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/^t/Contemporary people cannot live without television. For many of them it has become as necessary as the air is necessary for breathing. They treat television as the only source of information, knowledge and entertainment. Before television was invented people used to read a lot, meet friends, visit museums, lead an active social life. Nowadays TV rules our lives. It influences our opinions and shapes our characters. I am not afraid to say that it is overwhelming with its presence.