The Media Is Sensitive and Responsible
Autor: miko5854 • March 20, 2013 • Essay • 869 Words (4 Pages) • 1,279 Views
Over the past decade, this world has made extremely rapid advancements in science, technology, health, and education. Our knowledge today of this universe is like a 20 story building compared to a centimeter tall pile of paper a hundred years ago. How have humans gained such vast intelligence? From the media!
Inventions such as the newspaper, radio, television, magazines have kept us up to date with important world news which could be critical if unknown.
Over the past 10 years, the internet has successfully enabled us to communicate with people on the other side of the world for virtually no cost at all!
It not only helps us keep in contact with friends, but brings us new ones and even finds ones lost for years!
We can learn about almost anything just by typing it into a search engine! The Net is a gold mine of amateur research on just about any topic imaginable! This almost instantaneous information would have been impossible without the media, to which we are all a part. It has also been proven that there has been improved academic achievement in school after using technology such as the internet.
Teachers agree that the central process of schooling has a lack, or very low level, of information available to students in schools.
No web site hosting company ever promotes the use of pornography or obscene stuff in their clients, but rather greatly discourages it, and has the right to delete any web pages not conforming to these rules.
The internet contains not only information, but words of guidance and wisdom which can be easily accessed. The internet can be very beneficial to those with physical disabilities, such as people in wheelchairs, otherwise they would have little to with their lives.
Bad content on the internet can usually be screened out by Web-Blockers, and other useful software which is freely available. These programs are designed to keep any harmful media away from the minds of young children. Nevertheless, Regardless of whether you have a web blocker or not, it is still the parents responsibility to keep the children from any harmful media. It's impossible for the internet to only show information which is according to your point of view. We all contribute to the internet, and it is not centralized.
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