Impacts of media on students.

Today I am going to talk about the impacts of media on students.

Media refers to the communication medium like Newspaper, TV and Internet. As students, we started using media from the time we were kids. We have learnt alphabets and rhymes using TV and smart phones.

Let me start with the advantages of using media.

Firstly Newspaper and Magazines. We read Newspaper to know about Sports, Movies, and Science facts. We read magazines like Magic pot and Tinkle which brings happiness and builds our vocabulary.

Secondly Television. On TV, we watch cartoons and movies. National Geography and Discovery helps us to know about our surroundings.

Finally Internet. We browse internet for all our activities. We use Wikipedia to collect information for school projects. We use YouTube to sing, dance and draw. We use online classes from Byju’s to learn math and science. We buy toys from Flipkart and Amazon.

Thus Media has helped us in many ways.

Now let me talk about disadvantages of using media.

1.      Firstly, As Media increases our screen time, we get less sleep. So we are less attentive in class. Since we are not sleeping properly, we become weak or obese.

2.      Secondly, we don’t understand the advertisements we watch. For example we see advertisements for Ice creams, Chocolates, Pizza, and soft drinks. We think eating and drinking these items will make us happy. We should understand that advertisements can mislead us.

Let me conclude with a famous saying, "There are two sides in every coin" meaning we can't have good things without bad things.  Let us be cautious and use Media wisely.

Thank you