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Porn

Does the mass media cause undesirable
social consequences with specific reference to

pornography

It started by way of messengers and scribes, evolved through the presentation of newspapers and

radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us world-wide via the ever-popular

Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of its existence, it has contributed

greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and ways that deteriorate and perplex it. It

is not a surprise to learn, then, that the mass media is the most powerful source of information

we have, and nothing else in today''s world influences public perception quite as heavily.

Unfortunately, however, most of what is broadcast or transmitted in the news today is with

reference to the chaotic condition of our planet, or something else that society as a whole sees as

detrimental or damaging. But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the

criticism of society. Other forms of mass media, specifically movies and television programs

containing pornography and violence have been heavily criticized. The underlining concept to be

debated here is that society is negatively influenced, specifically, by these images of

pornography and the result is increased violence against women. This assumption, and it is

indeed only an assumption, is completely fallacious, however, as no concrete and completely

conclusive evidence has ever been formulated in support of the theory. The key premise here is

that the mass media does not cause undesirable social behaviour and in actuality, the media

people should not be dubbed as the ""bad guys"". They simply use their power in the most

constructive ways possible in order to...