It cannot deny the crucial influence which bring by the mass media. It covers the every aspects of our daily life. Can you imagine the life without the TV, newspaper and internet? Thousands of years, people, whenever from east and west, are all in the pursuit the correction and speed of the information processing. With the development of the technology, data exchange is increasingly fast and more correct in different ways. It sounds like the air which is everywhere. Every coin has two sides. The mass media bring benefits to humankind without doubt. Nowadays, we enter into an age of information. It is the key, mastering more information, to success. We are encouraged to get involved in the information source, get it and know how to use it. To the large extent to enjoy the advantages and know how to use the new technology to collect, explain and deliver all sorts of information in society. But we also need to mention the negative aspects of it. I changed the way we know the world. One recent research of CCTV showed that there in a decreasing number of people who are willing to purchase a book and read it. And the reading ability of students is declining. The adolescent tends to accept the information through video and sound, not from words. How pathetic!
All in all, I believe the beneifts of the mass media is overwhelmed the weaknesses. It all depends on the way you use the information.