Public ownership

As the phenomena of social media has swept the world in the past decade, it has become an outlet for all ages. Although social media was thought to be aimed for teenagers and young adults, people of all ages have now become a part of the social movement. Social media was previously limited to a few websites such Myspace and Facebook; now, it has expanded to have hundreds of different outlets of communication, now including smartphones applications as well. Because social media has become such a…

TOPIC: How does advertising shape the youth’s identity? THESIS: _Advertising in today’s media present their product as the needed essential in a youth’s life to fit in society? TOPIC SENTENCE (1st major argument): Advertisements know that they’re the main component in a youth’s life in forming their identity. Source (last name of Author & page #) _Steinem,…

The unrestricted approach to the industry exemplifies why the field abandoned so much of the public sphere, and induced a system in which the authors say “has consistently fallen short of the public interest”, (pg.156) many forms of media seem to barely even hide the fact that more profitability is their only guiding hand. The homogenization taking place in so many aspects of media echo those…

information that offers guilty distraction from anxieties of the serious world. News is valued to an extent that it meets some or all of these expectations. The news fails when it devalues these expectations. According to the normative theories of the public sphere, news media should convey 'true' and…

elections. The term fake news was coined by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, where he accused CNN of spreading fake news about him to persuade constituents to not vote for him. According to William Jasper, the media tries to ruin the public image of politicians. Jasper emphasizes, “Long before Hillary Clinton labeled Trump voters an irredeemable "basket of deplorables ... racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic," conservatives had become inured to being similarly…

brings up discussions and questioning if the laws are well written or need modifications. This is where the politics are targets and making them question the constitutional amendment of gun laws. To influence the public, they discuss the facts of tragedy for a week or so to make public causing debate among citizens. Media is a transmitter to the society and flows into the people’s minds to shape their way of thinking. The Second Amendments allows citizens the right to bear arms. Gun…

Society today is exposed to advertisements by television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and even billboards (G Barve et. al.). This exposure, however, has begun to negatively influence American society. Advertisements influence different people in society today in many different ways, and ever since television and broadcasting were brought into the American culture, it has been one of the main sources for information. However, many people do not know about the serious problems advertisements can…

to have a lasting effect on the American people. In addition, when combined with power of the media to spread and perpetually showcase information, Trump’s expertise in celebrity and use of the psychological theory of system threat, brainwashed the public to a point where the xenophobic remarks became socially acceptable. This idea was also fueled by the media itself due to how the interpretation of different…

generations. Our very beings are shaped by the constant influx of information we hear from our surroundings: the news, comedy shows, radio talk shows, etc… As Americans we are enveloped in 24-7 TV availability, and we are never far from another's public statement of their opinion. The 1st Amendment allows for the freedom of speech, which many take for granted. Due to the amendment people are able to speak their opinions allowing for the development of their own personal beliefs. However the…

“The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth, they have the power to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses,”(Malcolm X). In history, media bias has existed since the nineteenth century , most newspapers were actually linked with their particular political party and the economic interests of their publisher. It is a relatively recent development that reporters should be absolutely, unwaveringly objective in stories…