Question

12) Using examples and illustrations in Ghana discuss five (5) reasons why television is an institution

Answer 1

An institution can be defined as an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose. In the recent past, Ghana has experienced a rapid change in their socio, cultural, lifestyle changes. these changes are brought with the help of mass media, where television plays a significant role. The first impact of television is time involvement in watching and grasping knowledge about the whole world. people in Ghana are more interested to watch more westernized shows and tries to capture and materialize it. the rate of adaptation is more through television as the visual impact is faster than the other types of media. it has an impact on the process of religious issues as the visualization of religious activities is more powerful than reading it. again it tries to capture the modified /self suitable representation of culture and religion other than the traditional one. Television is having its educational face, which gives not only education about the world and other related aspects it also provides various other interdisciplinary cultural and traditional knowledge. Due to the rapid influence of television, the young generation has learned fashion, modified culture, tradition, and cultural value. television provides worldwide news and world different country's culture , tradition, lifestyle, everything is easy to learn and implement. In Ghana, the most observable changes find in the fashion industry. television also helped professionally to the Ghanaians as they can watch the different type and pattern of profession and expertise which was limited to a few traditional skill and other.  It enhances the knowledge and widens the area of operation and marketing to expand more modernly and inclusive business. So these are few aspects which have been highly impacted due to the use of television.