Censorship

            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 .