The Importance Of Mass Media Bias In The Media

Media has been playing a significant role in our daily lives by developing our personalities, enriching our knowledge and providing us with different sorts of information. It has a tremendous power in framing cultural guidelines and shaping political dissertation. If the information provided to the U.S. citizens is distorted, then they cannot make informed decisions on the matters of public policy. Thus, it becomes vital to the American democracy that the news media and its institutions remain unbiased, fair and accurate. Media bias happens when a media systematically and persistently emphasize one particular point of view that is usually below the standards of professional journalism. There can be various reasons for media bias, some of

Everywhere we look there is information from media outlets over saturating television and radio. It’s common knowledge that media outlets withhold information to present their point of view on a subject. Leaving out information is not illegal but it is extremely detrimental to society at large. Media companies create bias by: bias of commission, bias of omission, and bias of story selection. By not giving all of the facts to win the publics favor the media is not allowing society to form its own opinion.

It is important that news broadcasting networks do not let personal bias effect the story that’s being told to its audience. People who watch the news, opinions are heavily influenced by the information given to them. Viewers think their opinion is original but are unaware that the information they receive is biased and is meant to influence and form their opinions about a certain topic or argument. Many believe that the news is unbiased and factual because journalist or experts are providing them with evidence.When, in fact, these news outlets are filled with producers, reporters, and writers, who share the same viewpoints. This is groupthink and groupthink is very prominent in news broadcasting networks. Groupthink is when a group of people who share the same ideologies make decisions as a group. In an interview with Fox Business’s John Stossel, Bernie Goldberg explains that groupthink effects the viewer because like-minded people at news networks only show the audience one-side of an argument or story because of their personal opinions on a the topic. This means that news

and the ANC (Terblanche, 2016). Bias in the media is the perception that the press is reporting the news in a prejudiced and non objective manner. This falls under one of the three principles of the role of media, honest reporting. According to Windschuttle, the role of the media can be characterised by 3 principles: Honest reporting; Adhering to the ethical obligations that bound them to the listener, viewer and reader; Lastly, commitment to good writing (Windshuttle, 1997). The role of the media is extended to informing the public of what they need to know in order to make decisions. The guard dog theory is a common way to describe the way mass media and journalists support various political views and groups but can also criticise the same groups when they violate the values they promised to adhere to. The theory claims that the idea of the guard dog is found in the middle ground between the ‘lap dog’ and the ‘watch dog’. They are neither entirely subservient to the powerful entities that control them nor completely serve the publics best interests (Akumey-Affizie, 2017) Most of the headlines from The Daily Maverick, The Citizen, The Huffington Post, and Time Live reflected the President and his decision in a negative light, with rare glimpses of positivity from newspapers like The New Age. Media coverage and the way they frame their stories directly affect the opinion and response of the public.

In a letter that Ta-Nehisi Coates once wrote to his son he said “It is so easy to look away, to live with the fruits of our history and to ignore the great evil done in all of our names. But you and I have never truly had that luxury” (Coates). In his letter, Mr. Coates warns his son to never loose the internal battle between indifference and what is right. This is a constant struggle society faces around the world, and often loses. The battle against indifference has been a losing battle in the past and even more recently throughout the world and as society loses to indifference it gains guilt as if guilt were war debt. The guilt of society is growing at an exponential rate, where countries around the world would rather stick their heads

Boswell has published articles upon articles about the subjectivity of the media and how their bias has hurt the American people and the elections. Continetti has been a front-page reporter for the Washington Free-Beacon, where has openly accused the media of “predictable” bias and “favoritism towards the democrats.” Dawes has agreeingly placed the idea that because the media is always trying to find the next big story and make the most money, that any objectivity in media is “forever gone.” All of the authors know that their is media bias and specifically define what type they believe is present with the backing of well-organized

The media brings forward information on world issues that could be misleading from the actual significance of the story. Bias media comes from many media outlets such as: news producers, social media, and journalists who make false claims to gain more attraction to an audience who interprets the issues inaccurately. The articles “NRA sues Florida over a new gun law in wake of Stoneman Douglas shooting” and “Will Parkland Change the Gun Debate?” lean towards moderate bias because it contains the main viewpoint of gun control in Florida, but then moves away from it with unimportant side stories. Unlike the article “Transcript: Stoneman students' questions to lawmakers and the NRA at the CNN town hall” contain barely any bias because it states

Many people today rely on television and social media to stay up to date on current events. However, are those people really staying informed by what they’re reading or watching? Is the person they’re watching the news acting biased? What if someone doesn’t pay attention to the news at all? With the near endless amount of content on televisions and computers, many people have alternatives to watching the news and informing themselves. Today, it is imperative that, as a society, we inform ourselves ad stay up to date on the activities of our government. How is it beneficial to society if we are ignoring current events and issues that could affect them?

To understand what state the modern media system is in, one must firmly understand what bias is. Media bias is present “when a political belief or commercial interest distorts the level of reporting” (“Media Bias” 1). If a political station provides positive or accurate information to only one side, then the station can be considered biased. Another form of bias is known as sensationalism. Sensationalism is the creation of panic or fear by over-reporting or over-inflating individual news stories, often blurring facts or reporting speculation as facts. A modern and familiar example of media

Over the course of the past years media has taken the nation by storm. Now that we have everything right in front of us, we are able to easily post on all social media roots to share a topic or a comment on a subject. Repetitively many people on social media are used to taking content that is not theirs originally, instead of making their own. This has effect on many. Rapidly it has caused debate on issues everywhere, causing bias to seem good, bad and different in lack of perception. Media bias is out of control! The media today often become so consumed with pleasing people. Viewpoint of another can be immoral and affect many.

Media bias has a tendency of expressing and showing what they want the viewer to focus on. Many online sources show what they want to be covered and how it should be covered. Every channel station cover the same topic but in their own point of view. Fox, Abc and CNN all state the same story but covered differently. In Fox News, Abby Wambach, retired soccer star, arrested for a DUI in Oregon. Abby Wambach was under the influence of alcohol. In Fox news it covers that Abby missed a red light and failed sobriety test and even the breath test.It also states when she retired and how long she has played and how she stated a statement on Facebook stating an apology. Abby was arrested by Sgt. Peter Simpson in Oregon. In Abc news, Abby was arrested

Attarian, John. “Who’s Guarding the Guards?: While failing to persuade that the media have a conservative bias, a columnist nevertheless identifies real problems.” World and I June 2003: 212. Academic OneFile. Web 18 Sept. 2016.

The topic of media bias has been the focus of many conversations in our society recently. I believe that this is a very important topic to discuss because most of the information we are receiving comes from one media outlet or another. More often than not, people will only hear one side of the story because they believe that the news being told to them is the most accurate. In reality, most news stations have their own agendas, resulting in the omission of some truths. These days, media bias can be observed almost everywhere we look. Today, there are many people who immerse themselves in the news that they are being told, so much so, that they believe nothing else. People are often so entrenched in their beliefs, it keeps people from being open

While there have been several studies on how people perceive media bias, few have been conducted to determine how to combat incorrect identification of media bias. To combat this lack of knowledge, we created an experiment to determine if gaining knowledge about media bias through two different treatments enables people to identify, rather than perceive, media bias.

Everyday we go through life with the same rituals that we have come accustomed We repeat these daily cycles so often and never realize why we do the things we do, or the reason behind them. We bring up the subject of Media Bias and at most times it seems as if it is an abstract concept. We do not usually see the blindfold that is held over our eyes while we are presented with the news about the world, our neighborhood, and our cities. In my opinion, Media Bias is just a preference automatically set for us based upon many qualities that the viewer audience tend to share. I will provide evidence that shows that we are all victims of Media Bias and that it constantly effects our lives even if we don’t know it.