NAMA: AJIE ADHAZI

NIM: 135110501111059
PUBLIC SPEAKING (A)

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

Today I am going to talk about “Do movies and television affect our behavior?”

Before starting the topic, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ajie Adhazi and I am
from English Language Education Program.

I believe that movies and television do influence our behavior, both for the better and for the
worse. There are many TV programs and movie that can lead to unnecessary behavior, instead
the positive shows on TV are more, despite this fact it depend on the audience.
For youth, again movies and television’s shows affect the young people a lot. Especially, when
they are teenagers, romantic movies play with their feelings and may be give them bad or good
experiences about love. Hence, they may behave in a fabricated way with their partner assuming
that they build a perfect relationship. However, they may destroy their one! Besides, Violent and
action movies also play a huge role in youth’s personality. It makes them a bite aggressive and
with a prompt reaction which may cause a lot of problems. Moreover, some youth become
addicted to watching movies and television. Due to, they waste a lot of their time instead of
hitting the books and become running out of steam. They should balance their time between
watching movies and studying their lessons Looking at films is
a passive activity. If we watch too much, we become unhealthy, both mentally and physically. We
stop using our own imagination when we see things acted out for us. Mental laziness becomes
physical laziness; we'd rather watch sports on TV than play sports ourselves. We'd rather visit
with the characters on "Seinfeld" or "Friends" than go chat with our own neighbors. Imaginary
people have exciting lives. Is it any wonder that some people would rather live a fantasy life than
their own? Movies and television also can make people more violent. The more we see violent
acts on television, the less sensitive we become to them: Eventually violence doesn't seem
wrong.
We may even commit violent acts ourselves. This is especially true because we don't always
realize that violence has consequences. Actors can be killed and come back for another movie.
Sometimes we confuse that with reality. We forget that killing someone is permanent. for
children, a picture paints a thousand of words, this means when a child watches a certain attitude
on the television for example, he or she starts to imitate directly. It can be good or bad depending
on what that child is watching! This forces parents to keep an eye on their children and take care
of what their children are watching on television. In addition, theories proves that the media has
great effect on kids behavior, a violent kid most probably watches violent movies, also a
hesitated kid gets affected by watching horror movies and so on. As a result children should be
away from bad influence of media. Parents should recommend some cartoon and baby songs
instead.

Well of course, watching movies and television can also be good for us. It can give us a broader
window on the world. For example, seeing movies can expose us to people of different races and
cultures. We can then overcome some prejudices more easily. Recently there have been more
handicapped people in films, and this also helps reduce prejudice. The best influence on our
behavior is that movies and television reduce stress. Watching films, we can escape our own
problems for a little while. Also, sometime movies show positive ways to resolve problems we
all face. While TV and movies shouldn't be a way to hide from life, sometimes they can help us
cope.

It is true that movies and television can influence our behavior negatively. However, I also
believe
that they influence our behavior in positive ways. How they affect you depends on how much
you
watch, what you watch, and how you respond to what you watch.