People these days watch TV, films and other programmes alone rather than with other people. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Recently, it has become increasingly common that

people

watch

TV

series and movies alone rather than with others. Unlike it used to be in the past. While there are several advantages of

this

development, I believe that the disadvantages are more significant.

To begin

with, the

first

advantage of

people

watching multimedia alone is that it might allow them to watch the contents they like.

This

is because some

people

prefer to watch certain

content

not everyone likes.

For example

, some

people

prefer to watch the horror movies genre, and their family ,

for instance

, might not share the same preference of liking horror movies.

Secondly

, from a personal respective,

this

development might cause

people

to feel a sense of flexibility. The reason for

this

is that if someone prefers to watch

TV

series alone, they can pause the show if they are busy, or watch it whenever they wish on a mobile phone

for example

. With that in mind, they would not interfere with others who would be watching

TV

with them. Having said that, the

first

disadvantage of

this

trend is if

people

keep watching multimedia alone, they are more likely to become significantly less social.

In other words

, spending time with family or friends while watching

TV

is worthwhile as these gatherings encourage

people

to discuss and argue with each other a lot. Unlike, if someone is watching

TV

alone, they will likely develop depression from

this

continuous loneliness. What is more, there are some

people

such

as children and students who must not be allowed to watch whatever they like alone.

This

is due to the fact that there is some sensitive

content

that is

not suitable for their age.

As a result

, without the guidance of their parents, these young

people

can be harmed from the effect of inappropriate

content

they are exposed to alone. In conclusion,

although

there are several benefits that watching

TV

alone – brings predominately watching desired

content

freely and personal flexibility- the problems it brings

such

as

people

become less-sociable and harmful effect on youngsters from inappropriate contents are impossible to ignore.