Does instant media lead to an erosion in values?

Question

In an age where anything and everything is only a touch of a button away, does this lead to an increase in the decline of a moralistic society? The internet for all of its good can show harrowing things to anyone who wants to see it, including children (parental controls are not full proof, Mtv may seem harmless but when music videos are becoming evermore like soft porn, and the lyrics to pop songs include lines like "make my panties drop" {C. Aguilera}, protection of young ears and eyes is not always possible)

Is it any coincidence that society in the 1950's and before (a time before mass tv consumption and a time before the internet) appears to be more pure and straighforward than society today, or do we sometimes have a tendency to view the past through rose tinted glasses. Should media be censored again to bring about a more pure sense of morals or should we realise that the world is a bad place?

Answer 1

Yes, I do think so.