If the American people took Abrahams’ article and other empirical research on terrorism seriously, it would serve as a tactic to prevent recruitment as well as producing rational arguments in responding to a terrorist attack rather than acting on emotions. However, this will not happen if the national media censors or misconstrues the coverage of terrorism. Matusitz (2013) laid out a list of reasons why the media should or should not censor coverage of terrorism. An interesting reason why the media should not censor coverage of terrorism was “lack of awareness would prevent the audience from understanding the political situation.” I am a supporter against media censorship so I believe that the televised media, a medium that the vast majority of adults get their news content from, must be objective and not opinionated so the American people can think for themselves.…
Persuasion is an umbrella term of influence. Persuasion can attempt to influence a person’s beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivation, or behaviors. In business, persuasion is a process aimed at changing a person’s (or a group’s) attitude or behavior toward an event, idea, or objects, by using written or spoken words to convey information, feelings or reasons. Persuasion, often used as a tool in the pursuit of personal gain, such as election campaigning or as a sales pitch. Persuasion can also be interpreted as using one’s personal or positional resources to change people’s behaviors or attitudes.…
In the simulation today, we split into the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch. In the House, we split into the Internal Matters Committee, Government Operations Committee, and the Budget Committee, where the first two committees reviewed today 's mail, took notes on the mail, and reviewed and formed stances on the legislation written about in the letters. All of the members of the House then joined together with the Budget Committee members and discussed the budget. We finalized the proposed budget by the House and then joined with the Senate Budget Committee to discuss the budget and made compromises on the final budget Congress will propose to President Millworth. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House was in discussions with the President…
Gladstone suggests that the media is an “influencing Machine” throughout her graphic novel through her pictures and examples. Throughout the book she shows examples of how the media creates biases that effect the way they see people, topics, and events. Joseph McCarthy and the red scare was one of the examples that the author used to describe the influence that the media provided. McCarthy used the media to convince the public that there were communists in their government. We can even see the medias effects on us in class when we talk about our current events.…
In life people communicate with one another, there are different languages and tones of speaking. While speaking to people it is key to be a good listener, this will help with persuading people into believing what is being said. There is plenty of times where people could assume they are having a conversation with someone to only find out they were not even paying attention. In-deed, there are ways to communicate along with the various tones and arguments that comes along with communication. The Greek ideas that comes to mind is the Aristotle's idea, this Greek philosopher stated that rhetoric is a form of persuasion.…
just as if terrorist organizations they both need an audience and they both have created their tactics to keep our attention. The media plays an important role in domestic terrorism. How often and how much coverage the media gives to domestic terrorism is another important factor. The media has covered many domestic attacks since September 11, especially those attacks perpetrated by homegrown extremists, such as in the tragedy of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Today, I learned that scholarly interest in terrorism has grown dramatically since 9/11, and the most important line of inquiry has been the research of the media’s coverage of terrorism.…
Everyday there are countless media stories surrounding corrupt and scandalous politicians in the United States. These elected officials are subjected to the criticism of constituents and reporters who are ready to divulge their heinous secrets. Secrets that are brought to light can be used to defame a politicians reputation and turn them into an appalling monster in the eyes of the American people. Whilst making them into a monster the focus of news coverage on personal matters leads to a disconnect between what the politicians are actually doing with legislation. The actions they take within the office they hold should be held to a higher standard but their private affairs should not be included in how Americans evaluate their efforts.…
The way to overcome the media’s negative messaging is to turn away from it. Becoming a role model for younger women and creating a new standard for others. That standard is happiness. Not every woman has to look like a super model to be happy. No women should feel that their role is to be submissive to a man.…
Since the 9/11 attacks, every American knows the names of terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and hear about anything that may be related to terrorist groups. Western media run stories on terrorism daily. Case in point, the official Associated Press app averages about two stories per day related to terrorism. Western media, especially American, is one of the major targets of terrorist groups today. Margaret Thatcher once made a metaphor that publicity is the oxygen of terrorism.…
Audiences are manipulated to accept information when producers use fear to influence their decisions and pity to make people feel sorrow towards the subject of matter. In addition, audiences are manipulated when they can relate to the subject matter being presented to them. Fear tactics are crucial for the audiences to accept information from the media. An example of fear tactic that the producer uses in this ad is when the soccer player’s car loses a part of its tire causing the audiences feel scared about the situation. In addition, after the car rolls over, getting into the little kid’s backyard and completely hitting the little kid.…
The article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion.” written by Jay A. Conger offers a new way forward for providing leadership of people. He recognizes that today’s society has changed its expectation on how teams should function. Today’s team members have an expectation that they should be treated as valuable resources, they should be recognized for the unique perspectives they bring, and be able to have some role in making decisions. The concept of a leader’s role has changed as well, it is not about disciplining the troops, using shame or threats to keep them contributing, quite the opposite. A leader is expected to be inspiring and inclusive.…
Media Influence on Politics in the United States The media, or press, has a critical impact on the political system in the United States. Television news reaches more Americans than any other single news source. (Ginsberg) Reporters distribute information about world chaos throughout the day over the news. Over 95 percent of Americans have television.…
When the media abstains from using the word "terror" and uses euphemism instead, it is actually gives terror a justification. When the media is referring terrorists as attackers or rebels it gives those terror actions a purpose. For example, the definition of a rebel is "a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition"(dictionary.com). This definition makes us realize that the rebel might be depressed and wish to bring a change to a certain situation. In contrast to rebel definition, there is no universally agreed-on definition of terrorism, but one thing is agreed by all, it is immoral and has no justification.…
Media has become the “fourth pillar of the government” in Turkey, ever since the first private media outlets emerged in the 1980s (Çaglar & Çakar-Mengü, 2009). The lack of laws to limit the monopolization and acquiring the competition in relation to media companies, made it easier for influential and wealthy individuals to create media cartels in Turkey. Unlike other profit driven businesses, media that has been created or acquired to maximize profits in non-media related sectors is likely to struggle in fulfilling its role of bringing unbiased content and information to the masses. Oligopoly of media outlets by entrepreneurs who have trade and business ties with government damages the independent information flow in Turkey; causing media…
Media manipulation, a great way to convince people that you are right and your competition is wrong. A way to sell your products in the way that if you are thirsty, you want to buy a Coca-Cola. An awesome tool which only few can use, because of its scarcity in the world. In other words, very few people know how to manipulate the media, even if you are wrong you can convince them, but your speech has to be well prepared, you have to have confidence with yourself and you need to smile for your “audience”.…