Televisionnowplayssuchanimportantpartinsomanypeople'slivesthatitisessentialforustotrytodecidewhetheritisablessingoracurse.Obviouslytelevisionhasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.Butdotheformeroutweighthelatter?Inthefirstplace,televisionisnotonlyaconvenientsourceofentertainment,butalsoacomparativelycheapone.Theyjustsitcomfortablyathomeandenjoyendlessseriesofprogramsratherthantogooutinsearchofamusementelsewhere.Somepeople,however,maintainthatthisispreciselywherethedangerlies.Thetelevisionviewerneedstodonothing.[26]Heiscompletelypassiveandhaseverythingpresentedtohimwithoutanyeffortonhispart.Secondly,televisionkeepsoneinformedaboutcurrentevents,allowsonetofollowthelatestdevelopmentsinscienceandpolitics.Yethereagainthereisadanger.Thetelevisionscreenitselfhasaterrible,almostphysicalfascinationforus.[26]Wegetsousedtolookingatitsmovements,sodependentonitspicturesthatitbeginstodominateourlives.Therearemanyotherargumentsforandagainsttelevision.[26]Thepoorqualityofitsprogramisoftencriticized.Butitisundoubtedlyagreatcomforttomanylonelyelderlypeople.Anddoesitcorruptorinstructourchildren?[27]Ithinkwemustrealizethattelevisioninitselfisneithergoodnorbad.[28]Itistheusestowhichitisputthatdetermineitsvaluetosociety.