The Effects of the Media on Trump’s Presidency Media has begun to play an important role in the lives of many. An entirely new world has risen up because of the access to the internet, but this has created a way for the media to influence the thoughts and perceptions of the general public. One way the media has taken advantage of this outlet is with fake and exaggerated new’s stories that promote the agenda of their desire. When Donald Trump began his campaign for presidency the media generally spoke of all of his ill wills, when primaries began they attacked his character, at his election and ever since, the vast majority of the media has sung the song of the victim. Many sources have claimed that his personal beliefs have nearly ruined …show more content…
According to a 2017 article by Davinson it explains that public opinion can be swayed and latent ideas can be made active by the power of social media and news headlines, these headlines rehashed old occurrences and. In light of the recent election it is obvious the headlines took to a new form of campaigning, “Before television, national elections were seen largely as contests between a number of candidates or parties for parliamentary seats. As the electronic media grew more sophisticated technologically, elections increasingly assumed the appearance of a personal struggle between the leaders of the principal parties concerned.” Along with that many “Government officials...have noted that communications to them from the public tend to “follow the headlines,’” further proving the point that the public demands reform when the news and popular topics “uncovers corruption”, however this corruption is only what the biased news sources sees fit to include, forming the public opinion without all of the facts and with an agenda. This is evident in how news presents facts, “news may appear as a sometimes chaotic flow of information and debate but it is also underpinned by key assumptions about social relationships and how they are to be understood.” It is important as the consumer to remember …show more content…
The public loves to follow the narrative laid before them by biased news sources despite the fact that they never hear facts or truth to back it up. This raises the question of how the media has impacted the public opinion on President Trump’s current term in the presidency. The media has the power to publish what it pleases and the public has the right to believe what it wants, but all of the facts lead to the conclusion that Trump did not alter the lives of American citizens. Would President Trump have a higher approval rating if more facts were published? A more pertinent question that must first be asked is why the public does not demand truth or fact? Why do people feel justified to form an opinion when they have not been given all of the details? If the public decides to take a stand on what they want to hear, how should they move forward in the fight against fake news? Why have the people settled for the fake narrative the media has created? If the country did not function around technology as much as it currently does, would so many people still believe the half-truths of the media? These are all questions that need to be asked before we can deal with the epidemic that is fake
Objectivity has nearly become nonexistent, and "For years, Americans' political press has been stuck in a fact-free model of neutrality, often covering even the most obvious lies as 'one side' of a dispute," (Introduction). The publishment of these lies and giving them the title of an argument is feigning neutrality, which fools the public into believing all the media is producing. Equal coverage has also been a major issue in media bias. For example, in this past presidential election, “the mainstream media labels a Republican candidate with a slew of phobics to paint him as an awful person, while they seem to put the Democratic candidate on a pedestal or report less harshly” (Ostmann). Determining equal coverage between the two political parties is a touchy subject, but it is apparent that Trump received the brunt of the attacks on his past then his opponent did. Even if it had been the other way around, the media should be held responsible for their devious actions. For the media, it is all about the story, which they will spend hours and hours fine tuning until they are able to fill their likes, views, and subscriptions
Many people have no interest in current events in the world or even their own country, and are more concerned about matters that are more trivial, and even if they were to pay a deal of attention, common news sources are often biased and don’t release information that would hurt a certain cause. It is in this way that the citizens are kept igno...
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According to James Madison, “nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power and to withhold from them information, without which power is abused,” suggesting that the people have the right to learn popular information and learn both sides of an issue (Paul and Elder 2). However, in modern society, the media often do not present both sides of an issue and are inclined to often mask information for their personal benefits. Therefore, the people often learn and understand only one aspect of an issue and inevitably lean towards the bias present in that news account. Indubitably, the coverage in the mainstream news media influences the majority through its bias and propaganda, especially its partisan audience, which only appreciates one side of the news story. Thus, even though news networks may claim that their news programs and publications are completely factual and credible, their coverage of news events is politically, commercially, and racially biased.
The record distrust in the media, based on a survey conducted Sept. 6-9, 2012, also means that negativity toward the media is at an all-time high when election happens. This reflects the continuation of a pattern in which negativity increases every election year compared with the year prior. The current gap between negative
398).It is also stated that news divisions reduced their costs, and raised the entertainment factor of the broadcasts put on air. (p. 400). Secondly, the media determines its sources for stories by putting the best journalists on the case and assign them to areas where news worthy stories just emanates. (p.400). Third, the media decides how to present the news by taking the most controversial or relevant events and compressing them into 30 second sound-bites. (p.402). finally, the authors also explain how the media affects the general public. The authors’ state “The effect of one news story on public opinion may be trivial but the cumulative effect of dozens of news stories may be important. This shows a direct correlation between public opinions and what the media may find “relevant”. (Edwards, Wattenberg, Lineberry, 2015, p.
The media takes a biased approach on the news that they cover, giving their audience an incomplete view of what had actually happened in a story. Most people believe that they are not “being propagandized or being in some way manipulated” into thinking a certain way or hearing certain “truths” told by their favorite media outlets (Greenwald 827). In reality, everyone is susceptible to suggestion as emphasized in the article “Limiting Democracy: The American Media’s World View, and Ours.” The
The main aim of this report is to analyze the impacts of changes in the media concerning the societal and individual view of politics and politicians. The report also describes significant milestones in mass media since the year 1960 and examines the impact of mass media on how people think politically. The report then considers the effect of technological advancements in mass media and the effect on the results of elections. The use of mass media has increased over the last fifty years in that it is a primary medium through which supporters of various campaigners share their ideas and views concerning politicians and different political parties. Through social media, behaviors and performance of several activists have brought
Americans look to the press to provide the information they need to make informed political choices. How well the press lives up to its responsibility to provide this information has a direct impact upon Americans: how they think about and act upon the issues that confront them.
The Mass Media is a unique feature of modern society; its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements, rapid social change, technological innovation, rising personal income and standard of living and the decline of some traditional forms of control and authority.
Unquestionably the media being newspapers, internet, radio and television, influence society. They can affect, have affected and will continue to affect the progression of life in this nation and around the world, as electronic technology continues to be the chosen mode of communication for a whole generation, offering direct, often anonymous influential information.
Fake news is a very controversial subject in today’s world. Some people like it, some people hate it, and some people profit from it. The main problem with fake news is not that the content is false, but that there is so much false information around that it is hard to distinguish the real reports from the phony ones. If this is the case, then why has no one done anything about this issue? Fake News may be a growing problem in today’s world, but the amount being released is not going to decrease anytime soon because people love to read, write, and share fake news.
In our democratic society, mass media is the driving force of public opinion. Media sources such as Internet, newspaper, news-broadcasts, etc, play significant roles in shaping a person’s understanding and perception about the events occurred in our daily lives. As long as the newspapers, internet, network television, etc, continued to be easily accessible to the public, the media will continue to have an influence in shaping its opinions. Factors such as agenda-setting, framing and priming help shape the public opinions. Agenda-setting is when the media focuses their attention on selected issues on which the public will form opinion on, whereas framing allows the media to select certain aspects about the problem and then make them appear more salient. Similarly, priming works by repeatedly exposing certain issues to public. As the issues get more exposure, the individual will be more likely to recall or retain the information in their minds. This paper will discuss these three factors played out systemically by media and how our opinions are constantly being influence and shape by them.
"People are more influenced by mass media than they think. What evidence is there to support this statement?"
The media is so impressive that it can influence who we have as the United States President. That appears to have a huge impact on everyone who has access to social or mass media.