Question

The content and character of news programming can have far-reaching political consequences. Discuss three kinds of media effects and give a detailed example of each. Is there any bias in the kind of issues media chooses to report

Answer 1

Three media effects:

• Media can polarize the political landscape more, when they have a very clear editorial position or political bias, and only report those news that are unfavorable to the other political group.
• Media can lead to disinformation when they do not have high reporting standards, and spread information that has not been confirmed by realiable sources.
• Media can accelerate social change by spreading ideas to a large audience that otherwise would remain hardly known.