晨读英语美文100篇 Passage 24. Of Media
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.66]Passage 24. Of Media[00:05.67]International media such as TV network and magazine [00:11.14]always give people in an information age mixed feelings. [00:16.29]Like many other things, media is double-edged. [00:20.23]As primary channels of information, [00:23.40]TV and magazine are convenient and economic sources of information for knowledge, entertainment, and shopping. [00:32.05]Interestingly,sometimes the same piece of information varies considerably [00:38.39]in its influences on audiences of different age. [00:42.11]For example,in a TV commercial,a beautiful lady promotes a certain brand of perfume, [00:49.22]which supposablely makes girls more attractive to boys. [00:53.60]For potential grown-up buyers, [00:56.00]the ad is useful because they might be spending time searching for such products. [01:01.58]We save time in shopping and making decision by making use of such advertisements. [01:08.04]However, a teenage girl might get the wrong idea about the concept of perfume. [01:13.73]She could get money from her parents to buy the advertised product. [01:18.10]Worse yet, she might use the appeal strategy employed in the commercial [01:23.57]to get ahead in the future. [01:25.65]This is classic bad influence of media for young people’s overspending [01:31.01]and inappropriate behaviors. [01:34.08]However, we find it very difficult to weigh between merits and problems of media [01:39.66]because they are often tightly incorporated. [01:42.72]For instance, violent scenes in movies are believed to be [01:46.56]partially responsible for violence-related crimes, [01:49.95] particularly those committed by young people. [01:53.44]But on the contrary,such movies also give people a channel to release their anger,anxiety, and pressure. [02:00.88]Moreover,these movies show us bad and evil as well as punishments for wrongdoings. [02:07.78]Imagine we live in a world whose media is completely clean in such sense. [02:13.36]The dark side of media does not disappear just because we do not talk about it. [02:18.94]Nevertheless certain kinds of information such as porn are better kept away from young people. [02:26.16]In conclusion, media should not be seen simply as bad or good [02:31.41]because we need to use information properly to the best of our ability. [02:35.89]But for certain segments of viewers, [02:38.74]we should be very careful with regard to the content of information [02:43.45]and take measures to keep viewers from possible harmful influences of media. |
