At present, the media affects people’s lives significantly. What impact does this have on society? Is it a negative or positive development?
Nowadays, the
media
has a significant impact on the way people
live their lives. This
essay will discuss how the media
shapes how people
think about world events and suggests that this
is a negative development because it endangers democracy
.
A major impact of the media
is that it affects how people
interpret things happening in the world. This
is because people
believe at the face value and do not think critically, which means they believe in what they hear or read in the media
. As a result
, they have a distorted view of key issues. For example
, most UK news channels represent refugees as migrants so people
view them as they were looking to overrun the UK and take advantage of the prosperous economy of the UK, but in reality, these people
came from war-torn countries.
The government and corporations influence the media
and get them to spin a narrative that suits their agenda which is dangerous for our democracy
. This
is to say that our media
must be free from any influence otherwise
our democracy
will be in peril. For instance
, it is widely known that certain news channels always tell a lie about the democratic party and seek to support the republic party so it is extremely upsetting when you know that more than tens of millions of people
tune in to networks every day.
In conclusion, the media
affects our view of life by telling us what to think, and this
is a negative development because unless people
make their own minds rather than blindly believing whatever they read or hear, democracy
is threatened.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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