Firstly, I would like to define the key words of the statement. The media would refer to newspapers and broadcasting as conveying information to the public. In this case, the media here would refer to the traditional media, newspapers, radio, etc. and new age media, mainly the internet. Corrupting would mean to be immoral and wicked. Lastly, our society means an organized community, consisting of you and me.
I agree that the media is corrupting our society. They achieve this by screening of violent movies on television, for example. While Hollywood denies that violence on the screen makes society more violent -- the facts indicate just the opposite! Researcher James Hamilton notes that ‘large literatures exist on the impact of television violence on society. The laboratory evidence firmly establishes that violence on television causes children to be more aggressive as they learn scripts of behaviour from television and this lead them to be violent in later life’. More than 1,000 studies have established links between television violence and behaviour that emerges later in adulthood. When entertainment industry leaders deny that violent entertainment spawns violent behaviour, it is like tobacco company executives denying that smoking causes, they are simply ignorant.
The story of sex on the screen is similar. While Hollywood claims that only religious fanatics object to sex on television and that it merely gives society what it wants, studies show that more than 70 percent of Americans feel that there is too much sex and vulgarity on television. While writes and produces suggest that their films and programmes only reflect society, they ignore the fact that they are profoundly influencing the values of the society.
Therefore, we must identify the cause of such corruption happening to our society. One reason is the personal agendas of writers and producers who desire to reshape society along the lines of their preference. Surveys have indicate that 90 percent of Hollywood executives favour abortion, more than half feel that adultery is not wrong and almost 75 percent see nothing wrong with homosexuality. Nearly 45 percent of this group claims no religious affiliation, and 93 percent seldom or never attend church. Entertainment created by such individuals is often in direct conflict with Judeo-Christian values that have anchored western societies for centuries. Film critic Michael Medved explains that this small group of liberal-minded social revolutionaries has turned the Hollywood dream factory into a ‘poison factory’ that attacks religion, assaults the legitimacy of the family, promotes sexual perversions and glorifies ugliness. When we view entertainment, we enter a world created by people whose values are often totally at odds with our own and we should be alert!
We cannot deny the fact that the media is corrupting our society. We can, however, play a part in reducing the corruption by choosing our medium of entertainment wisely.
Source:http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine22&item=1104159913
I agree that the media is corrupting our society. They achieve this by screening of violent movies on television, for example. While Hollywood denies that violence on the screen makes society more violent -- the facts indicate just the opposite! Researcher James Hamilton notes that ‘large literatures exist on the impact of television violence on society. The laboratory evidence firmly establishes that violence on television causes children to be more aggressive as they learn scripts of behaviour from television and this lead them to be violent in later life’. More than 1,000 studies have established links between television violence and behaviour that emerges later in adulthood. When entertainment industry leaders deny that violent entertainment spawns violent behaviour, it is like tobacco company executives denying that smoking causes, they are simply ignorant.
The story of sex on the screen is similar. While Hollywood claims that only religious fanatics object to sex on television and that it merely gives society what it wants, studies show that more than 70 percent of Americans feel that there is too much sex and vulgarity on television. While writes and produces suggest that their films and programmes only reflect society, they ignore the fact that they are profoundly influencing the values of the society.
Therefore, we must identify the cause of such corruption happening to our society. One reason is the personal agendas of writers and producers who desire to reshape society along the lines of their preference. Surveys have indicate that 90 percent of Hollywood executives favour abortion, more than half feel that adultery is not wrong and almost 75 percent see nothing wrong with homosexuality. Nearly 45 percent of this group claims no religious affiliation, and 93 percent seldom or never attend church. Entertainment created by such individuals is often in direct conflict with Judeo-Christian values that have anchored western societies for centuries. Film critic Michael Medved explains that this small group of liberal-minded social revolutionaries has turned the Hollywood dream factory into a ‘poison factory’ that attacks religion, assaults the legitimacy of the family, promotes sexual perversions and glorifies ugliness. When we view entertainment, we enter a world created by people whose values are often totally at odds with our own and we should be alert!
We cannot deny the fact that the media is corrupting our society. We can, however, play a part in reducing the corruption by choosing our medium of entertainment wisely.
Source:http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine22&item=1104159913
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