IELTS Writing Task 2: improve the sentences

Here are some sentences that people wrote below last Wednesday's lesson. Each sentence is 'awkward' in some way, so can you rewrite and improve them?

1. It is true that media communication has several types such as books, radio and television.
2. As far as I am concerned, I think that the most advantageous is television.
3. I, however, prefer mostly TV is the best choice of communication's tools.
4. Different types of medium have their own benefits and drawbacks based on their own features for communication of information.
5. It is true that the media plays a major role in communications in recent years.