"In this age of intensive media coverage, it is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero. The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished."
In today's society where social media is pervasive and there is no lack of new content, it is easy to find it difficult to keep up with the latest trends and news as events unfold by the second around the world. With widespread and instant access to news events and stories, the common person is inundated with information from countless sources. What is currently labelled as viral news appears for a transient period before being replaced by the next big story. it would only be logical to think that any newsworthy heroic event is captured for a mere moment in time but is unable to leave a legacy.
widespread media coverage ensures that we receive news from many sources. considering our local population, where heroic deeds were once few and far between, we now receive disproportionately more news of everyday heroes delivered straight to our smart devices from around the world that it trivialises the significance of each heroic event. The firefighter saving lives that may only happen once or twice a year now becomes a daily event and in essence, consumers become desensitised to such heroic events - painting it was just another story. media outlets also have no incentive to further report on events that are no longer newsworthy. this coupled with the incessant updates of events only catalyses the speed at which society forgets its own heroes.
media outlets are also usually more interested in reporting events that can be sensationalised, these tend to have a negative spin on it. The amount of news that can be considered negative far outweigh heroic deeds. For example, news of a fatal car crash would more likely be reported compared to news of doctors saving lives on a mission. society today is not hungry for heroic deeds, but on the contrary, events and news that tend to take on a negative slant.
However, the increase in media coverage may very well be the tool that ensures that heroes continue to live in our memory instead of fading away. The recent covid-19 pandemic illustrates an example of an infectious disease expert from China who was coincidentally the same expert that identified patient zero during the SARS pandemic in 2003. it was due to the widespread coverage by the media that ensured he was recognized and given due credit for his work and sacrifice in returning to the frontline to help combat the new virus. Intensive media coverage ensures that heroic deeds are given even more recognition and this is fed to the consumers, even if only for a fleeting moment. unfortunately, such events instead of being commonplace reporting, have become a rarity. media outlets since then have followed up with significantly more news on how the pandemic is affecting the world but not how infectious disease experts are fighting to find a cure.
Hence, with media coverage growing more widespread, more accessible on a daily basis, and society's shift in demand for news on a more negative slant, it is only a matter of time for any hero to be lost in the vestiges of time.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, incidentally, may, second, so, then, well, for example, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2505.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 514.0 442.535393258 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87354085603 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.76146701107 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65111767416 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 258.0 215.323595506 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.501945525292 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 818.1 704.065955056 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.5049512183 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.25 118.986275619 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7 23.4991977007 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.1 5.21951772744 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 7.80617977528 141% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.208009853821 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0710546174101 0.0831039109588 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0491552822743 0.0758088955206 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.127997747628 0.150359130593 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0312051817731 0.0667264976115 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: 14.4 14.1392134831 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 100.480337079 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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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.