The Effects of Media
Social media is something that has been around for ages despite what we think. Whether it be the newspaper, the radio, or the television, media has influenced us to think and act a certain way. How does the media do just that though? Media is a powerful influence on almost every aspect of our lives. With social media partaking in people 's lives everyday it specifically affects humans vision of War, global warming controversy, and politics.
War is such a controversial event in a country that concerns every citizen and can be strongly displayed as a falsity among citizens. Along with the falsity of the statements the truth is sometimes lost somewhere in between. As stated by U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, '"The first casualty …show more content…
Media also targets certain groups to gain votes for presidential candidates, "From one point of view, they abuse their power, especially since they are driven by profit motive to give people what they want, not what they need," ( "I view") to sway the public to bash one candidate and uplift another. Since media is driven by profit, some news networks can be paid by the candidates campaign to once again persuade the public to vote or boost one candidate and dishonor others.The future candidate and eventual president is contentious to the status of our country. Sadly many people are gullible in many countries"However, the media can sway people who are uncommitted or have no strong opinion in the first place"and can cause a almost brainwashing effect to the public. ("I …show more content…
The media will always portray something that is untruthful and it is therefore better to do your own research on these topics to develop your own perspective. Media can be useful in some ways but in many ways it is a cancer that twists and brainwashed the public eye to believe such intolerant opinions. The media breeds nothing but hate, racism, and sexism through false opinions and fake evidence. The question poses is as to why the media wants to do such things. All things sprout from somewhere and we have yet to find out the reason as to why the media effects events and affairs so
Social media is something that has been around for ages despite what we think. Whether it be the newspaper, the radio, or the television, media has influenced us to think and act a certain way. How does the media do just that though? Media is a powerful influence on almost every aspect of our lives. With social media partaking in people 's lives everyday it specifically affects humans vision of War, global warming controversy, and politics.
War is such a controversial event in a country that concerns every citizen and can be strongly displayed as a falsity among citizens. Along with the falsity of the statements the truth is sometimes lost somewhere in between. As stated by U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, '"The first casualty …show more content…
Media also targets certain groups to gain votes for presidential candidates, "From one point of view, they abuse their power, especially since they are driven by profit motive to give people what they want, not what they need," ( "I view") to sway the public to bash one candidate and uplift another. Since media is driven by profit, some news networks can be paid by the candidates campaign to once again persuade the public to vote or boost one candidate and dishonor others.The future candidate and eventual president is contentious to the status of our country. Sadly many people are gullible in many countries"However, the media can sway people who are uncommitted or have no strong opinion in the first place"and can cause a almost brainwashing effect to the public. ("I …show more content…
The media will always portray something that is untruthful and it is therefore better to do your own research on these topics to develop your own perspective. Media can be useful in some ways but in many ways it is a cancer that twists and brainwashed the public eye to believe such intolerant opinions. The media breeds nothing but hate, racism, and sexism through false opinions and fake evidence. The question poses is as to why the media wants to do such things. All things sprout from somewhere and we have yet to find out the reason as to why the media effects events and affairs so