At present, the media affects people’s lives significantly. What impact does this have on society? Is it a negative or positive development?
The
media
has a significant impact on the way people
live their lives. This
essay will discuss how the media
shapes how people
think about world events, and I believe that this
is a negative development because it endangers democracy
.
A major impact of the media
is that it affects how people
interpret things happening in the world. Most people
take the news at face value and do not think about it very critically. This
leads to them believing everything they read or hear and can result in them having a distorted view of key issues. Take the current refugee crisis as an example, where, as a result
of how refugees were represented in the UK news, people
came to view them as ‘migrants’ who were looking to overrun the UK and take advantage of its economic prosperity, when in reality, these people
were simply fleeing war-torn countries.
This
distortion of events is very dangerous for democracy
. Governments and corporations can influence the media
and get them to spin a narrative that suits their agenda. A healthy democracy
must have a free press that is
critical of the state and big business, and if it does not, democracy
will be in peril. For example
, it is widely known that certain news networks in the USA regularly tell lies about the Democratic Party and seek to support the Republican Party, which is very disturbing, considering that tens of millions of people
tune in to networks every day.
In conclusion, the media
affects our view of the world by telling us what to think, and I think this
is a negative development because it poses a very real threat to democracy
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task response
Ensure that the essay fully addresses the question prompt and provides a balanced view on the impact of the media on society.
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