First of all, let me define censorship to start off the essay. Censorship is the removal and withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. It is usually used by government, religious groups, or the mass media to cover up some facts. In my opinion, I feel that there is a need for censorship in mass media to protect our society and not teach them the wrong life values.

Censorship is essential in a country as it filters out unnecessary and harmful information especially information on the government to the society. Hence, the society will not be split into different groups with each believing a different point of view. With the country being divided, there is a high possibility of conflicts surfacing and hence the country being united.

Censorship also stops the spreading of wrong moral values to the society. For example, movies that contain excessive violence have movie ratings that disallowed children to watch. This is because they are still young and are easily influenced by the movies and thus inculcating the wrong values in them. As they get older, they have the mind to differentiate what is right and wrong. Therefore, they are allowed to watch the movies as they all have their own stand.

However, censorship is not as effective as last time in the past as the world is getting more globalised. This has caused information to be spread around more easily and hence censorship is not able to fully withhold any information from the society anymore. Also with the advancement of technology, people can obtain information more easily through the usage of internet.

In conclusion, I feel that censorship is essential in the country as it protect the society from harmful information that can split the society into different groups. It also protects the children from learning the wrong life values and grow them into useful people that will contribute to the society.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/censorship.html