introduction

‘Television is no way a true mirror of society.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Recently, TV has transmitted a lot of types of TV programs and we have spent more time on watching television. New York Times says the average time of watching television in the US reaches more than 4 and half hours (Sherry Freierman, January 9, 2006). Some of TV categories are seemed to be unwritten and as if these were happened in a real world such as reality TV, up-to-date American dramas, and comedies, which are becoming top three of the most popular programs among all generations and these programs has power enough to make people believe that television is a true mirror of society even it is not. It is frequently argued that the stories on TV are not real but imaginary. In this circumstance, however, not many researches regarded what the differences between the these TV programs and real life are have been examined. This essay will challenge that to what extent these TV programs are different from realities and how much degrees they reflect realities.
The first part of the essay will examine the gap between prevalent stereotypes and realities in these TV programs and what people assume true or not. Secondly, this essay will discover the reasons why the certain number of people believes the stories on TV as the true mirror of society.

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