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Essay On Television In The Philippines

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The wide use and distribution of television being in the mainstream is inevitable now in the 21st century when the use of technology is in the top of hit charts. Compared to other technologies used for entertainment and communication purposes, television is the most popular one. According to Peter (2000), more televisions are more availed compared to telephones nowadays. Additionally, the number of households with television and its viewing rate in some countries are proofs of the intensive use of television across the globe. For example, according to a study conducted by Boston-based Analysis Group in 2009, Canada has the most number of TV industry ownership and has second to the highest rate of television viewing among the G8 countries …show more content…

The popularity of the technology in the Philippines cannot also be denied. The average Filipino usually watches about 3-4 hours of television progams a day (When In Manila, 2014). According to the data gathered by the National Statistics Office in 2014, the accessibility of television sets in most households increased from having 988 households with cable television in 2010 up to 1137 in 2012. This proves that the technology’s popularity is inevitable even in currently developing countries. Households probably avail televisions because the news and issues are usually broadcasted and elaborated on television and to get them updated. Whenever there are controversial news and issues, television is usually the way of the government to reach the public and update them regarding the details since most households own one or more. In a Pantene comercial entitled “Labels Against Women”, they advocate feminism by comparing men and women. In the commercial, they labeled men as boss and women as bossy; men as persuasive and women as pushy; men as dedicated and women as selfish; men as neat and women as vain; men as smooth and women as show-off. At the end of the commercial, despite the adverse traits described on women, they put on a note encouraging the viewers of the commercial to

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