what do you think?
2007-03-21 12:52:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Do you agree with the statement by a very wise man-"When you own the imformation, you can bend it all you want"- John Mayer
2007-03-21 12:59:01 · update #1
Yes it does and it is used as a propaganda tool.
I think you need to "read between the lines" and know there is probably some bias in whatever is being said.
Also, sensationalism is used just so you will watch and buy the products their sponsors advertise.
2007-03-21 13:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well - I think it creates a sharp division between the informed and the uninformed...
You can tell by the answers on this site - who has been watching fox and who has been watching abc...
or even npr... which is less biased but equally recognizeable by subject matter...
I think that internet users have the best advantage because they have more control as to the kind of information they want to recieve... which in the hands of the ignorant is useless but for the rest of us - we can cut through all the propaganda much faster...
Yes, I agree with John Maher... did he really say that? The young folk singer??
Very good quote... I would expect that to come from someone like Ani > http://www.righteousbabe.com
2007-03-21 15:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our one local news channel recently did a series of articles on "is the news bias?"
As for the media effecting public opinion that has been proven possible to get people to change their opinions on some issues by just moving one word in a sentence.
The power of the pen is mightier than the sword in those cases.
Their series may interest you or bore you to tears....
2007-03-21 13:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Akkita 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The public is affected by the media because we have become too lazy to read. Even though we know that everyone is biased, in one way or another, we tend to find the media source that agrees with our politics the most and listen faithfully. We have allowed it to monopolize our conversations and decide what is politically correct and what is not.
2007-03-21 13:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by djkinsaul1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Media outlets are largely responsible for lazy people's opinion. Simply research a fact, than argue when you find some blithering idiot soliloquizing his opinion at a Starbucks. More often than not, he/she will not be able to go beyond the simple catchphrases heard by today's anchors. It is like boxing with a slow, dimwitted, one armed, glass jawed fighter.
2007-03-21 13:07:14 · answer #5 · answered by madrom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am amazed at the amount of people who think that if the news says it ,it must be true. I wonder how long it will take before the MSM will go back to reporting facts of the story and not the bais, and let people make up their on minds? NEVER HAPPEN SO KEEP POINTING OUT THE BIAS, AND RUN THEM OUT OF BUSINESS!
http://www.answers.com/topic/mass-media-and-public-opinion
http://www.mediaed.org/videos/CommercialismPoliticsAndMedia/ConstructingPublicOpinion/studyguide/html
http://www.uky.edu/AS/PoliSci/Peffley/473MediaLectOut(Fall%202005).htm
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pol_s.358/22oct.htm
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/08/new-public-opinion-poll-on-global-warming/
2007-03-21 13:49:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Www.wtajtv.com
2016-10-17 22:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by belsky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋