雅思写作范文文化类

      雅思写作范文文化类

　　[Culture]

　　Television news shows many scenes of disasters and

　　violence.

　　What effect can this have on individuals and society?

　　ESSAY 1

　　Satllite television and 24-hour news channels mean that viewers are inundated with images of natural disasters, wars and conflict from around the world. While it's important to know what is go-ing on in our world, it can be depressing orcounter- productiv to watch repeated imagesof famine, fighting or fear. In this essay, I will ask if these scenes have a negative efect on us.

　　Most people agree with the need for news organizations to provi-de us with up-lo-date and accurate information, and live pictures convey information in a way that words cannot. For onething,live footage or pictures allow us to understand the situation very rapi-dly. People can graspwhat is happening much more quickly than　by reading long articles. A second point is thatpictures allow us　　to form our own idea of the situation, without input from the rep-orter or journalist. A picture of astarving refugee baby or of riot police and tear gas does not seem to need explanation. Finally,　　graphic pictures force us tosee the situation as it afects normal-people, not the politiciansat their meetings or in their expensive cars.

　　However, the constant barrage of images can be counterproduct-ive. Instead of learning more about the starving baby and what led to the situation, we push the image from our mind. To protect　　ourselves, we group the images: another typhoon in the Philippi-nes, another carthquakein China, another bomb in Gaza.As more　and more images appear we feel more and more powerless and　　unable to contibute to solving the problem. Asecond point is that　newsorganizations compete to make their images more graphic:greater carnage, more cryingmothers, angrier protestors. We also　　have to question the relibility of some of the images: are they　staged? Many televisionstations and journalists have their own　bias and agenda.The result of this is that watching the news bee-　　omes harder and we respond less and less to the situation and to　the human suffering.

　　In conclusion, we need to stay informed, but we also need to limit　our exposure to theconstant tide of news and shocking images.　　Too much can wear us down or make uscallous, and we need to get past the simplistic images and understand the story behind it.