TOEFL writing practice II(some/others)

Some people think that television and radio programs should be carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. Others do not think censorship on those programs is necessary. What do you think? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.

When it comes to the necessity of censoring programs on television and radio, it triggered intense debates. Some state that television and radio program should be carefully monitored for offensive language and behavior, while others who criticize this idea argue that censorship on those programs is not necessary. As for me, the former position seems more acceptable, and the reasons for my position are elaborated in the following paragraphs.

To begin with, from the perspective of children’s mental status, the pressing problem associated with violence action has been posing a critical threat to children’s interaction with peers in the recent years. This increasingly intentional use of physical force or power has strongly caused children’s deliberate aggression to another, which has a high potential to result in injury, death, psychological harm. What’s even worse is the fact that children and teens are more likely to die from gunfire as a result of many of featuring entertainment that contains brutal graphic violence

As to the second point, carefully censoring both television and radio program is because programs on television and radio tend to contain materials, leading children to be exposed to pornography at young age, often resulting in negatively impact on children after viewing pornography. For example, there will be incurring distortion of youngster’s view of sexuality, for boys, they may mainly view women as sex objects instead of multifaceted human-being, relatively, for girls, influencing on their self-esteem, causing them to see themselves as sexual objects, and leading them to accept abusive behavior, including rape, as normal.

Also, it’s highly potential to lead to increase the risk of porn addiction, similar to drug and alcohol, the younger a person starts viewing porn, the more likely he or she is prone to addicted in. Moreover, the risk of teen pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted disease must be rising at an alarming rate.

Apart from the censored concern for violence in program on television and radio and sexual content, another essential point concerned with healthy habit is that compelling reason for the necessity of censorship has been needed. Considering so many prevalent diseases such as obesity and nearsightedness, it is true that the more time young people spend watching, the more likely being bombarded with advertisement, which encourage them to eat unhealthy food. Eventually, incurring the lack of physical exercise acutely affects brain development that coordinating to communication.

Base on the reasons above, I am convinced that examination on television and radio program is indispensable in that too much awful trouble in term of violence, sexual content, and diseases.