Advantages And Disadvantages Of Media

These researchers affirm that it is impossible to think of any democratic society deprived of the mass media because in such utopist environment the citizens would miss the information they need to evaluate the desirability or undesirability of public choices and assess the value of political leaders and social conditions. They state that the essential role of the press is what leads critics to wonder about the danger derived from the mass media concentration.

The development of information and communication technologies paved the way for evolution of electronic media. Print media has changed into electronic media with many more added features and is also the present need of the society. Storage, fiscal, information explosion problems are sorted out due to electronic resources. It provides libraries to get a new identity and also to survive in day to day changing environment. An attempt has been made by the authors to clearly understand the concept, need, types, advantages and disadvantages of electronic resources.

The essay title we were given was “In art visual media can be considered as more important than audio media”. In this essay, I will break it down into sections. I will talk about art visual media and audio media from my own personal knowledge and experiences. Their Pros and Cons. Discuss with examples how they compliment each other. Also link it together with relevance’s to Multimedia. Then have a conclusion on my thoughts of this topic, which I feel is more important overall.

The media is considered as fourth estate of any democratic society. We take pride as being the largest democracy in the world. Apart for the fact that we have elected form of government, it is the written constitution which makes us a powerful democracy. The same constitution provides for freedom of speech and expression in its Article 19. This constitutionally guaranteed freedom is the reason behind thriving media in our country, which has earned reputation as being one of the most fearless and influential institution in the world.

With the rise of new technologies, there is certain debates on whether or not media regulations are a good or a bad thing. There are benefits and consequences for both sides. In a sense, regulations are an essential element in our society. Every time there is a new technology, regulations must be made in order to create rules that influencers and organizations must follow. Stricter media regulations means would protect public interests, protect individual rights, insuring fair competition, and censoring violent and innappropriate material. On the other hand, the incorporation of media regulations by the government could potentially unconstitutional and limit the freedoms of the press. One must look at both sides to form their own opinion about how much regulation is needed.

The two articles that I chose, Freedom of Press for Whom? And Diversity around a democratic core: The universal and the particular in journalism, the main ideas of the articles are to draw attention to how the public follows journalisms as well as politicians. Both of the articles discussed that media and journalism are a form of communication. Thus, they both provide information about news related topics to the public. This way the citizens would have a way to have a voice and participate in debates.

In our society today, various forms of media such as television, radio, newspapers and magazines are apart of the public sphere and serve as communication to the interests of citizens. The public sphere can be defined as “ a realm of our social life in which something approaching public opinion can be formed. Access is guaranteed to all citizens” (Habermas, 2001, p. 73). Although many believe that the media provides the public sphere with all forms of information in regards to issues and news coverage happening within the world this is not necessarily the case. Instead of having a demand for all information to be accessible as Habermas (2001) mentions, the fundamental rights of all individuals are not always regarded. For instance, while focusing

First of all, this is the definition of freedom of the press from lawbrain.com. Freedom of the press guarantees the rights, “to gather, publish, and distribute information and ideas without government restriction or restraint”. Also it is

In today’s society, cable television and internet which are part of the media system are not fair and free. People on the internet indirectly dictate what we should and shouldn’t be posting just by the comments made toward what someone has already posted. Cable television, on the other hand, is a little freer but not as much as it used to be. Nowadays, cable television is race based because anything can be classified as racist anymore. None of our media system is fair and free because of all the issues facing the world. The broad communications constitute the foundation of majority rules system. The media are providing the political data that voters construct their choices with respect to. They distinguish issues in our general public and fill in as a medium for pondering. They are additionally the guard dogs that we depend on for revealing mistakes and wrongdoings by the individuals who have control.

The freedom of press is considered as the most valuable right in definitely a democratic society. The freedom to press works upon the freedom of speech and expression, taking along the John Milton’s arguments of considering the access towards information and ideas. The media plays an important factor in a democratic society, as it plays a special role as the barrier of the general right in the freedom of expression.

Today, you ignored me again. It has been about 6 years since you received me as the gift from your father on your 7-year-old birthday. Everyday I lay on your bookshelf and look at you faithfully, hoping that someday you can pick me up. I still remember the time I spent with your father. At that time, he carefully read through me for times and even introduced me to his friends, but everything changed after your birthday. Now I am all covered by dust and I feel upset because I was never touched during the last six years. After arriving home from school, you never listen to your father when he asks you to do some reading. You either turn on the television, or pull out your cellphone.

“Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority regardless of frontiers.” [HRA, 1998: Article 10]

Having the democracy to exercise and express our freedom of the press, which was have been suppressed before, during the Marcos regime, we can say that the Philippine news media’s role is critical to the advancement and preservation of the country’s democratic institutions and way of life and in helping catalyze equitable development.  The issues and problems confronting the Philippine press

“Once a global beacon, the American press has suffered from scandal, unpopularity and government crackdowns”. In this paper, I will be explaining Egypt’s press freedom issue and how the government is responsible. Egypt is an Arab country located in the corner of North Africa, close to the Middle East. Egypt is a diverse country with many religions, mainly Islam and Christianity. Egyt has a population of over 82 million. Ever since the Arab Spring started in Egypt, attacks on press freedom increased immensely in numbers. Egypt arrests/attacks and prevents journalists from revealing information or criticizing the government, police, army, and leaders within the country. It is believed that Egypt has been practicing such acts in order to protect their government and regime, so it does not change into the hands of the actual Egyptian people. Egypt claims to be a democratic state yet they are restricting journalists from doing their job and arresting or torturing them. They are not only attacking journalists, but also regular citizens who post about the government in social media like Facebook and Twitter. More and more Egyptian journalists have been scrutinized and afraid of presenting information on the state because of the huge possibility of being thrown into prison.

The media is responsible for covering facts and news received from all over the world. However, the content spread by the media can be a source of annoying unnecessary hatred or violence to its viewers. In today’s journalism, hate speech is a major moral duty that needs to be addressed. A media station may consider itself as doing its work of relaying news but at the same time, it becomes a source that spreads negative information that may have a negative influence in the society. “The media has a huge impact on society in shaping the public opinion of the masses. They can form or modify the public opinion in different ways depending of what is the objective (Mughal)”. “To some extent, media is responsible for generating negative feelings among those exposed to it (Oak)”. “Mass media does affect the way in which masses think and act. It influences their behavior both positively and negatively (Oak)”. “With the intent of stressing their point or for grabbing greater attention from the masses, media hypes or exaggerates things to a certain degree (Oak)”.