关于媒体作用的雅思作文范文

　　The mass media, including television, radio and newspapers, have great influence in shaping people' s ideas. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?大众媒体,包括电视、广播和报纸,能很大程度塑造人的思想，你同意还是不同意这种说法?

　　The mass media have a powerful influence in shaping our lives. We have come to depend on them for information and entertainment, and in doing so, we let them affect important aspects of our lives.

　　The undeniable usefulness of the media in almost instantly providing information about events all over the world is largely taken for granted. However,in our dependence on the media we have allowed them to mould our notions and opinions of events and people. Though few of us probably think about it, our conceptions of, say, our selected officials spring from television images and newspaper stories. Most of us will never meet the prime minister or the president,but anyone who is exposed to the media will have an opinion of them. When it comes to cast our vote, we will make our decision based on how the media portray the candidates. We are similarly swayed by the coverage of wars. The media,representing the values of their owners, societies and governments, tend to report wars with a bias - which is good and which is bad is determined for us by reporters, editors and commentators, and sure enough the public begin to form opinions according to the coverage they see, hear and read in the major media.

　　The media are also influential in the way they facilitate the spread of cultures and lifestyles. The socalled “global youth culture” , in which one finds young people around the world displaying a common interest in music, clothing style and films,is an example of the media' s sway in this regard. A popular figure such as Michael Jackson would never be so well known were it not for the media' s extensive reach into every society on the globe.

　　Thus I would argue that the mass media' s influence is certainly great.Indeed, with technological advancements such as the internet bringing even more forms of electronic media to our homes and workplaces, it is likely the media' s influence will grow even stronger.