Some people believe that the media, such as the press, TV and Internet should be more strictly controlled. Others feel that controls should be loosened to give people freer access to information. Discuss both views.
A part of the population believes that current
media
(press, television and internet) should be controlled very strictly while others disagree by stating that there should be more freedom in getting information.
First
of all, is easy to understand the part of the population that wants more control. The media
is controlled by large corporations that only want what is best for them, thus
making the content potentially dangerous because of disinformation. Even though The Internet is not private it can be a place where you can find from a video on how to play the guitar to content explaining how to build a bomb. For example
, a terrorist attack can plan everything from information obtained from this
source.
However
, history has documented cases of countries that use media
control to influence the people
. Any type of control over the information is dangerous, even promoting dictators and making people
disappear without any consequence. In China the media
access is very controlled, which have caused the people
not to be aware of anything that happens around them, during the pandemic, for example
, it was forbidden to write anything about it and this
caused many people
to die.
In conclusion, even though too much media
and internet liberties can have dangerous effects it can also
misinform and rob people
of freedom, while the examples we have of countries in which everything was controlled did not bring good results for their people
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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