Media And Pornography

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Media And 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 promote their ratings and
popularity. One
way to do that is to concentrate on what sells: sex, violence and disaster.
Having said this, why is it then, that many in society still believe otherwise;
why do
they continue to believe that pornography is “evil” and is a major cause
for
violence against women, specifically rape? There are many reasons for
this
misinterpretation and through the following few points, an attempt will be
made to
show that pornography has very little to almost no correlation with
violence
against women (of course nothing is “absolute” in society). In order to
demonstrate this, it must be made evident that pornography is not “evil”
and does
not cause undesirable social behaviour by displaying nude women in
sexually
explicit circumstances. Thus, it is important to indicate that ...

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