Some people claim that the media has a negative influence on contemporary society. They think that there is very little tolerance for new ideas because of its impact. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
In today's world, the media is becoming an increasingly influential force. Some people find such development undesirable, as they believe the impact of the media to be entirely negative and unwelcoming of new ideas. However, I disagree with this view. With the following essay, I will elaborate on the reasons supporting my point of view.
To begin with, the media fosters tolerance for radically different ways of thinking. The media, in its multitude of forms, provides a gateway for people to learn more about the world around them. Nowadays, everyone is only a handful of mouse clicks or button pushes away from being exposed to verified information about different cultures across the globe. For instance, the emergence of movie rental and video streaming services, such as YouTube or Netflix, has facilitated people's access to a wide range of high-quality movies and documentaries. Likewise, online music stores and on-demand music streaming services have helped people listen to music from cultures around the world. Therefore, people can learn how their fellow men from distant lands think and perceive the world, creating a more tolerant and diverse society.
On top of that, the media can catalyze new and unique trends in society, thus diversifying our culture. The media helps deliver art, music, and other slices of culture to brand new audience sectors. When the newly-exposed audience incorporate these initially foreign ideas into their identity, they will help produce and foster innovative and modern insights and personalities. A notable example of this phenomenon is the cultural exchange between Japanese and American teenagers. Japanese teens have chosen American fashion trends that suit them, melding it with their pre-existing Japanese style in order to create the world-renowned Japanese street style. Conversely, an increasing number of American teens are consuming Japan-made media, such as anime or manga, and afterwards adapting certain ideas and life attitudes of the Japanese people.
To sum up, the media increases people's knowledge of the world and tolerance towards differences in world view, and well as diversifies different cultures. For these reasons, I do not think that the media has a negative influence, nor is it unreceptive to new ideas.
- The tables below give information about sales of Fairtrade*-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. 78
- The graph shows the percentage of UK adolescents following a vegetarian diet. 89
- The chart and table below give information about population figures in Japan. 73
- Percentage of UK people who consumed daily recommended amount of fruit and vegetable in 2002, 2006 and 2010.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. 73
- Technological development leads to a lot of environmental issues. Some people think a simple lifestyle can preserve the environment, while others argue that technology itself can solve it. Discuss both sides and give your opinion. 90
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, however, if, likewise, so, therefore, thus, well, for instance, such as, to begin with, to sum up, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 15.1003584229 46% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 9.8082437276 41% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 11.0286738351 36% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 43.0788530466 51% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 52.1666666667 88% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.0752688172 111% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1940.0 1977.66487455 98% => OK
No of words: 357.0 407.700716846 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.43417366947 4.8611393121 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34677393335 4.48103885553 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80077308771 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 217.0 212.727598566 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.607843137255 0.524837075471 116% => OK
syllable_count: 618.3 618.680645161 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 9.59856630824 42% => OK
Article: 9.0 3.08781362007 291% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.6355861913 48.9658058833 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.777777778 100.406767564 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8333333333 20.6045352989 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.22222222222 5.45110844103 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.88709677419 82% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23893849182 0.236089414692 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0772941701138 0.076458572812 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0605292964905 0.0737576698707 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152262521548 0.150856017488 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0424106233219 0.0645574589148 66% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 11.7677419355 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 58.1214874552 75% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 10.1575268817 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 10.9000537634 130% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.36 8.01818996416 117% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 86.8835125448 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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