Some people think that the news media nowadays have influenced people‘s lives in negative ways. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Media today is very advanced and brings us up to the minute news of the world. No doubt, it has influenced society in all ways. But, I disagree with the given statement that media has a negative influence on our lives. In the following paragraphs, I intend to put forth my arguments in support of my views.
There are many positive effects of media. To begin with, the usefulness of the media in almost instantly providing information about events around the world is undeniable. It is because of the media that today we don‘t belong to a big planet Earth; we belong to a small global village. Furthermore, media also shapes our opinions. It is a link between the government and the people. Our conceptions of our elected officials spring from television images and newspaper stories. Most of us will never meet prime ministers or presidents, but anyone who is regularly exposed to the media will know about them. When it is time to cast our vote, we will make our decision based on the media coverage of candidates.
The media are also influential in the way they facilitate the spread of culture and lifestyle. Today, the popularity of Indian culture is an example of the media's enormous impact. It is the media which highlights the good points of our own culture through programmes such as ‗India‘s got Talent‘. What is more, the reality shows of today have given exposure and fame to the common man with talent today. Indeed, with technological advancements such as the Internet bringing even more forms of electronic media to our homes and workplaces, it is likely the media's influence will grow even stronger. Finally, the media also helps in providing justice to the common man. Who has not heard of the Jessica murder case and the case of Nithari killings? Were it not for the media, Jessica‘s parents would have never got justice.
As every rose is accompanied by thorns, the media too has its downside. The paparazzi can invade the privacy of famous people. Sometimes violence and vulgarity is shown and at times it can shape our opinion in negative ways. For that my counter argument is that once the person becomes famous then his private life becomes public and he has no right to crib about the paparazzi. People can choose what they want to see and technology has provided them the tools to block those channels which they don‘t want their children to see. Finally, God has given us brains to judge what is right or wrong. The media is just doing its job by providing us with the latest information.
In conclusion, I would like to reiterate by saying that the influence of media on our lives is largely positive.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 608, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[4]
Message: You should probably use: 'are'.
Suggestion: are
...judge what is right or wrong. The media is just doing its job by providing us with...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, furthermore, if, so, then, in conclusion, no doubt, such as, to begin with, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 24.0651302605 195% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2185.0 1615.20841683 135% => OK
No of words: 460.0 315.596192385 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75 5.12529762239 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.20363070211 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57500986472 2.80592935109 92% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 176.041082164 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54347826087 0.561755894193 97% => OK
syllable_count: 693.0 506.74238477 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 16.0721442886 174% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.3988030179 49.4020404114 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.0357142857 106.682146367 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4285714286 20.7667163134 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.85714285714 7.06120827912 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 3.9879759519 251% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 3.4128256513 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.184597295001 0.244688304435 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0464790356609 0.084324248473 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0378007482449 0.0667982634062 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106091087984 0.151304729494 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.02693506583 0.056905535591 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 13.0946893788 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 50.2224549098 127% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.3001002004 74% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.97 12.4159519038 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 78.4519038076 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 9.78957915832 66% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 608, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[4]
Message: You should probably use: 'are'.
Suggestion: are
...judge what is right or wrong. The media is just doing its job by providing us with...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, furthermore, if, so, then, in conclusion, no doubt, such as, to begin with, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 24.0651302605 195% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2185.0 1615.20841683 135% => OK
No of words: 460.0 315.596192385 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75 5.12529762239 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.20363070211 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57500986472 2.80592935109 92% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 176.041082164 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54347826087 0.561755894193 97% => OK
syllable_count: 693.0 506.74238477 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 16.0721442886 174% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.3988030179 49.4020404114 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.0357142857 106.682146367 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4285714286 20.7667163134 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.85714285714 7.06120827912 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 3.9879759519 251% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 3.4128256513 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.184597295001 0.244688304435 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0464790356609 0.084324248473 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0378007482449 0.0667982634062 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106091087984 0.151304729494 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.02693506583 0.056905535591 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 13.0946893788 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 50.2224549098 127% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.3001002004 74% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.97 12.4159519038 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 78.4519038076 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 9.78957915832 66% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.