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2024-05-13 23:18argument范文模板 第1篇
_The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society._
The values of society have have changed so much during most recent years. Many of these values have changed for the worst. The media has been the vehicle that has taken us through these changes. The media has created so many avenues for us to take to find so many of these changes. They have created the avenues that children and young adults feel that they have to take.
Many years ago reporters and writers were telling us of all the good things that were happening in the world. You could walk into a store and eventhough there was a war going on, we would read about the soldier that left his family to fight for his country. Nowadays you walk into a store, read a book , or watch a . show, and see all of the things that are happening in a very negative world.
The media is creating a society that says that it is . for a man to wear earrings. That it is . that marijuana is being legalized, that it is . for juveniles to break the law. Why does not the media show us a professional male athlete that is also a family man? Why doesn't the author of a book or a reporter of a newspaper tell us about all of the bad things that happen to drug users and pushers? Why do the . shows tell juveniles that all they get for breaking the law is a slap on the hands?
Society will be better off if the media would say, _Hey children, professional athletes can be good parents_! This would have a positive effect on the younger generation.
The media should do a better job in trying to create a good, healthy environment instead of showing us all of the bad stuff in our society. The media should show all young people the awful things that happen in juvenile hall, but that would be an infringement on the residents of the hall. Where are the rights of the people that they did not treat right?
Yes, the media is creating a bad influence in todays young people. But I believe that everything in the media can be overcome and ignored. We need to raise our children right.
Comments:
This response is simplistic in its analysis of the issue. The writer has much to say about the negative influence of media on children, arguing that the media _should do a better job in trying to create a good, healthy environment._ However, the writer never seems to consider the complexities of the issue -- for example, whether, or to what extent, the topic's claim is accurate, or whether today's media can have a positive influence, or whether society has any influence on the media.
argument范文模板 第2篇
_The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society._
_The media tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society_, is true because society allow the media to pusrue this in such a way.
The American culture as a whole lives through the pulse of the media world and is enthralled by movies, lyrics and film. Because of the nature by which our society is dependant on the media, the media is able to create any senses of values adaptable by our society.
This is not to say that the media is solely responsible for the values of American culture, however, our society makes this creation possible. Although there are many who will disagree with the medias portrayal of many issues, our society as a whole fuels the fire to which the media thrives on. For the most part, books, films and music are produced to sell and the media knows to which audience they are targetting.
The way in which a culture enable the media to create it's values, ultimately reflects the values of a society.
Comments:
This is a seriously flawed response to the topic because the reasoning is weak and the ideas are unclear.
The writer's position on the issue seems clear enough, but the paper presents few reasons to support that position. And even those reasons are not explained clearly. For example, the writer often refers to the means by which the media influence society (., _such a way,_ _the nature by which,_ and _the way in which_) but fails to explain what those ideas mean or why they are important.
Problems in word choice frequently create confusion. For example, these could be interesting ideas if they were expressed clearly: _our society as a whole fuels the fire to which the media thrives on_ and _the media is able to create any senses of values adaptable by our society._
Also, many basic errors affect meaning throughout the paper: subject-verb agreement (first and last paragraphs), comma splice (third paragraph), _medias'_ for _media's_ (third paragraph), and _it's_ for _its_ (last paragraph).
The lack of clear reasons, combined with serious error in language use, keep this essay at the 2 score level.
argument范文模板 第3篇
_The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society._
The media does tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society.
One example of this observation is the fact that the media is owned, controlled and used my a segment of the population that is usually out of touch with the realities of groups within the society it covers. . . For example, the gangster rappers have gained a reputation for being women hating, anti-authority, and violent. Before, the MTV and V-H1 and CNN provided coverage to these groups, theyre were limited to street sales and specific areas that w ere not mainstream. Thanks to national coverage in print and broadcast, these groups becaome more popular because it was _different_ and taboo. The lyrics, dances, and fashion statements portrayed became big money items and surburbanited people were intrigued withe this counter-culture. They began to act, talk and behave like the lyrics espressed. Continued media fenzy contributed to kids wanting to become more familiar with this culture, thereby creating an atmosphere or arena for this counter-culturre to legitimate. The media created these values but these vlaues of the gangster rapeer do not reflect the actual values of the society.
Another example of the media creating the values of a society is the coverage of the modeling industry. Clearly, most women neither want to or can look like Kate Moss. The typical Calvin Klein male models do not appear the way most men are naturally. This look is both unhealthy and atypical of most humans. Nevertheless, thanks to the media's coverage, including magazine advocating, newspapers ads, and commercials to sell products, a large portion of this society has done everything from liposuction to becoming bullimic to attain a supermodel look. If the media does not cover the indutrsy in such a manner, a growing number of people would not care about the skeletal look of kate Moss or any other unrealistic physical attrubutes that are usually genetically or surgically produced. The media creates this image of how men and women should look thereby creating the values of this society. These values would be totally different without the media's negative influence.
Lastly, when the media chooses to focus on pervers and negative, and unhealthy aspects of a society, then that part of society becomes the _values' of that society. Gangster rap or anorexic models could not possibly have made it without the media's concentrated coverage of either.
Comments:
This response presents an adequate discussion of the topic. After a succinct announcement of the writer's position on the issue, the paper develops two relevant examples: musicians (_gangster rappers_) who have negatively influenced people's behavior and superstar models who have negatively influenced people's self-image.
Although the examples are well chosen and support the writer抯 position, they are not always clearly explained. For example, the writer claims that _most women neither want to nor can look like Kate Moss_ but then contradicts that claim by explaining that _a large portion of this society has done everything from liposuction to becoming bullimic to attain a supermodel look._
In general, the vocabulary is clear, but not particularly precise. Sentences are formed correctly, but they lack effective variety. Grammatical and mechanical errors occur, but they do not seriously interfere with meaning. In almost every way, this is an adequate response and earns a score of 4.
