How can media bias influence public opinion?

Answer 1

it can pressure lawmakers to change their opinions on public policy

Answer 2

Unfortunately, the media seem to have quite a large impact on the gullible public that watch/listen to them each day. The media will insist that they are reporting the truth to the public, when they are more likely stating their own opinions to the public. Dan Rather admitted that very thing just before he left the network. I personally watch/listen to Fox News, but I know that they do have some minor bias to their reporting. I just happen to agree with some of that bias. I was watching them report Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, then I turned to some other networks for awhile. Then later, I was able to say that I had seen things on Fox News that were being questioned on the other networks! I saw some of the shooting and the looting in New Orleans that another network said did not happen! There were many people who refused to believe me when I told them that I actually saw live action news of the sniper shooting people who were trying to get help! I actually saw people standing near an Interstate exit on a piece of concrete that dropped into the water, killing nearly all the people involved, and more. Fox News was practically everywhere in New Orleans during the crisis, and they were filming the victims as well as the trouble-makers. (Just about as good as taking names!) Whether we like it or not, and I really hate it, the media do make an impact on the public's opinion of an event. I would really like for more people to try watching/listening to Fox News. I really believe they are the most likely news reporting agency to provide you with a live-action film showing the events to you when they happen and exactly how they happen! You will be able to do as I did, which is to say, you can see the news film clip that shows exactly what happened, who was involved, what they did or failed to do. See for yourself--judge for yourself!

Answer 3

One international issue that affects us every day while we are oblivious to its effects is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. Media bias is evident in many aspects of the media, yet the problem is that we don't even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. Are the impressions and opinions that we form about individuals based solely on the media's opinions that we see and hear in the news? . In the following paper, I will give specific instances where media biases have occurred as well as show that it is a common occurrence that we may not realize, and

What exactly is it?

Media bias is the tendency of the media to represent different people or organizations in a specific way based on their own personal views and the views of the society. One way this is done is that a specific viewpoint is pushed or someone or something is favored over another, instead of reporting news or airing programs in an objective and honest way. Such bias usually refers to the media as one whole group, such as a given television network, instead of individual reporters or writers of television shows. Media bias could be blatant, but usually it is ingeniously indirect like word choice, time limits on programming, and suggests that the organization isn't neutral. It can be expressed in the language used on shows, and that is written in the newspaper and magazines, of which there will be further discussion upon in this essay. One form of bias occurs when the media promotes stereotypes that portrays individuals to society in a certain way that leads to the ignorance of individuals in society

Types and Reasons for media bias

There are a number of types of media bias that have contributed to influencing people's thoughts, some of which are: political bias, religious bias, information bias, mainstream and corporate bias. Religious bias has been conducted innumerable times, where certain corporations highlight a religion and speak ill of it indirectly. One example of this is how Muslims are sometimes portrayed as terrosists.Political bias is the most common form of media bias where certain political party or individual is often attacked or even if it is supported by the media, it may get more "light" in the news.Sometimes, certain media companies may show a political bias towards certain news events.This usually occurs if the channel or reporter is in favor of a particular candidate.

Some media companies intentionally leave out certain information that they see the audience shouldn't come to know. There can be many reasons to this such as personal grudges, or for promoting stereotypes.etc. This ties in with corporate bias.Obvoiusly, the media is always hoping to please someone and in many cases, it may be another major corporation that the media company relies on for funds, advertisement or exposure to society. Mainstream bias occurs when the media decides to simply report what everyone else is reporting in order to not offend anyone or gain infamous popularity.

Media bias can occur due to various reasons, one of which is that it can happen with the reported being unaware of it himself by using negative word choice to describe a certain person for example. , but the main cause of it is prejudice. When the journalist or the company reporting the story has a personal, prejudiced opinion about certain aspects, which results in an altered version of the story.

Answer 4

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