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TELEVISION IN TODAY’S SOCIETY The family television is one of the most loved pastimes, and is thought to be one of the greatest inventions. By the push of a button a person can leave his/her life, and move to the perfect one of their favorite soap stars, action heroes, or villains. In other words, with the push of a button a person is simply taken out of reality. Some may say that television brings families together. Many parents watch different programs with their children. But is it a real interaction between parents and children or is a TV a time stealer? People blame technology for changing natural habitats of many animals, or speaking generally destroying the environment. But not many people know, or want to acknowledge the fact that television can also negative influence on the environment and the human realm. The satellite communication is a way, in which images from Western world are sent to the people living in Africa or South America. The programs transmitted there, change the culture of native people living there. Before they started receiving the transmissions, the native people lived their own life. They cultivated their culture and customs. But the appearance of television changed everything. People began t