Some people say that all popular TV entertainment programmes should aim to educate viewers about important social issues. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

There are
people
claiming that each popular
TV
programme on recreation should focus on the education of crucial social
issues
. In my opinion, even though it is a good way to spread social
issues
through
TV
shows that hold considerable numbers of viewers, it is an exorbitant demand and put the cart before the horse for
entertainment
show
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shows
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. Those in
favor
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favour
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of enhancing the awareness of social problems through popular
TV
shows believe that most popular
TV
shows like comedies, music shows,
variety
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and variety
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are delivering less value and it is a waste of time to watch
TV
just for
entertainment
purposes,
thus
changing the goal to educate the audience on crucial social problems can increase their social value. For the other programmes that are
People
watch
TV
entertainment
shows because they can release pressure and make them feel
relax
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relaxed
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, and if too many educational factors are put into the shows,
people
will lose
their
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apply
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interest in watching them, which will reduce their popularity.
For example
, Big Bowl is one of the most famous
TV
shows and
people
like to watch it for fun, and if the show changed its target from entertaining
people
to educating them, it will not be as relaxing as before to watch it. For
entertainment
programmes like comedies, cartoons and so on, entertaining the audience should be the
first
target, and with the scope of
ability
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,ability
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they may take some educational content about social problems like climate change , gender equality etc into consideration. In conclusion, Entertaining
TV
shows can add some elements and
contents
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content
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on social
issues
education,
however
, changing
purpose
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their purpose
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will make them less popular and they should still take
enetertainment
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entertainment
function as the
first
priority
instead
of education.
Furthermore
, educational channels that are concentrated on some social
issues
, some documentaries on climate change
for
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,for
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example, should be promoted wider to receive more followers.
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