Many people believe that increasing levels of violence on television and in films is having a direct result on levels of violence in society. Others claim that violence in society is the result of more fundamental social problems such as unemployment. How much do you think society is affected by violence in the media?
There is no doubt that criminal activities mostly show a positive trend across the globe. While some people believe that it’s due to the violent television programs and movies, others argue that it’s due to teething social issues like increasing unemployment, poverty etc. In
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, movies have a very limited role to play in criminalizing society. Linking Words
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is because, though the younger generation is exposed to mayhem in movies and other media programs, it impacts on them is often very minimal. Linking Words
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, after watching a movie portraying criminality, the tendency of the viewers is how not to get into issues like that, rather than getting involved in the act. Linking Words
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, projecting criminals as tall leaders by some sections of social media or television doesn’t really bring in fan following for those miscreants. The reason for Linking Words
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, a study conducted by the Medical Research Foundation in India shows that the people are mostly influenced by their families rather than these mediums.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite