雅思大作文范文：新媒体的利与弊

写作题目：News media are important in modern society. Why are they so important? Are their influences generally positive or negative?

写作题目讲解：

本文建议采用五段式。正文分三段，分别交代原因、好处、坏处。原因：信息化时代information era的到来和全球一体化globalization的发展使得现代人越来越依赖于媒体传递的信息。

好处：新闻给人们提供了大量的信息。关于国家的政治动向、政策变化的报道可以指导个人和公司的发展计划、投资理财;天气预报、路况信息等为个人的出行提供了指导;一些针对社会弱势群体的社会新闻也唤起公众的同情心，使有困难的人得到社会的帮助。

坏处：有些新闻来源不靠谱，特别是网络媒体。由于人人都可以通过twitter之类的社交网站social networking site来传播信息，因此给谣言rumor的传播提供了可能。有些媒体受政党控制，因此传递的是一些带偏见biased的消息，公众无法客观地从媒体中 获取真相。甚至有些无良记者unscrupulous journalists为了引起轰动sensation，通过捏造一些假新闻来吸引读者眼球。

结论：国家可以出台相关的法律法规related laws and regulations should be constituted，媒体应该进行自我审查impose auto-censorship，来规范媒体和记者的行为。而公众应当有独立思考能力和批判性思维能力independent thinking and critical thinking ability，来辨别新闻的真假。

写作范文：

I think the news media mainly plays two important roles in modern society – providing information and influencing public opinion – and I think its influence is generally positive.

我认为新闻媒体在现代社会中主要扮演着两个重要的角色——提供信息和影响公众舆论——我认为它的影响通常是积极的。

Obviously, the news media provides people with vast amounts of information in various forms. We can access it by listening to the radio, reading newspapers and magazines, watching television and by surfing the Internet. The ability to access news media is important for individuals and organizations because we make many decisions based on the news provided to us. Some of these decisions are mundane. We check the weather forecast to see whether we should take an umbrella to work. Other news, such as that about the business world, could influence whether we invest our savings in certain companies listed on the stock exchange.

显然，新闻媒体为人们提供了各种形式的大量信息。我们可以通过收听广播，阅读报纸和杂志，看电视和上网。访问新闻媒体的能力对于个人和组织很重要，因为我们根据提供给我们的新闻做出许多决定。这些决定中有些是平凡的。我们检查天气预报看我们是否应该带把伞去工作。其他的消息，比如关于商业世界的消息，可能会影响我们是否把存款投资于某些在证券交易所上市的公司。

The news is often presented to us in certain ways, using specific words to try to control our feelings and thoughts. This can be the main negative influence of the news media. Very often, the news media portrays people in simplistic ways, giving us some facts, but not the whole story. In the USA, some news media tends to support the Republicans whilst others tend towards the Democrats and the portrayal of individuals can reflect this. This is somewhat inevitable, because the editors, journalists and owners of the news media have opinions and biases. So, I think that it would be better if people checked news stories from different sources instead of only using one source.

新闻经常以某种方式呈现给我们，用特定的词语来控制我们的感情和思想。这可能是新闻媒体的主要负面影响。新闻媒体常常以简单的方式描绘人们，给我们一些事实，而不是整个故事。在美国，一些新闻媒体倾向于支持共和党，而另一些则倾向于支持*党，个人形象也反映了这一点。这是不可避免的，因为新闻媒体的编辑、记者和所有者都有意见和偏见。因此，我认为如果人们从不同的来源查看新闻报道，而不是只使用一个来源，那就更好了。

Despite the fact that the news media can report events incorrectly or with bias, I think that the general influence on society is good. More factual information gives us the chance to make better decisions, both in our personal lives and in our working lives.

尽管新闻媒体可以不正确地或带有偏见地报道事件，但我认为对社会的总体影响是好的。更多的事实信息使我们有机会做出更好的决定，无论是在个人生活还是在工作生活中。