Soap Operas Make The World A Better Place!

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Are you condemning the soap operas and reality TV shows that your family members are addicted to? Think again! They play a major role in making the world a better place.

Those who think that watching soap operas and reality TV shows is an easy way to kill time should now change their opinion. The programmes like 'Coronation Street' and 'EastEnders' can stop people taking drugs and even cut birth rates. Programmes like The X Factor have even encouraged viewers to vote in general elections.

Soap operas are powerful educators too. The storylines such as Heather Trott (actress Cheryl Fergison, 45) becoming a single mum in 'EastEnders' can help viewers understand real-life issues. The clean-cut characters in the country's soaps promote citizens to abandon drug taking and similar evils.

A Middle East version of The 'X Factor' made people learn the power of voting and increased turnout in general elections. When the first girl reached the final of an Afghan talent show, she was said to have done "more for women's rights than all the dollars spent on public service announcements". Soap operas and reality shows help solve real-world problems.

Economist Charles Kenny studied the impact of TV across the world.