Aaron-Argumentative+Essay

Mass media exert a great influence towards youth today. Should censorship be applied to them? My answer to this is simple. Censorship should not be placed on mass media, and the reason, is this. The mass media may bring benefit, but it also carries flaws that may ruin the mind of youths today. Mass media can present information in ways that no parents, teachers, or even friends and peers can. It can also teach youths today some valuable lessons of life, in a better way than letting them learning on their own and getting hurt in the process. However, sometimes the media might bring forth violent acts or pornographic substances that may corrupt the minds of youth. So why would I support not placing censorships on mass media?

Firstly, what I do not see is what happens to the youth now even if they become corrupted now. What lies ahead is more important, which is the future of the youths of today. If they do not learn the lessons of life today, where making mistakes can still be rectified with parents’ lectures or the teachers’ famous punishments or canes, making those same mistakes in the future might cause them also punishments, but this time heaps heavier, like public canning, sentence to jail, or others. Messages such as this are being presented to youths today through the media, and with this the government can greatly reduce the percentages of wrong-doers in the future, and might even produce outstanding figures in the future from the youth today.