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 .