Mass Media Influence on Society
87Mass Media Influence
In the last 50 years the media influence has grown exponentially with the advance of technology, first there was the telegraph, then the radio, the newspaper, magazines, television and now the internet.
We live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities like work, entertainment, health care, education, personal relationships, traveling and anything else that we have to do.
A common person in the city usually wakes up checks the tv news or newspaper, goes to work, makes a few phone calls, eats with their family when possible and makes his decisions based on the information that he has either from their co workers, news, tv, friends, family, financial reports, etc.
What we need to be aware is that most of our decisions, beliefs and values are based on what we know for a fact, our assumptions and our own experience. In our work we usually know what we have to do based on our experience and studies, however on our daily lives we rely on the media to get the current news and facts about what is important and what we should be aware of.
We have put our trust on the media as an authority to give us news, entertainment and education. However, the influence of mass media on our kids, teenagers and society is so big that we should know how it really works.
How mass Media Influence works
Of all the media distribution channels the most influential has been the television, we are constantly exposed to thousands of images of violence, advertising, sex, celebrities and much more, in fact a its known that a child is exposed to about 40,000 ads a year.
But who owns the media, which are the companies or people that shape our values, beliefs and decisions? The media is basically dominated by five major companies they are:
- Time Warner
- VIACOM
- Vivendi Universal
- Walt Disney
- News Corp
Those 5 companies own 95% of all the media that we get every day. They own the major entertainment theme parks, entertainment movie studios, television and radio broadcast networks and programing, video news and sports entertainment.
They also own integrated telecommunications, wireless phones, video games softwares, electronic media, the music industry and more.
Years ago there was more diversity in companies, but they have merged so now they are just a few and they have the power to shape the opinion and beliefs of us and our kids. So its important to be aware of what your kids are exposed to every day and you should also try to look at things from different perspectives and not just from the one the media gives you.
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How does mass media influence young people?
The media makes billions of dollars with the advertising they sell and that we are exposed to. We buy what we are told to be good, after seeing thousands of advertisings we make our buying decisions based on what we saw on Tv, newspapers or magazines to be a product we can trust and also based on what everyone else that we know is buying and their decision are also base don the media.
These are the effects of mass media in teenagers, they buy what they see on Tv, what their favorite celebrity advertise and what is acceptable by society based on the fashion that the media has imposed them.
There are some positive and negative influences in young people.
Here is a positive influence example, if there is a sport that is getting a lot of attention by the media and gains popularity among your friends and society, you will more likely want to practice the sport and be cool with all your friends. The result is that you will have fun with your friends and be more healthy because of the exercise your are doing.
However a negative influence in teenagers is the use of cigars by celebrity movie stars, the constant exposure of sex images, the excessive images of violence and exposure to thousands of junk food ads.
Young people are in a stage of life where they want to be accepted by their peers, they want to be loved and be successful. The media creates the ideal image of a beautiful men and women and tells you what are the characteristics of a successful person, you can see it in movies and tv. Its a subliminal way to tell you that if you are not like them you are not cool yet so its time to buy the stuff they buy and look like they look.
Another negative influence in teenagers that has grown over the last years are anorexia and obesity. There are millions of adolescents fighting obesity, but at the same time they are exposed to thousands of advertisements of junk food, while the ideas image of a successful person is told to be thin and wealthy.
Also more women are obsessive with losing weight even when they are not obese, there are many thin women that want to look like the super models and thin celebrities so they engage in eating disorders which leads to severe health issues and even death.
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Effects of violence in the Media
When we watch Tv or a movie we usually see many images of violence and people hurting others. The problem with this is that it can become traumatic especially in our children as we see it more and more. Our kids that are starting to grow and are shaping their personality values and beliefs can become aggressive or they can lose a sense of reality and fiction of what they are seeing.
In the past years there have been some cases of kids carrying a gun at school and even hurting others with it. Those kids have been linked to excessive use of violent video games and war images.
Another problem is that real war is used as a form of entertainment by the media, we should make our kids and teen aware that war is not a form of entertainment and that there is no win or lose like in video games, in real war everyone lose.
How media influence public opinion
As i have said above, the media has a huge impact on society and also in public opinion. They can shape the public opinion in different ways depending of what is the objective.
For example, after the attacks of 911 the media gave a huge coverage of the event and exposed Osama guilty for the attack as they were told by the authorities. This shaped the public opinion to support the war on terrorism, the same happened with the war on Iraq. The problem is that if media received un accurate information then the public opinion supported a wrong cause, this is the power of public opinion influence.
Other ways to influence are with polls and trends, especially in political campaigns. The candidates that can pay for more tv and media exposure have more influence on public opinion and thus can receive more votes.
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Very Interesting Hub! The media shape our attitudes about everything from soap to politics. It's important for us to be aware of the impact the mass media has on each and every one of. We need to be vigilant and ask ourselves to look for opposing opinions and evaluate the facts for ourselves rather than blindly accepting the media's version of the "truth."
for the audience mass media is source of entertaiment, for journalists media is source of prestige and salary and for the owner media is source of profit and political influence! The biggest creator of the public opinion, is media the 7th force. It will take long time for people to understand that TV is not art. Tv is relatet do low IQ people. According to Mihael Kunchik and Astrid Cipfel in their book "Introduction in science of publishment and communications" they say People are sheeps Tv is the shepard.
I moved into an area recently which has TV reception problems, and I don't have cable. What this has meant is I'm only using my TV for DVDs at the moment. The break from advertising has been fantastic. I didn't realise what an effect it was having until it was gone.
It's very easy not to think, and to let the media shape your views. It's very easy to get caught up in the emotions of what's happening, especially when the media is cultivating those emotions to get the response they want, either consciously or subconsiously. It's harder to shake that influence.
Great hub!
Here are a few quotes to ponder.
"Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have."Richard Salent, former president, CBS News
"We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with." Richard M. Cohen, Senior Producer of CBS political news.
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of "liberalism" they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." Norman Thomas, for many years U.S. Socialist Presidential candidate.
"We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."Katherine Graham, Washington Post publisher and CFR member.
Those quotes above are scary, but true.
You've just affirmed what I've learned in my journalism program. It's all true, unfortunately. I did a senior project on the media influence on negative celebrity behavior and psyches. The media can be too powerful, that's for sure, and often not in good ways.
Hey rayuso,
Good conversation starter. It is because the media possesses so much power to influence that those in the media must be diligent about delivering news in a balanced manner that brings the story to the consumer with all sides fairly represented. Journalism is a profession like any other and certain standards of quality and professionalism need to be maintained. Thank you for sharing your insights.
Best,
Joe
This is a very thought provoking hub that has been debated for years. Thanks for writing it.
Wow what a great hub, must have taken you ages!
Very nice, very useful, very powerful!
I used to teach the effects of advertising to young college students. I wish they would all read this hub!
I fully agree that the mass media unfluences on public opinion. Moreover I want to say that the mass media influence on society, simultaneously politicians unfluence on the mass media. So politicians shaping people's attitudes and beliefs.
Big fires start from a little spark This is because it includes the presentation of bad morals, tempting scenes, immoral pictures, semi-nakedness, destructive speechIt .It shows people how to cheat, steal, hatch plots and commit acts of violence against others.
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Yes, I agree with your hub, it does have an impact on the society, but also there is some positiveness in it.
Excelent hub! however did you realize that all of us have just been influenced by media, again! As we read this text and each others comments we are unvoluntary forming the same opinion as exposed above. Most of us have agreed, therefore the next person reading might agree as well! Although i appreciate the different sides taken by the author, an evaluation cannot always end equally balanced and therefore leave the reader to decide himself. Instead we are just accepting an opinion already given. Hence we are again influenced by the 'evil' Internet!
This is really interesting. I would say that even though media is having a stronger influence. Any single media is having a smaller influence with the increible proliferation of media choices as well as one-to-one media such as twitter and other microblogging.
Boy this hub could even be expanded to create a BOOK, or maybe even a SERIES. Great job.
One thing that seems to be interesting is that media is evolving to allow lay people (non-trained etc.) to influence each other. We are becoming more likely to discover news through a friend or family member than through a traditional news media. Of course, these are not disappearing and are still the main source of news, but social media allows us to by pass the interpretation of journalists more often than we could before. (Now we are subject to the interpretation of the blogosphere)
As my kids age, I have become more sensitive to the subtle nature that this influence takes on. Even things that seem as innocuous as Disney channel can have some subtle influence, with how the kids and the parent are portrayed and how that shapes the perceptions of a young mind.
Great hub.
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Im writing a paper on the influence media has on society and this hub was very insightful. Thanks for posting it.
Very informative indeed... it has helped me with my school work. Thanks Hub
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But on a more serious side note. It is sad when our presidency can be bought indirectly with cash.
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I have discovered lately that the media has negative impacts on culture.Because of this, crepimng in is global culture which seem to be degrading different cultures. various values and traditions are becoming nonexistent.We hav to take a close look at the impact it is having in our culture
actually this artical is very good to read. i'm going to use it in my essay
this article was really helpful. I used some of the info to support myself in a debate. thanks
Fantastic Article! Given the massive and intensive media messages being fed to us at every turn, students need to be taught how external messages shape internal perspectives and thus decisions, one word at a time. Students need to know that mass media has a specific agenda and once values and ideals are shaped-its very difficult to undo.
As the article states "We live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities like work, entertainment, health care, education, personal relationships, traveling and anything else that we have to do." We have become a society that does not necessarily think for itself or use internal value system to shape our decisions. This has become cultural norm to seek outside advise thus eliminating the need, and ultimately the ability, to think critically, based on unbiased information.
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Media is the means of support to the people in the world which shapes their attitude, opinion, and make them to think before they start doing a particular work. the most beautiful is it helps the people to know about different religions, places , important things to do about the past and the future.
Media is the means of support to the people in the world which shapes their attitude, opinion, and make them to think before they start doing a particular work. the most beautiful is it helps the people to know about different religions, places , important things to do about the past and the future.
Very, very great hub. You were dead on about the major companies and how they practically influence everything.
I am doing a essay paper on how the media influnces society and the article has been very helpful for me. Thank you
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Iwas searching for a debate topic"Today's media is people friendly"....& i got a lot of help from this hub......Thanks a lot....!!!
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encouraged the war, my foot. bin laden did cause the terrorist attacks- that was true reporting of facts. now the media is falling over itself to stop the war.
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very good.I think there needs to be more awareness regarding media's negative role.If u were here in my country,u would have known how media can turn the world against you.
SCEPTIC is wrong.No one knows who carried them out uptil now.In fact ,there are many controversies still surrounding them.Even the penta doesnt look like as if a plane hit it.
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hey fahad ur a DUMB SHIT there was people killed and they have eye witnesses and vidieos of a plane hittin it so shut the F... up.
But the info on the site was very helpful thanx.
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I apparently "fahad" is somekind of liberal muslum or somthin go back to YOUR country rag head.
i FAHAD agree with septic, dude face 34 and MONGO hey 911 happened homo so STAY OVER IN UR COUNTRY AND KEEP QUITE Thanks hahahahahaha
I am not surprised to see how dumb fucking you people are.You suckers seem to ignore the effects of media and thats the shit u are all talking about.ahahhaha!For information of u suckers ,56% of americans believe that the people who have been blamed for 9/11 didnt carry out the attacks.But i guess u are all ignorant after all .It has been proved by people in ur country in documentaries such as farenhiet 9/11,9/11 in plane site,9/11 loose change that instead of an aircraft , a missile hit the pentagon as there were no signs of a a fucking boeng there.Also the planes that hit the wtc's were special military aircraft.I suggest all u dick's stop watching batman and open ur shit heads and try and gain some sense out of the fucking world u live in.
look mongo (or bongo).U are so craped faces and crap minded and unintelligenbt that u can not possibly infer whether i am a liberal or not.U even dont know the spellings of muslim.I am not rag headed and more capable than any asshole like u could imagine.
I agree with Fahad somewhat. he's rite its proved with video evidence!!! And BTW when Israelis and we go around killin innocent women and children you cant expect the poor muslams weve fucked not to retaliate. nd the only way they can do it is by blowing themslvs up and taking as many of us as they can!!!!
So we're gettin what we desrve.Anyway this site is cool....
nice one.. so informative. thanks
mass media "per se" offer benefit to many but it is on how people may use it. Gracias!
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Lots of people doing essays and papers and stuff :) Well so am I and this is very good. I'm really amazed that those 5 companies control 95% of the media! When you think about it, media really is everything. Watching tv, reading books, using the internet, giving someone a call, listening to music... the only reall way to escape it would be to lock yourself in a cave in the middle of the bush! Ok, there are probably other ways...
But this is good so thanks :D
This was very good. it helped me in my essay. thank you for this article. it was so really good.
This is an excellent news for the people of good hope. This message had been lingering in my mind for a decade almost. It is a high time we the readers and thinkers of this subject to act upon and bring back our lost selves. We are been fooled and carried away by petty and selfish minds for thier benefit and glory. They have taken human life for granted.
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wow,wow,if only pepple could focus their minds to good things like this even the media wont have such influence on the society,great hub indeed.
this article is put in very simple language, and a lot of the material covered could be greatly expanded on
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nice article ! media certainly has its bad effects on society
nice article ! media certainly has its bad effects on society
Sad thing is media knows how to influence but decides to balance the scale rather than tipping the scale on the side of good messages and positive influence. Seems to me that if more positive programing went out then the more positive people would be, tolerant, accepting, forgiving, peacful, caring all attributes we want to instill and mimick but rarely foster beyond making mention of it. I feel sorry for us, so simpleminde that we allow ourselves to be lead around rather than lead.
very good article. its sad how media does have such an influence on society.
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the media madwe me smoke pot, i feel horrible, but i fall for hot girls easily no matter what their advertising, im goin down with the rest of the world.......yay me!
your hub is good.
the media has its affirmed and disaffirmed views, but don't you think saying that journalist use the mass mediajust for prestige and salary is an understatement?i am a cub journalist and i don't affirm to this.it is just that the human majority has racently become addicted to evil and explains why the society turns to copy the wrong instead of the right.i love and use the media but i try to copy what is good.we all know the difference betwwen good and bad .we are thus using the media to influence ourselfs negatively and not the media influencing us.
you raised a very good issue and it has helped me greatly.thanks a million.
your hub is good.
the media has its affirmed and disaffirmed views, but don't you think saying that journalist use the mass mediajust for prestige and salary is an understatement?i am a cub journalist and i don't affirm to this.it is just that the human majority has racently become addicted to evil and explains why the society turns to copy the wrong instead of the right.i love and use the media but i try to copy what is good.we all know the difference betwwen good and bad .we are thus using the media to influence ourselfs negatively and not the media influencing us.
you raised a very good issue and it has helped me greatly.thanks a million.
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If what the mass media is telling us is such a bad thing, how come nobody is doing a thing about it. shouldnt we do something to stop idk lets say the in disorders that are going around. if we dont do something to stop them what will happen? wont they just keep going until eventually nobody will trust them and more than likely we will have a larger death toll from people starving themselves to death, purging themselves so much that they rupture something, or those who are eating themselves into contentment? IDK maybe we should do something about it and figure it out ourselves??
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very good i am haveing to do a speech for my tv production class and i saw some of the comments i mean really guys media is takeing ovr our lives and one by one each of us is going to geet sucked up into it...i mean really think about media is everything cuz with out media people would all just be some brain dead freaks...and i do agree with that one person about if media is getting so bad then people nedd to get of the butts and take care of the problem i am part of the younger generation and i have learned that i am the only one in my class that really picks up a newspaper and read it seriously ...have the people that posted a comment just want to show of to their friends and say hey look guys i wrote penis on a video but others really knw the sturggle of wat is going on with the american society today and i praise each and every one of u who care....god please and thanks for the info it got me a spot on the Jax local news :)
Its very interesting how the media plays a role in this world. I think its only accelerating the world to its end. WWIII
I enjoyed your Hub and I would like to see a sequel.
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nice media should not impose such bad effects ver children it spoils them a lot
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very informative,i am a communications student and i must say this was very enlighting and well written.
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we shouldnt take media as negitive sources of impact. Not only media but everything has good and bad influence it is upto person' catching ability. it is also depend on person's mind and thinking if one is a possitive receiver she or he will receive it from any source even not using media and in same a negitive receiver. and other way to provend the influence of media is government intiatives it can publish and broadcase a pure and good channels
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To the guys on this site who think it is cool to cuss, be disrespectful to women or other people, where do you think that you got that idea from. It's mainly due to you taking the negative influences that you saw in the media and not having a proper home training and spiritual upbringing in the fear of God. You need to cry out to God and ask to be forgiven beacuase one day you will stand before him and give an account and either recieve eternal judgement or eternal life because you accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, the media will not be able to defend you and you certainly will not be able to blame the media for all your bad choices in life. God is saying to this whole nation, I put before you either death or life, therefore, be wise and choose life. When you choose Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you are making the choice for eternal life. This culture needs to wake up spiritually, it is on a roller coaster ride that will eventually lead to hell and eternal destruction. That is the truth.
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although the media has a bad influence it also is good as it informs sociaty about whats happening in the world and keeps us up to date.
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this is the first hub i have actually taken the time to read, especially between the lines. i must say it was really worth my while. the media and the giant corporations behind them in fact do shape public opinion and cater not our needs but to the greed and needs of them. in this day and age it wouldn't be suprising if we were all mentally enslaved and didn't know it. ever since infancy we were brought up knowing right and wrong and even though it is clear cut as night and day, we as a single unified race (humans) we still choose to do wrong and hurt the very people we're supposed to love. to myself a neighbor is anyone beside me or an unknown username posting his opinion on the web. everday i am surrounded by opinions and i enjoy that because i can formulate a more informed opinion based on what come across my way whether i disagree with it or not. now as a young man, i come to this site and see many good reviews and peoples own opinions and much more hatred and apathy. why is this? my opinion can perhaps be related to the media. we still choose to do wrong and it wouldn't suprise me if this stemmed from all the millions of violent, narcassitc, pessimistic, saracastic, narrowcasted images that we have been exposed to since infancy. i believe we have all been enslaved mentally and its these blocks such as the media, big business, modern and future technology (as i speak of it, it is no longer the future but the Present) has put our own personal beliefs and ideals on the back burner to what the people controlling the media deem is best for us. like ducks, we all follow suit. furthermore i probably won't come back on this site because my assumptions lead me to believe that i will become the victim of verbal abuse and attacks because some gentleman will have disagreed with my views and say some ridiculous nonsense that has absolutely no bearing on what im saying. it is unfortunate to go through this life and have perfect strangers hate each other with so much ignorance and apathy it makes me want to not be a part of this life sometimes. to the creator of this hub. good stuff man keep the word alive.
That was one excellent and well written speech,simple but yet very true and straight forward!!!!!!
Overall, it depends in each one of us..... if you are an ignorant person than its your problem if ya dont take this message seriously, but to those who cares bowt their famillies, love ones, friends, neighbours and themselves.. Hellow world!!!!!! this is seriously true!!! My 5 yr old brother never likes to go outside and play because he is hypnotized by the television and the DVD he watches every day and to be honest noe my parents can't control him coz if they stop him, he wont eat and gets really aggresive...Same as my 11 yr old sister which interests the most in dressing up dolls through the internet games rather than doing it herself... They spend more time in media and get obssesed about it that they dont even realise that their chillhood is passing by so quickly and should be themselves and enjoy it as we usually do before, rather than doing stuffs from what the see through television and internet!!! Tell me would you people want to see your love ones act like media freaks evryday and react and talk to you like some show media robots!! Reality it becomes sickness, thus the media is the real virus to this situation!!!
It opens One mind and yet Damages it!!!! Like a key to open a door and the same key to lock it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Media is well and good enough as long as its valuable and influential informations is concerned on the society. The usage of media would depend upon each individual to carry out to the maximum of what is good and moral to be performed out in the society. Being an Indian, i would affirm that the art of media directs to the state of bloomy India.
Media is well and good enough as long as its valuable and influential informations is concerned on the society. The usage of media would depend upon each individual to carry out to the maximum of what is good and moral to be performed out in the society. Being an Indian, i would affirm that the art of media directs to the state of bloomy India.
I have thought about this issue several times before.
Tha purpose of the media is to inform the public, yes; but they also have the goal of making as much money as possible, and getting as many viewers/readers/listeners as possible. Therefore, the media is very likely to cater to the public's interests; social networking sites (mainly for teenagers), gossip (everyone but especially old people), violence (people like excitement in movies/shows ie shootouts and gang fights). So perhaps it isn't the media's fault what is written in the newspapers or aired on the television.
One last comment; the government is no longer "the man"; the media is.
this is great!thanks this would greatly help to my study about media literacy...
for the media...
the media should know how to dissiminate the right and valid information to the public. they should not manipulate the people in the society that recieves the media messages. they should be fair and do their job well.
for the media consumers...
we as the consumers of media should be responsible and critical enough to choose the right messages delivered by the media. we should look the both sides of one issue not just one we should have some research to know the truth. dont let the media manipulate us.
Great hub. I do take issue with a couple statements made, however. There is no doubt that the media does have an influence at both the micro and macro level. However, many other variables need to be taken into consideration. There is a lack of empirical evidence proving a direct, causal relationship between media and violence, or media and obesity, or media and any other direct effect. Mediating variables (such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, social groups, etc.) all combine to form the effects described in the hub. Media as a standalone influence is not to blame.
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I totally agree with you. Like it or not, media is a huge influence in society, especially in where I'm living. I gotta say that we have evolved technologically speaking, but that doesn't help us to get a personal opinion, certainly the 80% of the people actually buy what media sells. I've always compared modern society with the one that is shown in Orwell's book: 1984. We're getting out of thoughts! But why don't we take advantage of media? why we prefer to absorve just the useless stuff? we can seize technology and learn from it. Unfortunately the youth has taken the bad stuff of media, ergo, youth has turned thoughtless.
Good insight about the power of the media. My only suggestion to you is that you reference your facts. I need to know if it is from a trusted source.
i agree,we must to filter any information like from news,television,radio,magazine and also any information negative before showing to people,especially young people.
we must act fast if we are to kill all the penguins
I strongly believed that media really important on shaping people idea. Thus,media should emphasize on environment,social problem issues to aware public the danger and important. The new of politician ,artist on what what people that so ridiculous and nonse at all. They just wearing mask,the back of the mask is juct what a terrible horrible image which give negative message to the public.On the other hand,it just cause more serious problem to the world.
Please be a reponsible mass media,stop help those people on improve their popularity what we seen its only mask.Focus on those serious problem happen around us.
I believe that mass media is one of the main reasons why things that should be considered of immorality such as drugs, drinking, pre-marital sex and adultery are of acceptance today. Media shows us these things. Exposes us to them. And we're all thinking "if they're doing it, why can't we?" It is implanted in our mind that these things are normal. Let's take for example, Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl shows teenagers in sexual relationships, drugs, drinking, and the division of people in cliques. And they don't usual send the message that "THIS IS BAD." But rather, "THIS IS NORMAL." And I know there are a whole lot of things like Disney or other programs trying to stop this image, but it isn't enough. The abuse of media is strutural sin and it must be stopped.
"A man who exposes children to scandal should rather tied to a boulder and fall into the sea."
I believe that mass media is one of the main reasons why things that should be considered of immorality such as drugs, drinking, pre-marital sex and adultery are of acceptance today. Media shows us these things. Exposes us to them. And we're all thinking "if they're doing it, why can't we?" It is implanted in our mind that these things are normal. Let's take for example, Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl shows teenagers in sexual relationships, drugs, drinking, and the division of people in cliques. And they don't usual send the message that "THIS IS BAD." But rather, "THIS IS NORMAL." And I know there are a whole lot of things like Disney or other programs trying to stop this image, but it isn't enough. The abuse of media is strutural sin and it must be stopped.
"A man who exposes children to scandal should rather tied to a boulder and fall into the sea."
I believe that mass media is one of the main reasons why things that should be considered of immorality such as drugs, drinking, pre-marital sex and adultery are of acceptance today. Media shows us these things. Exposes us to them. And we're all thinking "if they're doing it, why can't we?" It is implanted in our mind that these things are normal. Let's take for example, Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl shows teenagers in sexual relationships, drugs, drinking, and the division of people in cliques. And they don't usual send the message that "THIS IS BAD." But rather, "THIS IS NORMAL." And I know there are a whole lot of things like Disney or other programs trying to stop this image, but it isn't enough. The abuse of media is strutural sin and it must be stopped.
"A man who exposes children to scandal should rather tied to a boulder and fall into the sea."
I do ana essay about mass media and how they influence our lives and this article was very helpful. Thank you.
I do an essay about mass media and how they influence our lives and this article was very helpful. Thank you.
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Do you think that our media also effects our architecture? i m trying to do a thesis about how the media can influence our decision and design process.. but cant find much relevant information.
I study about media and also I discover too. It helps me in my work and in daily routine.Its helpfull to me. Thank you.
I study about media and also I discover too. It helps me in my work and in daily routine.Its helpfull to me. Thank you.
I love this passage because it's leading so many discussions. Media, money(benefits), ethics, minorities, info, are highly related
excellent hub.i enjoyed. the impact of media on public psyche is very strong and direct. we often dont have the time and perhaps character, to examine and x-ray the information furnished by the media which makes us dangerously susceptible to manipulation. media has an enormous potential which unfortunately remains untapped and abused far more than it is being used. the need is to 'WATCH LITTLE AND THINK MORE.'we are ten times more exposed to trash than anything sensible. the terrific technology is lamentably being misused especially in INDIA.instead of talking of ideal we should discuss reality. and in reality media has harmed the society in 50 years which was impossible to do even in a thousand.
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I'm doing a debate on this topic on Wednesday! This site really helped my case. Thanks!
The media does influence us each and everyday. We wake up morning after morning listening to the news or that radio for "updates" within the world. Mass media is one of the biggest reasons for troubles in today's society. For instance, America has become "mediated" culture, media reflects and creates the culture. Media portrays the craziest aspects in life. Models being shown weighing 100 pounds and that is their portrayal of "perfection" or can we imagine television without reality TV now? How about life without the Internet? We can search ultimately anything and everything with just a click of a button. Even though there are tons of negatives of media, they also have some positives. Same thing with the Internet, what we society do today if we couldn't access research with the Internet? Also, media brings human cultures together and we are exposed to a broad range of ideas and thought from all kinds of people form all over the world.
It all comes down to this. It doesn't matter how much media is exposed to us, we must be able to decipher the messages sent by media and ask questions so we are not influenced in a negative manner.
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we all need to get a life if we already had one we'd be doing something fun not reading and essay that some guy rote and then critiscizing it or him so grow up
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yes, i totally agree with you... mass media influence is the main problem of lack of thoughts in teenagers, they just are not able to express themselves in a more free position, they have to behave as media says... there will be human robots instead of people, shame on them...
thanks for helpin me on my essay,my teacher is going 2 be impresed! ;D
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this is very helpful, the paper i am going to write about!
i was searching the same topic for presentation n i saw it. u hv done a marvelleous job. it is superb creativity.
Well said....something that we all lived with but never realized...
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the topic was grear and informative. but aint we exgarating the role which is played by media.it is true that most of the choices pple make are consructed by the media but we are not robots and we have not lost our intellectual capacity. if people are manipulated by the media then who is manipulating who? who is behind the media?
is it real the media influencing our choices or is it our individual secret desires that we see in the media that makes us comform to what the media is telling us?
the topic was grear and informative. but aint we exgarating the role which is played by media.it is true that most of the choices pple make are consructed by the media but we are not robots and we have not lost our intellectual capacity. if people are manipulated by the media then who is manipulating who? who is behind the media?
is it real the media influencing our choices or is it our individual secret desires that we see in the media that makes us comform to what the media is telling us?
thanks alot!
I agree that media is leaves a good but also bad impact on us.media should be independent than only the will grow!!
wow this article is very helpful. Lik everyone else im also doing an essay and was looking for ideas. this really helped. i agree the media is controlling our minds and that the government doesn't want us or our children to be educated. the government is all a lie. Obama is related to the bush family, and every man and women in power are in ONE Bloodline. they want to divide and conquer. They have been planning to have a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.
this says it all.
media really distracts children from studies.
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Free speech is definitely at work here. I believe in censorship and would delete all the cursing if I could. I find it interesting that there is so much nonsense and ugly crudeness sprinkled among very intelligent conversation. I feel sorry for the immature people that don't have enough of a brain to contribute to this discussion in a meaningful way. I agree with the observation that it is probably a result of mind numbing Rap, empty programing and mindless video games that have caused these humans to act more like animals. Just evidence that evil does exist and has to pop it's ugly head up when others are trying to make a positive, constructive difference in society. I watched Andy Griffith reruns with my daughter (10 years old) last night. We just don't see wholesome, funny, stories with a good message like that any more. If it's out there, let me know where it is. The Disney stuff I see doesn't seem to have much substance. It's mostly sit-com silliness.
Well, I could go on and on but mostly what I think has been said before on this site. I would like to second the thoughts posted by Corneli. What would Jesus produce?
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Q1. Mass Media promises to Educate, Inform and Entertain, and hence change. The world we are living in is much changed than that of the yester year. Countries around the world have successfully arrived at an age of best governance while handling their internal,
? Political & Legal situation
? Economic uplift
? Social harmony among various ethnic groups, and
? Technological advancements
Which areas of our society you think should better get fixed with the help of media and how?
Q2. CHANGE is inevitable. CHANGE guaranties survival.
Japan: from Samurai to Sony and China: from Mao to Market-both these Asian countries changed and have done it. They have adopted outward approach than yester day’s inward approach in restructuring their economies.
Identify areas-where you understand CHANGE is needed in these profit and nonprofit organizations here in Afghanistan.
Q3. Global experiences can turn into standards and hence we can have One World. WTO, World Bank, UN and NATO-are organizations been given birth out of this philosophy. Internet is turning-once a BIG world- into a SMALL village.
If you agree with this philosophy, how and why you want to observe this oneness in our society. If we achieve local oneness are you willing to go global by tomorrow?
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great hub i needed for my research and this quite helps me to know more abt the media and its influences!
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but how can the negative effects produced by the media be minimized
very well brought out argument shows how powerful the media really is!!! sad... but true!!!
the article is such a help.. im currently writing a research regarding media, and this article made me ponder more and raise a few more question regarding the dirty business of media...it is dirty whether we adnit it or not.
I am currently writing an essay and this really helps... Thanks in a million..
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the way u r discussing proves that u r affected negatively by mass media..so just try 2 be mature enough & more polite..ingeneral the article was gd..
I agree with all the material in this artical but the need is that we have to take steps to change our media strategy. media is playing with our childrens, teenagers even every man in the society.
I am glad that you have this article posted and I certainly hope that people actually take the time to read it. It is very true the most of our media is biased in one direction or the other. Most people don't take the time to actually think about what they are reading or watching and formulate their own opinions, so they are easily influenced by what the media feeds them.
There is an interview series of professional women in online journalism that you may find interesting.
http://www.ourblook.com/Table/Gender-Studies-and-M
It was conducted by the University of Iowa Gender and Mass Media Class this past fall and offers unique perspectives and insight to the future of online journalism.
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yeah the media is great and all and i cant live without half of the technology in this world, but people need to learn to respect the values of humanity and not just go with the flow to be accepted by those around you. if your willing to throw your future away and make bad decisions based on your peers/coworkers/etc. then be prepared to have to start over, regain trust, respect, and responsibilities, and a good reputation. Just remember that who you are in high school has nothing to do with who you are in the real world...no employer or college is looking at your social status but rather your reputation and how your going to benefit their administation. everyone makes mistakes but alot of them could be prevented. if you get caught up in the media and want to portray yourself like a raunchy celebrity, then just remember that when the trend changes, and people start to mature, your not gonna be cool anymore.
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tv is a controvesial subject conserning most people everywhere.
though, not all tv is a bad influence as it is. you just have to choose the right shows
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hey, media dont f senses and feeling like humans with blood.....so it all depends on how individual decides. the decision is yours you got the power of choices...wanna lock yourself from caves and isolate thats fine too..but it seems that media is un avoidable...media originated with men and so you got will power to say yes and no!
Great article!
But, I was wondering if you had some sort of references or a bibliography to back some of the facts you've written?
informative but there are so many errors that it makes it difficult to read
clearly articel..
at the other side, there are many conspipary in the media, capitalsism idea...
we have to be aware to this bad disaster..
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I think that what you have written is briliant and inspiring- your grammar goes a bit strange towards the end however! I believe that the media does have a masive but subtle effect on others. Especial those thgat say "special deal" etc. I am doing an essay on a similar subjuct and your help has been great. Reading other peoples comments was also very helpful. But reading some of them revealed the effect the media has on people without even noticing it- judgement and racism, general rudeness and imaturity. I can understand that sometimes it's fun but most of the time it's just stupid! =P Anyway, thanks again =)
what have been is truely 100%,then we are aware of the situation that mass media shows us her version of truth from perspective.so why still believe in her,and how we should resiste that infuence?
i prepare to do some assignment concern : "the mass media is the major influencing factor on people's lifestyle in today's society
i gain a good information from this and i can now do my assignment. Really thanks to writer,and hope to read more about some others kind of information.
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I am doing this for a project in CALM class and this infomation is really helpful. I thank who ever made this, very easy for me. Thank you! :D
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amazing research and material. i knew the media was responsible. I did not know the degree.. thanx a lot for this!
Mass media is so powerful it can make or break a persons dignity, media practioners should be responsible on they writing, reporting and broadcasting, because it can help people in a righteous way but it can also kill millions of people......
TV can kill people's creativity and imagination!
I have always loved the media and i dont play with what ever that comes out, the effect and influence is shapper than the needle.
nice opinions by all above
mass media shape our world today! Its like a bullet that hits everybody!!!
i like this hub.. it really help me in my education...
especially that i'm taking bachelor of arts in broadcasting..
mass media rule our world..
its effects are everywhere...
Examples of media's influence
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After viewing Disney programming on TV, can anyone come to the conclusion that the programming is designed to help our children learn, grow, become better people? My god, it is pure and absolute garbage for the brain and they know it. The degredation in our society is happening by tiny increments in front of us every day, by the people we thought we could trust.
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mass media actually influences the scope of ones' knowledge in all fields,with no exception if one is determine to learn through the use of mass media. the technological advancement of the 21st century has brought education through the media closer home. ts wonderful.
i totaly agree that media influense US in a way!
would you mind guys to answer these for me?
MOTION: "media should fully report suicide issues"
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that's great! i cannot agree more.
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Hi RAYUSO, I don´t think that the media could be the scapegoat for all the "side effects" that people present after being exposed to the mass media. I mean, everything we see, hear and read, we get it out from society. That means that the mass media is just acting as a reinforcement of what is around an individual. I agree that young girls want to grow being a super model by having these extreme diets. But what about the people that has never seen a TV and that live as burglars or gang members for living? or that live surounded by violence? Could we actually blame the mass media for creating "criminals" in society? For making these people love being around a violent leader?
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The root cause of all the problem in today's society particullarly on public opinion is the Mass media.And Icouldn't agree more with the article above.
Get rid of your television, you are made to believe it is a household object that is imperitive. Take back your freedom get rid of your television
wat about, .. how dus the media represent the truth? ur all saying about influences but wat about the truth?
interesting article,being a muslim i suffer from the repurcussions of biased media on a daily basis.people berate us or disrespect us because we are always portrayed as terrorist.beware because you are being deluded by a biase that sides with the wicked zionist who feed on bloodshed and hatred those people will not be satisfied until they bring about the tragic end of mankind
PLEASE PEOPLE OF AMERICA ITS TIME FOR YOU TO WAKE UP
THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS NOTHING BUT TOTAL GOVERMENT CONTROL NOT JUST IN AMERICA BUT THE WORLD.... TODAY IS 9/29/2010 AND IN 2012 YOU WONT RECOGNIZE AMERICA...THE TOTAL COLLAPSED OF THE DOLLAR AND WAR WORLD 3 IS INEVITABLE IT WILL START IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SPREAD TO THE WORD.... PLEASE MARK MY WORDS WE ARE BEING CONTROL BY THE "ELITE"... AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY THINKING IM CRAZY BUT JUST STICK AROUND FOR 2 MORE YEARS AND YOU WILL SEE HAPPINING EVERYTHING I JUST MENTIONED...IM NOT A PROPHET I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO GOD FOR LETTING ME KNOW ALL THIS THINGS... PLEASE WAKE UP
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this informations is very good for my essay about media
This is a very good article.This helped me to do my case study.
thanks. this one helped in my debate
i think the one who wrote about the new world order thang is right.. he's telling abot the illuminatis wholl rule the world few more years from now.. those elite....
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no more sex images or viedos no more war games no more sexual movies based on violation no more wwe i think i have understood that these are the things which make the teen like my character into a naughty person i think they should inform all these things through t.v and other media and no more gta teenagers not to play or buy any gta games specially sanandreas so bee goooood
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i totally want a cheeseburger after watching that haha
Don't you Yanks get tired of talking about empty facts?
You have no idea of what media influencing people is.
Keep on living in your own "continent"
this is a very useful stuff it helps students
Its really useful article for a speech competition, and ofcourse it is a fact no doubt about that, good job
media influences us a lot. but we can not do anything as it has already occupied our mind
thanks for your information .its so useful for me and i want to use some points of it in my seminar at university.
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wow dis is cool i wanna possitive influence nd here is both possitive nd negative which opens our eyes by telling wat is good nd wat is bad
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In this age of technologocal determinism, the media is certainly setting the agenda of what we should be thinking about and what we do. I agree with you on this one.
The grammar in this is negatively influencing me to punch a kitten.
This hub was indeed very helpful to understand that the media is very influencial. There are so many ways that the media are pulling us into the its world and with the techonologies these days they're advancing day by day.
Thanks I guess this will help me do good on my Speech class exam.
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The media have both positive and negative effect. So a jus wi fi know ow fi deal wid it and nu mek it draw u out........... U zzziiimeee
mass media hav 2 sides..good and bad..its how we take in use.....
The whole deal about advertisements having a negative effect on america is silly. America has an economy driven by consumerism and senseless spending. When the media encourages this, they are encouraging the economy.
huh .. it was gr8 readin all these comments and the hub .. but i dint realy get the thing that i wanted out of hre .. i m preparin for a debate topic .. and speakin AGAINST the motion (MEDIA IS CREATING FRENZY IN SOCIETY) .. SO FRENZ PLZ HELP ME OUT AND TELL ME SOME STRONG VIEWS IN FAVOUR OF MEDIA .. OTHER WISE MY TEACHER IS GONNA KILL ME..
i completely agree that media influences us badly ... but i have to speak against it .. so HELP PLZZZZ
hey thanks for the help this artical has helped me alot with my essay
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THE SAYING THAT "YOU ARE WHAT U EAT" IS APPLICABLETO THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDIA ON THE SOCIETY.WITHOUT THE MASSMEDIA HOW WOULD U KNOW THE LATEST DRESSING FASHION IN AMERICA IN A FAR COUNTRY LIKE NIGERIA. THE MEDIA TRULY INFLUENCES US.
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In response to AKPOUGH AONDONDOHEMBA, why should we care about the latest fashions in Nigeria? Isn't it the media who decides what is fashionable and what isn't? Therefore, what do we truly decide for ourselves without the media?
Great information
helped me with my homework
and media does have too much power to influence our minds and change our thoughts specially with younger people.
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everyone is beautiful in their own way!
A very interesting Hub.
People act on a greater percentage of what they see and hear especially on the TV. I agree totally with the fact that the TV shapes people opinion. somehow it is not about what we know anymore, it is about what we are made to believe.
we all know media is the dangerous thing ,regarding its drawbacks ,I THINK media is as flue it kills communication among the membre of family beside it can completly chage the society either custums;blief ,musik ,the way of wearing cloths and so on ,,,
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Newspapers were first published 400 years ago! So what is that. The telegraphie never was used to broadcast news, do you remember storys your grandma told you about sitting in front of the telegraph listen to the klicks?
Newspapers were first published 400 years ago, the first telegraph 1833! So what is that. The telegraphie never was used to broadcast news, do you remember storys your grandma told you about sitting in front of the telegraph listen to the klicks?
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I DO AGRREE THAT MEDIA HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON TODAY'S YOUTH .THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO IMMITATE WHAT CELEBS DO AND FORGET THEIR REAL LIFE AND WHAT THEY ARE .YOUR'LL ARE GREAT AND LOVED YOUR ARTICLE ON EFFECT OF MEDIA ON YOUTH
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Of the truth, mass media really adds value to our lives. It opens our mind to so many issues, helps us to appreciate the world around us
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why dont you guys go on someother website to saw stupid things. this really helped me with my report and i think its 100% true. but i dont really listen to it.
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Recently due to drastic improvements in different fields of Information Technology, mass media and communication system, the vast world is converted into a small village known as "Small and Global Village of The World" in which Globalization of Mind, Education, Economy and Culture, brings all the human beings closer and together from all over the world. This is because any one of us who watches TV, or reads a newspaper, or uses a cell phone, or serves on internet, has come across the massive coverage of the impact of the rapidly growing Information Technology.but There is ambiguous relationship between youth and globalization, globalization in the form of mass media offers clear economic opportunities and benefits, but comes with substantial social costs that often appear to affect young people disproportionately, given their tenuous transitional status within an uncertain and rapidly evolving global context.
The final conclusion is that young people’s experience with globalization has been negative thus far; efforts are therefore needed to ensure that they become active and productive global social citizens.
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can I ask something?If you can share some facts or statistics that "mass media tend to affect time for reading."I like this article and I want to learn more information thanks.
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The influence of mass media is undeniable. Just look at what is happening in Egypt, a REVOLUTION!!. Without media we would be virtually blind to the outside world. Although there is much to be gained from the TRUTH, tragically we never see it. AS was stated we see what we are told see. I think that any person with common sense (very few today) would see that all of the negativity being displayed through the media and various forms of entertainment is just WRONG. There has to be an agenda. Simply because why cant they show anything good? or at least as much as they show the bad! The truth is the world as we know it is drastically changing and not for the better! as Corneli said it's time to get RIGHT WITH GOD!!
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i also found this hub useful for my essay
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I don't know about anyone else, but I found nearly two dozen grammatical and spelling errors in this article. I honestly find it very hard to consider the position of someone who fails to use the English language properly. Not only that, but this article lacks ANY descriptive statistics. It's very terse. Overall, I think this article was VERY poorly written.
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i like the content of this and how it teaches us not to be 2 influenced by the Mass Media,big thumbs up for the creators,Thank you!
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Dont know what to say actually, but really enjoyed visiting the site.
you should write the time of ur writtings
do the mass media make it easier or more difficult for dictators to persuade people through propaganda?
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Brilliant article... my dissertation will be finished in no time!!!
it is a fact that the medai have powerfull effect on the sciety nowadays as at first bescase at the past the communication tols or sources were limited so for that the effects was powerfull nowadays because of busy time to invovling in jobs so every person depend on the face of media why its show the image of event or issue right or wrong but the people accept it as a child.
on the other hand nowadays the media compitition era becuse thousands of Tv channels, Radio station why its FM or AM and the Newspapers iniation is the most easy way in the society.
why the people accept the image of the media?
in my mind there four factors who runing the media oragainzations indirectly the 1st one is owner the 2nd is workers and the third is government and the 4th is bussenissmen.
the owners are the popets of the governemnt becuse they are giving governmental ads to them, the workers are popets of the owners becuse they paid by him and bussenssmen are the popets of the workers becuse they paid to for ads for the salling thier product so if these thing not avoid from the mdia the media role will be powerfull but fruitfull.
becuse when this type of activity inhailing by the media organizations then it can not fulfill the function of social responsibility and development approach.
it is a fact that the medai have powerfull effect on the sciety nowadays as at first bescase at the past the communication tols or sources were limited so for that the effects was powerfull nowadays because of busy time to invovling in jobs so every person depend on the face of media why its show the image of event or issue right or wrong but the people accept it as a child.
on the other hand nowadays the media compitition era becuse thousands of Tv channels, Radio station why its FM or AM and the Newspapers iniation is the most easy way in the society.
why the people accept the image of the media?
in my mind there four factors who runing the media oragainzations indirectly the 1st one is owner the 2nd is workers and the third is government and the 4th is bussenissmen.
the owners are the popets of the governemnt becuse they are giving governmental ads to them, the workers are popets of the owners becuse they paid by him and bussenssmen are the popets of the workers becuse they paid to for ads for the salling thier product so if these thing not avoid from the mdia the media role will be powerfull but fruitfull.
becuse when this type of activity inhailing by the media organizations then it can not fulfill the function of social responsibility and development approach.
No good, far too one-sided. Needs more balance to actually sound convincing, and please avoid sweeping-statements. Lack of substantiation reduces the credibility even more.
its true, that our routine activies are mainly infuenced by the media. some use it for entertainment, others for information and some to just get time pass. but in indai it plays abig role in education also, like some universities have their own educational programmes, like indira gandhi open university have its programme gyan darshan on govt owned cannel- doordarshan
yep media is very poweful i certainly agree,but what are doing about it
Hello, i am intrested in answers to below questions
Suggest a channel of mass media that you think will be coming up in the years to come ?
•How do you violent communication can be controlled?
•Express your opinion, what would the world be without media
Awesome.. When was this written
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Great!! This extensive article provides useful and in depth explanation regarding the influence of mass media in many areas of our lives. GREAT WORK!!
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great work. it helped me in my assignment
it helps prepare me for my speech about the influence of mass median in the south pacific..................
yeah!this is very impressive and helpful.thanks everyone as this will definitely help in my seminar/essay based on influence of mass media in the south pacific.
can anyone talk 7 mintes on mass media effect on todays generation plis? i need more information to do my presentation. based on each of your societies plis, thank you.
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It's so great that you guys are sticking with it!
it was not fully explain but i need more information about mass media
this was very useful for my resarch essay. this has inspired me to pursue a major in media and communications
Really thought provoking, butthe reality is there is nothing we can really do about it...the media rules our lives and thats that!
wow i never realized before how media is actually afeecting me
media undoubtedly has a very important place in our life but it is surely on us how we take it !!
How media influence public opinion
Please correct the portion with the inverted comma.
As i have said above, the media has a huge impact on society and also in public opinion. They can shape the public opinion in different ways depending "of" what is the objective.
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the media..............,,,1 word...."powerful"....damn it can bring down the whole world!!!!cheecaz.......
the media..............,,,1 word...."powerful"....damn it can bring down the whole world!!!!cheecaz.......
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the world cant do without media...
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the media should start 2 change its gettin' a ltl boring FYI
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wow realy informative i think i am about to use this article for may research of the role of mass media in the mordern society. this are the king of critisims that can make a good research good, work. cheers
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Great comments, these are really cool staff....it has helped me a lot
MEDIA IS SO INFLUENTIAL, CAN TEL FROM THE COMMENTS MADE........BUT GREAT INFORS
MEDIA IS SO INFLUENTIAL, CAN TEL FROM THE COMMENTS MADE........BUT GREAT INFORS
I like it the most because we have to know every thing about our country and media is a the best source for it.
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Yes! its true mass media is very influential..anyhow thanks for the very appealing information's.
when was htis written? i have to quote it for my research report! thanks
In todays world, we depends on information and communication to make daily decisions and go on with our daily activities like work, entertainment, traveling and anything else that we have to do.
Everyday, before I leave my house to go to work, I listened to tv news or read the newspaper, to make personal decisions such as what cloths to wear, traffic news, weather, etc.
What we need to be aware is that most of our decisions, beliefs and values are based on what we know for a fact, our assumptions and our own experience. In our work we usually know what we have to do based on our experience and studies, however on our daily lives we rely on the media to get the current news and facts about what is important and what we should be aware of.
The problem is that too often, we put our trust on the media as an authority to give us news, entertainment and education. However, the influence of mass media on our kids, teenagers and society is so big that we should know how it really works, their hidden messages and the manipulative ways of trying to control our thinking and therefore our lives.
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Thanks a lot... Really useful..!!!
We shouldn’t take media as negative sources of impact. Not only media but everything has good and bad influence it is up to person' catching ability. It is also depend on person's mind and thinking if one is a positive receiver she or he will receive it from any source even not using media and in same a negative receiver. And other way to proven the influence of media is government initiatives it can publish and broadcast a pure and good channel. The media and the giant corporations behind them in fact do shape public opinion and cater not our needs but to the greed and needs of them. In this day and age it wouldn't be surprising if we were all mentally enslaved and didn't know it. Ever since infancy we were brought up knowing right and wrong and even though it is clear cut as night and day, we as a single unified race we still choose to do wrong and hurt the very people we're supposed to love. Every day people are surrounded by opinions and I enjoy that because they can formulate a more informed opinion based on what come across their way. We still choose to do wrong and it wouldn't surprise me if this stemmed from all the millions of violent, narcissistic, pessimistic, sarcastic, narrowcaster images that we have been exposed to since infancy. I believe we have all been enslaved mentally and its these blocks such as the media, big business, modern and future technology has put our own personal beliefs and ideals on the back burner to what the people controlling the media deem is best for us. Like ducks, we all follow suit.
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Thanks Hub, this really helped me with my english essay! You came about some really interesting points. Intenet is a source of media, and looking at peoples comments (whether on topic or not) , it is interesting to see how one persons opinion can influence a whole bunch of other peoples! (scuse the bad english) What really got me is how disrespectful people are to one anothers opinions, whether media influenced, terrible morals or just the thrill of not being discovered. sure this thing on medi influences is biased! Hello! whether u choose to agree with it or not is your decision!
anyways! thanks!
Very useful article. Thanks for speading the word.
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Thank you very much, your information proved helpful for my Afrikaans Mondeling. I really appreciate your help. BUT i think you should get rid of those sad people who make extremely no-life comments. Thanks again and i completely agree with you article :)
Yay! now I won't fail English!!!!!!
though this article we come to know that mass media has positive as well as negative aspects ultimately its you and me and consumers who has to decide the correct path.
Overall a nice and true article
hello! you have given very solid and good points about mass media influence on people's thinking.it proved very helpful to me thanks
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wow, that is really true , and I think this is the most important thing that all the people should know because most of our society problems are coming from the media
Great article there.It helped me a lot to prepare my speech
GREAT ARTICLE and LOVED the videos to accompany it! Good Job!! (:
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This Artical is not really helpful!!!
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it helped me a lot for my project. better than encyclopedia.
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now a days media is useful to every one bcozzz illiterate also able to understand all things that happenig in our world.
mass media is very important in our everyday life me as a studennt i need media to get access to my notes and resaearches but an individual will have to control himselt and parents must have an eye on their child so as to prevent them from commiting conflicts into the society... it can be concluded that mass media is something that is very influencing but one need to a have a control as there is asaying which says everything has a limit...
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this was very useful for my college paper. thank you so much.
AS A COIN HAS TWO SIDES SIMILARLY MEDIA PLAY THE ROLE OF BOTH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECT.IT'S DEPENDS ON YOU HOW U TAKE IT
do you think mass media shapes the values of every individual???or it is our family shapes our values??
hmmmmm I like this as it gives the world fact
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it was nice &beautiful.
but if there are more pictures it will be too nice.
Mass media helps in shaping our personality,we do feel updated by it.Each n everything has positive n negative impacts.We are the ones who have to choose the right path.
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I've only become interested concerning this topic, but i must say this is a great piece.... The opinions and facts are well stated. I hope you don't mind if I reference you in my work.
This would have been a good piece of writing if it didn't sound like it had been written by a 10 year old... Too many spelling mistakes and the grammar is atrocious. Also where did you get these so called facts? You haven't refernced anything so how does anyone whose read this know if it's just your opinion or based on fact? I cannot believe anyone would actually use this on a paper or report. I'm currently writing a essay on social institutions and happened to run across this in my research, a waste of time really. This is mostly just opinion with no referenced evidence behind it, wow a youtube video... Like it's hard to find a homemade video on ANY topic?
To be fair it sounded interesting at first but after a while there was no evidence backing your reasoning up, other than made up statistics and youtube videos. Would have been good if it was usuable in a proper paper but anyone using this in a bibliography would get a fail straight away, well... If they come from a half decent Uni they would, I suppose a second rate educational institution would let it slide.
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Nice one.its educative
Indeed we are up to date cuz of media but it is important to acknowledge that media is controlled by few coorporation and ofcorse the message trasmitted is precisely selected by the owners. We dnt hear what we want to hear, do we? i personally beleive that medias are well studied business fields and it is not to the best interest of the society @ all!!!
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media is making us lose our minds, we are constantly bombarded by media, and its making us lose focus and concentration from studies to things that are not necessary. i am not saying that media is only negative, but i believe when you say that it is not to the best interest of the society:)
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look at some of the comments above. now look at the comments way at the top, 3 years ago. notice the difference? is this already proof enough of how media and technology is making us stupid?
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can u just say wat u want ignore wat others are saying. u guys are booh!!
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HEY IM A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL THAT IS CONCERNED ABT THE WAY THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES VIA MASS MEDIA HAS MADE CRIMINAL MORE SKILLFULL, THUS INCREASING THE CAIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN AREAS
HEY IM A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL THAT IS CONCERNED ABT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES VIA MASS MEDIA AND HOW IT HAS MADE CRIMINALS MORE SKILLFULRELATINNG IN AN INCREASINLY HIGH RATE OF MUCH MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN AREAS
HEY IM A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL THAT IS CONCERNED ABT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES VIA MASS MEDIA AND HOW IT HAS MADE CRIMINALS MORE SKILLFULRELATINNG IN AN INCREASINLY HIGH RATE OF MUCH MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN AREAS
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Who has the time to keep making such dumb comments?! You my friend are really shallow and low lifed. It is really sad. You would be better off tricked by the mass media. But mass media doesnt affect retards and mentality ill people
we can totally say that media is playing negative role in society.indeed, it is the source of information ,but those who are running it are guilty not the media itself.
^zahoor the media is no doubt playing a negative role, however you can not say the media itself is not guilty because the ones controlling it ARE the media.
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This is a fanatic article! It's good to know what's happening to our young minds when we watch certain things and to know how our actions can reflect what we feed our minds. :D awesomeness
how mayn facts out of 40,000 do kids take for real
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Thanx guyz , ma teacher wl b so interested in ths , it helpd me in ma work , great hub , keep up th gud work
i am doing a media project on this and i have to prepare a small speech on it and this has really helped me, thanks :D
well the article was very informative, good job. as for the language in some of the comments I am disapointed in all of you cussers out there. What would Jesus say? yeah. anyway it's a good article.
datz a confirmed article if u ask mi..pls dnt spend so much tyme on d tv it shortens d life by 22 secondz per day
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