Opinion Essay

Topic: 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. Notes: Agree and disagree: Conditions – What do you watch and what do you watch collectively? TV watching is a mostly passive activity that may encourage discussion and conversation. Commercials might allow this conversation to occur. Counterpoint: TV watching allows most people to isolate their thoughts and feelings into the TV programming experience and discourage conversation because it interrupts the TV watching experience. Another point is the idea that people enjoy each other’s company even if it is only in the setting of mutually sharing the same TV watching experience. Thesis: TV can easily isolate people into a passive viewing experience but collectively sharing a positive and entertaining TV experience is likely to improve the overall experience of family members and friends because TV supplies people with stimulating topics to discuss and debate.
The introductory sentence describes the topic area as being TV and its effect on society

Thesis statement provides a conditional view point giving a primary reason for this view point]

Essay: While TV has been blamed for many of society’s failings, especially as a time consumer for the masses, it might also be the source of many of our ideas and information. Arguably, the ideas and information may be suspect in terms of quality and value but TV has probably become a major focal point in most homes throughout the west. If this is the case then it can be argued that Television viewing of positive programming is likely to improve family communication by supplying stimulating and thought provoking ideas and information. Much has been said about the value of television, but most people in my experience have learned much and shared much of their new found knowledge with each other. These experiences have led to many coffee room... [continues]

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