced human society profoundly for more than 2,000 years, while television is only a product of modern technology, majoring in family entertainment since 1950. For more than 2000 years, printed books has been used to record and spread people's thoughts, declarations, scientific theories, social events and religious creeds. From Archimedes to Thomas Jefferson, their gorgeous achievements stimulate people to move on and create a better world, through printed books. Meanwhile, televisions' main goal, as well as major achievement, is the creation of a fantastic word that allows people to escape from real world for a while, which has been widely acknowledged since the shadow of cold war began to envelop the whole America. Therefore, printed books affect human society more profoundly in time and degree.
Secondly, books contain practical knowledge from all fields that inspire people's creation, while most shows and series in TV are superficial and misleading. Knowledge conveyed through printed books helps me earn my life in society. However, popular soup opera, sitcom and thrillers in TV shows contain few nutrients. For example, famous TV series like Vampire Diary, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad contain elements of sex, violence, crime and horror, which will mislead young people, especially children. Also, it is self-evident that commercial advertisements in TV often cause unwise consumption. Thus, compared to printed books, shows in televisions are mainly unnourishing and have few effects except amusement.
What's more, TVs are likely to fade out with the rise of internet, but printed books remain in prosperity. The widely spread of internet has attracted the younger generation to watch videos and films in front of computers but not TVs, stimulating famous video websites like Youtube and it's followers. On the other hand, any attempt to replace printed books has ended up in failure. Even though Amazon has sold out more than 1 million Kindle Paper White which's purpose is to replace printed books, they still have to admit customers prefer printed books more often.
Therefore, from the issues I mentioned above we can sasily draw a conclusion that books have profound effects in mental inspiration, personal development and the progress of society, while televisons fails in importance compared to printed books and are likely to fade out. Those who hold opposite idea should rethink and accept the truth.
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