*What should be the goal of public television? And
*Should the government support Public Broadcasting?
Well, the goal of public television is clear, in my opinion, and it is towards the public benefit; educational programs.
Since the creation of CPB by the public broadcasting act of 1967, which setup public broadcasting service in 1969, the PBS has done a tremendous service for the public. Its achievement is obvious. Thus, Its goal is to reach as much audience as it can, and educate them of the variety of different and diverse programs it offers; from children to adults, presenting them the educational programs in the areas of wonderful science and the children’s sesame street, respectively.
Public television is the safest TV program to let your child watch at all times, since the concern over the impact of TV’s violence programs on the children grows widely. It has a substantial audience, (as J.R. Dominick describes in the book), and that more than half of American homes watched the public TV at least once a week. That shows the public has an interest in public TV. It gives the education tools up to college level for the students, and educational materials for the teachers up to K-12.
I think the government should support and fund the public television, as the government does support in other nonprofit organizations that benefit the public in some way or another. Public television has devoted in the public education and consciousness,and it has an important role in the soceity. Thus, PBS is such a wonderful broadcasting network that has earned the trust and the respect of its audience. Thanks to the donations from its supporters, the hard work, and the determination of its stuff.
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I think PBS is also a great program. There aren't very many educational programs that is screened to allows kids to watch. I thing PBS is a better channel to watch but sadly more and more kids are turning to the cartoon channel which is entertaining but not as educational.
I was born in 1969, and raised on PBS. I could not imagine it not being there for my kids. It's very difficult, but they try to provide programming for every generation to keep donation levels up. I know many people in their 20's and 30's, without kids, who feel that between Sesame Street and Lawrenece Welk, there's nothing for them. But as they start having kids, I think they'll come back. Unfortunately, our government has some severely misplaced priorities, and programs like PBS will suffer.
PBS was definitely a large part of my tv viewing as a child and I hope to pass on the value of it to my children. It seems that as an adult, tv becomes more of a form of entertainment than education. Also, there's not much advertising to it, so it's harder to know anything about the programs.
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