Media And Its Impact On Society

It being the leading source of news since the printing press. We put our faith in the media to report accurate facts unbiasedly. Between 1983 and now the media industry has consolidated from 50 individual companies to 6. That means that though the impression given is that there are a multitude of sources to attain information, the messages being communicated are all one in the same. The limitation of media sources cause a ripple effect of limited information, allowing these companies to control the public’s perception on

In today’s media-saturated world, traditional media outlets are still considered a very important source for news information, but many people look to outside, specialized media outlets for information that appeals to their personal interests and attitudes. However, there is an increasing concern that journalism is gearing away from factuality, and is instead incorporating opinions and gossip into the mix, as well as breaking news into bits and pieces. Additionally, consolidation among media corporations has affected the industry. Consolidation raises both benefits and concerns: increased diversity, larger conglomerate power, decreased viewpoints, etc. Not only do these rising trends reduce the credibility and diversity of news sources, but they have the potential to flood the media market with low-quality news. Overall, these two trends can be seen in today’s market, and have an enormous effect on the landscape of the journalistic environment.

The internet is our modern source for news media; the importance of the newspaper has not only declined, it is in a sense, obsolete. We now turn to the internet for opinions, news, and entertainment. Even though the way in which we consume information (PBS) has changed, the importance of an unrestricted and watchful media has not changed. (Magleby, Light, & Nemacheck, 2010)

One central idea in this text was the decline in the number of people who read the newspaper. Finley states “The biggest decline occurred between October 2008 and March 2009, when the average sales declined 7.1 percent from the same time period a year earlier.” This statement shows how the numbers declined. Most people that are using the internet to get news do not understand how most of the information is not based on facts like the newspapers are. Newspaper base their information on the important and historical stuff that happens in the world, but the internet base their information on entertainment that attracts more teenage views. Most journalist try to attract the views of teenagers, but newspapers try not to focus on entertainment as much as the internet.

Newspapers have traditionally been an important part of civil society, providing information to citizens, convening groups around events and issues, and serving as a watchdog against abuses by those in power. Going back to the Revolutionary War, newspapers have served to connect their community and relay information to those unconnected otherwise. Through the atrocities of the Vietnam War, surprise and indignation of Watergate, and the disgust of the Iran Contra investigation, newspaper reporters consistently broke stories that had national impact. Even the recent Clinton e-mail scandal was discovered by a reporter for the New York Times. (Huffington Post 2015) Circulation has declined throughout the last decade with the rise of the twenty-four hour cable news as well as the internet. Cable news outlets (as seen with both Fox and CNN) do not report impartially, however, and the internet is open to whoever can write a post. The journalism standards set by newspapers have been set aside and replaced by biased reporters and the random individual spreading their version of the news. Although traditional print newspapers seem to be on the way out, the role of journalism has never been more important. Newspapers provide an important role as journalists continue to be our truth tellers and truth seekers and, according to Plato, “…without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark.”

More than fifty-five percent of the Americans nationwide depend on some type of media for news about what is going on around them. The media has not always been “entertainment” news, real issues were talked about and informed to the people. In a single large paragraph, the development of the media is described. “In order to remain afloat, news has shifted to an entertainment mentality as well, often choosing to highlight the lives of celebrities rather than international affairs” (50 Years in Media: Changes in Journalism). Around the 1955, media did not base themselves to entertain people with their news, but rather inform the people. The last five decades has changed the foundation of the media. With new generations

The belief that journalism is in decline has triggered major alarms, because society needs an informational environment that is easily available to all citizens such as newspapers. There is a large body of journalist that suggests that if television has taken over from the press as our main source of news this may limit our capacity to learn about public affairs; newspapers are believed to be far more effective than television at conveying detailed information necessary to understand complex and detailed issues. There is also widespread concern that if journalism fails as a profession it will not be able to reach large sections of the community, particularly younger or less educated readers. This may reinforce a growing gap among citizens between the information that they receive.

The news media, an industry focusing on major global stories ranging from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, to a gossip piece on Justin Bieber’s latest hair cut, through to a humble suburban story on the local school fete; the desire to know what is going on in the world around us is at our core as a people.

Mass media is the sources that any individual can get the news from. These sources can be many types and forms. The type I am considering in this paper is the visual media that is received through news channel. Today, in the light of globalization and modern technology, the world became smaller place considering how fast the news information can be delivered from almost everywhere. Almost every country has media or news organizations that has TV channels with a number of reporters who are distributed to many place all over the world. These reporters gather most of valuable news regarding any event and report them to keep the audience with the most current updated information. Important to realize, the news channels are very common news source for most of the audience all around the world and especially in the United States. However, “Almost three-quarters of Americans, (71%) watch local TV news and almost two-thirds, (65%) watch network news over the course of a month. And more than one-third (38%) of Americans watch news on cable television (Olmstead). According to these statistics, the effect of the news channels cannot be denied. Since the news channels play a role part in daily life of the audience, a number of issues can be caused by the effect of the news channels that would make the news misleading rather than truthful. “The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has been tracking views of press performance since 1985, and the overall

Throughout history there have been several factors that contributed to the historical evolution and development of the various mass media in the United States. Print, broadcast, and electronic media have changed drastically since man was first introduced to them. The speed of these changes are occurring more rapidly now, altering the different forms of media along with it. Though these changes have brought forth many benefits, a few negative impacts have been brought along as well.

For a long time, people receive news on the printed source such as newspaper, magazine which published by newspaper company or publishing company. A little while a go, people got another news source which are radio and television. Most country start with public broad casting and while later, the radio or television company established and start broadcasting own programs. Both literary media and broad casting mass media are mostly driven by big company and each of those company has own political stance or sponsor and those factor heavily reflected to the articles or programs they published. Back in the days, these biased article provide versatility to individual issues. For example the press called Partisan Press which has clear political bias and it attracted the different group of people.(Sikka, Week4 Lecture) The issue now publish and broadcast media is lack of versatility by concentration of the ownership. Consequence of the capitalism society, many of the company which produce news bought by bigger powerful company and it end up with under around 10 company are owning media nowadays and this concentration of media ownership leads to the lack of versatility.(Lorimer, 249) After the internet technology available to the public, the issue of versatility starts to solve gradually by individual’s blog or the rapid rising of micro-blog service use such as “Twitter”. The characteristic of the internet that it differ from old media, individual able to be an journalist and there

The way media has told its news and been seen as certainly evolved over time. From newspapers to radio, from radio to television, media has come a long way, as has technology. Today in 2017, media relies on technology to get out the most important news. While newspapers are still relevant, they have been overtaken by the 5 o’clock news and breaking news coming across the bottom of the television screen. Personally, I think the more technology evolves, media will follow, becoming more effective and efficient. Social media is an extremely effective and quick way for breaking news to reach a mass audience quickly. While more and more social media platforms are created, the easier the news will reach the audience. As media via technology is rapidly becoming more popular, newspapers seem to be struggling as every day passes. According to Timothy Lee on vox.com, newspapers are on the decline because of two main reasons: demographics and an increasingly competitive ad market is making it harder for newspaper to charge premium

In our contemporary society, we consume massive amount of public affairs every day, all around the world, without being a personal witness of them. We are able to receive this important information through the news media, which includes print-based media such as newspapers, magazines, books, and audio visual such as films, television, and lastly, Internet. Their main purpose is to deliver news to the general public. A legitimate news story aims to do all of the following—inform, educate, and entertain its audience. Thus, it should be mainly concerned with high level of conflict and be relevant to its readers. Only very recently though, the news became increasingly focused solely on infotainment, losing the usefulness of a newspaper. Many

In a globalized world, the acquisition of reliable information, with the ability to use it and share it is critical for a fair, efficient and prosperous social contest. Qualitative information to all is essential for the promotion of democracy and freedom. The widespread assumption is that the main cause of journalism decline is attributable to the corporate control of the media. Mega corporations, invested of concentrated economic power represent a threat to the public good and to democracy.

Mass media coverage, which is most common in developed nations, has been a key benefactor that plays a significant role in the modern world by broadcasting information quickly. A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and Press found in the United States that television ranks number one as the leading source of daily news followed by newspapers, radio, and the internet. Knowledge has never been so easily accessible than it is now, with the latest news being available to us, whenever and usually wherever. An unforeseen consequence looms over us because of this convenience. The media’s extensiveness is so great that it inevitably bears certain problems such as reporting inadequate information or creating bias. As a society, we should rethink some opinions and investigate numerous perspectives before making judgments in order to avoid prejudice.