Nowadays, there is a trend that reports of media focus on problems and emergencies rather than a positive development. Some people think it is harmful to individuals and to society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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It is considered that the increasing reports of media about issues and emergencies would do harm to citizens and society as a whole.
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this
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current can affect people in some positive ways, I thoroughly agree that
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development can be disadvantageous for certain reasons.
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with,
media
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the media
has widespread and profound influence on our lives.
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, the high intensity of undesirable news can have a significant impact on human as it can make individuals more pessimistic about their lives. In
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day and age, there are a lot of pressure stem from the burdens of finance, family and others that people have to deal with;
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the fact that journalists report daily about the unexpected circumstances can push more annoyance on individuals, and it can eventually result in people commit to suicide to unburden everything.
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, in Japan, due to the high level of density of problems’ reports, 80% of citizens admitted to being exposed to the thinking of suicide at least once.
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, the growth of gloomy reports might make citizens
skeptical
denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
sceptical
about the ability of government and relative authorities.
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is because those negative news constantly reported as proof
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governments, regardless
of their efforts to stop and prevent the situations.
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, the citizens might be distrustful about the safety of their country due to these types of reports. In short, apart from individuals, governments and the society as the whole can be negatively affected. To conclude, I believe that undesirable news can have a great degree of influence individually and the whole society. Hopefully, in the time ahead, there will be less undesirable reports as people can concentrate on the positive developments.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pessimistic outlook
  • exposed to negative news
  • stress and anxiety
  • success stories
  • balanced reporting
  • well-informed public
  • rational decisions
  • sense of helplessness
  • apathy
  • skew public perception
  • mistrust in institutions
  • enhance well-being
  • mental health
  • manipulate public opinion
  • serve specific agendas
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