The New Nation - Internet Edition

Md. Masum Billah

TV talk show appears as a new but common phenomenon in our world of electronic media claiming credit and discredit, applause and criticism. It has already earned some popularity as well in the media world particularly to the conscious citizens of the country it presents a lively discussion on the issues which stir and affect the people currently.

Why TV talk show necessary?

Many people don't read newspapers minutely to grasp many important ideas, news and issues of home and abroad. Again, many cannot read several newspapers at a time to judge or comment on a burning issue. TV talk show reminds them of the burning topic. It refreshes the neglected, unread an untouched issues our newspapers contain. TV talk shows make these issues lively, interesting, familiar and popular claims its necessity in this age of globalization.

It reveals the thoughts and opinions of the intellectuals and experts about a burning issue. It is absolutely necessary as the youths don't know these intellectuals of the country. They know the latest models, actors and actresses who frequently appear on TV screen by dint of enhancing number of advertisements who are sponsored by various local and multinational companies.. It is peculiar enough that they youth keep themselves glued to television only to enjoy the entertaining programmes avoiding the educative contribution of the media world which means that the most important objective of media remains neglected to them. The educative purpose of the media the youths hardly utilize and try to understand. The youths must know the intellectuals and their direct comments and opinions regarding various issues.

When TV talk show goes on, they willingly or unwillingly watch it. Sometimes they like it, sometimes not but they have some impression about the issue and gradually they become accustomed to watching it and collect some food for thought. The conscious citizens of the country wait to learn the opinions of the intellectuals and experts. They feel a thirst for learning their comments which actually remains impossible for them to individually contact them. The TV talk show has opened the door to learn the comments and expertise of the guests and make them easily available to the audience.

Some Talk Shows sometimes show that the guests just go on discussing without any definite goal. They hardly give any solution of the problem they talk about. The authorities and the presenter should take this fact into account with a view to making it more effective, fruitful, interesting and really educative.

Some topics take insufficient time making the show disinteresting or incomplete. Whereas some issues seem not so important but take much time. Again, some faces appear on the scene that really remained related to the crime the show talks about. Necessarily, they cannot give any tangible solution to the problem and the show loses its appeal to the conscious audience. The initiators must take these facts into account. . In that case, a third party's role can play the vital part.

The English newspapers carry very valuable information regarding home and abroad issues but the number of readers of these newspapers proves very thin. Many valuable and important information regarding home and abroad issues get published in English newspapers which need to be reached to all sorts of readers but it does hardly happen.

Some topics get published in Bengali newspapers in the translated form. It is also done in a very meager scale as some translators just translate a limited number of topics from one or maximum two English newspapers whereas a vast number of rich articles remain neglected and unread by most readers either in English or in Bengali form. So, the initiators of the talk show must give serious thought to these matters and collect articles which appear in different English dailies and make them acquainted with the readers through the talk shows.

The writers' opinion must be released to vast number of readers and listeners. When the discussants talk directly and live which is shown live on the TV screen, it definitely draws much appeal from the public and audience. Talk shows can be a fruitful vehicle to carry and pass these messages of the writers. The important vehicle of information and opinion of writers find its place in different English newspapers. When they go unread and unnoticed by the readers and the people concerned, it hardly attaches any importance and the attempts of the writers go in vain.

Many articles of English newspapers carry the solutions to some crucial problems as these are contributed by many professional writers. So the authorities and the people concerned can take food for thought and ways of finding solutions consulting these articles.

But unfortunately many of the articles go unread and untouched by the readers. How many people read English newspapers? Yes, as matter of prestige some people and organizations keep one or two English newspapers but how many people read or even touch them?

TV talk shows can arrange discussions on the basis of different articles published in English dailies and weeklies which will help people know the treasures hidden in this print media. It is the talk of the time. And it is the necessity of the time.