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News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to write in newspapers. What factors influence these decisions? Do you think we become used to bad news? Should more good news be reported?

Nowadays,
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 has a growing influence on the public. ‘Good
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’ and ‘bad
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’ can have very different impacts on the way we think.
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, the factors
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 consider when selecting
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 materials becomes a matter of many people’s concern.
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 and bad
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. When deciding which kind of
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 to report,
editors
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 need to consider the interests of their media companies and the public they are supposed to serve . The interests of the company require the stories to attract viewers to gain profits.
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 would choose the
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 more compelling than others.
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, during the period of the presidential election, a candidate’s speech can be more favourable than the release of a new movie.
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,
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 should not only consider the attractiveness but
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 ensure the reliability for public interests. Some information can be compelling but misleading.
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, unproven claims that certain food can cure COVID-19 can cause panic buying and bring no benefits to audiences. Responsible
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 will not release
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. As bad
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 is often more compelling than good ones because of people’s negativity bias, it is more frequently reported. We can find the
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 about crimes, corruption and environmental pollution on television and the internet all the time and we are used to them. It is not necessarily bad for people to hear bad
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.
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, reporting crimes can raise the public’s vigilance and protect them from danger by
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, too much bad
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 can cause extensive anxiety which makes viewers depressed and worried.
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, more goods
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,
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 as social progress and good deeds, should be reported to help people develop positive attitudes toward life and acknowledge the goodness existing in society. In summary, attractiveness and reliability are two of the main factors
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 would consider to serve the interest of media organization and the public. The public is used to bad
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 as it has been extensively reported. Though it can have good effects on certain cases, more good
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 should be reported to balance the anxiety it causes.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • audience ratings
  • viewership
  • readership
  • advertisement
  • sponsorship
  • urgency
  • importance
  • natural disasters
  • political events
  • public opinion
  • society
  • sensationalism
  • controversy
  • resources
  • reporters
  • equipment
  • time
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