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/^t/One of the most widespread pieces the new technology offers is television. It is thank to TV that a mass transmission of information takes place. the TV viewers may enrich their knowledge quite easily by watching information and educational programmes. thus, television, if used properly, may make it easier to develop communication and consciousness of the whole society. Yet there is almost always a threat that this will take place according to the thought of people in charge of mass media who have a great influence on what is shown on TV, and that is why a critical attitude of the viewers is vital. But this sometimes also may be not enough, because TV techniques influence people's unconscious, and the growth of the number of commercials makes it difficult to take completely free decisions. Most often, the differences between good and evil are effaced which results in changes of moral code, whose primary purpose was to guarantee everybody's freedom. This is particularly dangerous as far as children and youth are concerned. Moreover, one can easily become addict to television, watching one programme after another, beginning from the first minutes one enters home, and ending late at night; watching rather than reading or listening, which is claimed by some people to kill the art of conversation.