"Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational at the moment. Society would
be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will
ultimately have the most long-term significance."
The very essence of journalism is being lost in today's day and age where gossips and entertainment garner higher views than actual news. Primarily the media and the people consuming the services of the media houses are both at fault and are anything but mutually benign. The Media has been depending on sensational events and incidents that are referred to as "Trends" in popular culture and ignore the issues that might have and do have potential long term effect on communities or even humanity in the large scale. I strongly agree with the claim and have three reasons that would help to undergird the assertion.
The media houses are more inclined towards the ratings they receive than the quality of journalism they promote. The media houses earn their morsel from the ratings and viewership. To make this possible they stress on evanescent topics for example hollywood celebrity scandles and gossips to gain a larger public attention. They rely on "spicy" headlines and sparkly illustrations and demostrations to lure the audience into spending their valuable time. They promote news that have levity to them and pander to the audience a sense of recreational news that diverts their minds from the real pressing issues of society and humanity at hand.
The target audience has a significantly lower attention span and the number of such people is on a rise. With the advent of technological advances like the smart phones, social media, and online news portals, the attention span for an average human being has been lessened. It has been observed in many scientific research and surveys that the people who rely heavily on their smart gadgets are likely to have a smaller attention time and would prefer to have small tidbits of news than the conventional news segment regarding issues of grave importance. The test subjects in majority stated that they would prefer compendiums rather than half hour news segments. This surveys and studies proved that it serves as an incentive for the media to be able to inject more information or news that relate to sensational issues in the mainstream along with the important issues. It shows how the younger generations and the generations affected by technology have their ability to absorb the gravity of important issues astonishingly cauterized.
The media houses makes monetary gains and incentives for deviating the focus of the people from pressing issues, from Governments. As it has been seen in cases like that of India where it is reported by external media that the country's journalism is at the edge of a cliff. Purportedly the media in India has been refraining from asking questions to the government and their constant attack on the opposition and efforts to balkanize the public based on communal lines have been condemned by the intellectuals and the external media agencies. Thus it is evident that with the magintude of avarice in the world it is entirely possible for media to surrender journalism for corporate and personal gains.
Though one might argue that the media needs to be relevant to disseminate all kinds of news and thus might require to resort to sensational news at times. To that I fairly object by upholding the principles of journalism that media doesn't need to make efforts to stay relevant rather it shoould be catering the information regarding important issues of the mankind to the public. If the media encourage dissemniation of the pressing issues at a higher rate than promoting the contemporary sensational tid bits, they would help shape up an responsible and socially mature audience.
- The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper The librarians in our town s school system have reported that the number of trips that our students make to their school library on a voluntary basis has decreased significantly in recen 73
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- Claitown University needs both affordable housing for its students and a way to fund the building of such housing The best solution to this problem is to commission a famous architect known for experimental and futuristic buildings It is common knowledge 66
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- Schools should do more to prepare students for the non academic aspects of adulthood Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim In devoting and supporting your position be sure to address the most compel 66
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 282, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[1]
Message: You should probably use 'have', 'haven'.
Suggestion: have; haven
...anything but mutually benign. The Media has been depending on sensational events an...
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Line 1, column 286, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...hing but mutually benign. The Media has been depending on sensational events and incidents tha...
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Line 4, column 18, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[2]
Message: You should probably use 'make'.
Suggestion: make
...nishingly cauterized. The media houses makes monetary gains and incentives for devia...
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Line 4, column 131, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...from pressing issues, from Governments. As it has been seen in cases like that of ...
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Line 4, column 543, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...ctuals and the external media agencies. Thus it is evident that with the magintude o...
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Line 5, column 116, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'resorting'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: resorting
...ll kinds of news and thus might require to resort to sensational news at times. To that I...
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Line 5, column 232, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...the principles of journalism that media doesnt need to make efforts to stay relevant r...
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Line 5, column 536, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...onal tid bits, they would help shape up an responsible and socially mature audienc...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, regarding, so, thus, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 30.0 14.8657303371 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3016.0 2235.4752809 135% => OK
No of words: 592.0 442.535393258 134% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09459459459 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93265142912 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79118669307 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 284.0 215.323595506 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47972972973 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 942.3 704.065955056 134% => 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: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.410489206 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.090909091 118.986275619 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.9090909091 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.86363636364 5.21951772744 36% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23821358525 0.243740707755 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0703563396346 0.0831039109588 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0454160988976 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.140482091052 0.150359130593 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.046249773614 0.0667264976115 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 14.1392134831 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.54 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.38 8.38706741573 112% => OK
difficult_words: 167.0 100.480337079 166% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.