Communication is the bridge between all people. The very goal of communication is for the speaker to convey his or her intended message to the receiver. How this happens is the art of communication and changes with the creativity of human beings. Within that, bridge lay depths of meaning, significance, emotion, logic, reason, understanding and empathy just to name of few. If the speaker has what they believe to be important information that they want to tell the receiver, they find a method of conveying that information. Usually this happens through writing or speaking for the speaker and reading or listening for the speaker. In modern times, this bridge between everything happening in the world and domestically has been the mainstream media. In modern times, the media has become the pinnacle of communication. Living in the information age, communication has evolved and developed to a stage where it demands the average citizen to think critically about issues surrounding their lives, their families, their communities, their country, surrounding countries and the world at large. Journalism is the intended goal of the media. Its purpose is to give society a lens as to how they see the world around them. It is a tool that can be the vehicle for political change, social change, bringing attention to and striving for action in ameliorating society's downfalls such as institutionalized racism or the industrialization of the U.S. prison system. This all happens when the citizens themselves know how to critically think, if they don't then the media is a dangerous tool of the powerful that can be abused. The Toronto Star and the Columbia Journalism Review are prestigious news publications with reputations for outstanding professional j... ... middle of paper ... ...political leaders to control. We should be a critically thinking society holding the right to consider multiple perspectives; alternatives, advice, and thought-out decisions by journalists rather than manufactured packaged one-dimensional ideas. It is the media's responsibility to clarify, magnify and the public understand political, economic, social, environmental, and civic issues. We are falling trap to blind ignorance, blatant materialism and the greedy, money-hungry and blood-thirsty ideologies of those that will send young soldiers and innocent civilians to die for the sake of their profit. This is when we know there is a grand canyon between what our leaders are saying, what our medium is portraying and what is being understood. The media is our bridge of communication to everything beyond us; we must not let it break. We must get our message to the other side.
It is not uncommon to hear people complaining about what they hear on the news. Everyone knows it and the media themselves knows it as well. Some of the most renowned journalists have even covered the the media’s issues in detail. Biased news outlets have flooded everyday news. We find that journalism’s greatest problems lie in the media’s inability for unbiased reporting, the tendency to use the ignorance of their audience to create a story, and their struggles to maintain relevance.
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
Media professionals have a responsibility to report accurate and comprehensive information, not just what amuses audiences and garner ratings. In his legendary speech “Wires and Lights in a Box,” Edward R. Murrow discussed the power of media and the responsibility of journalist to accurately depict information. To continued reporting poorly constructed media presentations or messages that only serve as rating boosters will be the down fall of society, and history will be there to witness it. Media conglomerates have to power to revolutionize the kinds of information the audience receives. If two or three media outlets would make it a point to relese information that serves the greater good instead of cooperate sponsors bottom-line, the world
Communication is considered to be a two way process, which involves at least two people sharing information (Higgs, Sefton, Street, McAlister & Hay, 2005). It can occur through speech or vocalisation (e.g. crying), non-verbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, eye contact and through written or other material forms such as pictures (O’Toole, 2012). Communication is considered effective when the intended meaning of the conveyed message is received and understood by the both parties and a point of common understanding is reached (O’Toole, 2012). The goal of effective communication between an Occupational Therapist (OT) and a client is to ultimately deliver an intervention that creates positive participation in occupations that in turn leads to an improvement of health and well-being in the client. This goal is best achieved through the application of client-centered practice, which is accomplished by the development of both mutual understanding and a therapeutic relationship (O’Toole, 2012).
...dcasters, which is paramount”. By law television broadcasters are obligated to “serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity” and broadcast programs that inform communities on local, national, and global issues from diverse perspectives. The ideal media would reflect the interest of the entire population, not just an elite few. There are already many independent news sources though they reach a significantly smaller audience than the mainstream media. If we could turn the media so that it works for the people it could be an amazingly useful tool for informing and educating the public on vitally important issues that do not currently receive enough attention. As Lester Brown, author of the State of the World book series says, “The communications industry is the only instrument that has the capacity to educate on a scale that is needed in the time available.”
Information is supposed to be fair, but in today's world you can’t trust anything you hear about. There are false facts on major topics, and they tell you what you want to hear often leaving out information that may change people's view. They change people by making them watch certain news reports. If you notice, in recent years a majority of the news report have been about violence such as, shootings or terrorist, but why does the media focus on it? Another thing that happens quite often in the media is subliminal messaging, which is subtle details in the content that reference to something bigger, most commonly it is perversion or possibly something bigger. The media’s jobs is to provide important and true information. In today's society the media is so controlled and provides so much biased information.
The article “Why Americans Hate the Media” takes a look at how the media has taken their journalistic duties to another level that does not promote the ideas and questions that the American citizens whom the journalist report to are concerned about. The media has found a way to keep their ratings and the hype of politics alive by sensationalizing hot-bed issues. In the article “Why Americans Hate the Media” written by James Fallows it states that “Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the countries real problems” (Fallows) which leads to the fact that, although the media knows that they are skipping over the American citizens view and sending their own message, but somehow
... small media reforms (like public journalism) will be enough to reduce the commercial and corporate imperatives driving our existing media systems (Hackett and Zhao, 1998, p. 235). Instead, a fundamental reform of the entire system is needed, together with a wider institutional reform of the very structures the media systems work within, our democracies. This will be a difficult task, due to powerful vested interests benefiting from the status quo, including media, political and economic elites. Reforms will need to be driven by campaigns mobilising public support across the political spectrum, to enable the citizens of the world to have a media system that works to strengthen democratic principles as opposed to undermining them. This task is challenging, but it will become easier once people begin to understand the media’s role in policymaking within our democracies.
No one would dispute the fact that the main role of news is increasing knowledge and awareness about what occur day in, day out, but sometimes it has been seen that Medias claim about particular subjects is beyond the realities which can mislead the public opinion. The most of Medias are tools which are employed by the governments and the capital owners to convince the public to follow their policies. They try to justified their decisions and
The media is all around us. On television, on our smartphones, in magazines, our country thrives off of the media. Of corse, the media is great for communication and spreading messages
The world is changing rather fast and the communicator has to keep pace with the change. However, there are certain elements in all effective communication and to communicate effectively these attributes are to be taken care of. The elements of effective communication can be discussed under several headings:
The media has always played an influential role in our society. Starting centuries ago with newspapers and flyers, the news media has been the primary source for society to share and learn about important events. It has the ability, especially with today’s technical advances, to get information to large numbers of people quickly and efficiently, therefore having the potential for great influential power. However, the information disseminated isn’t always accurate for various reasons to include personal agendas and governmental pressures. Instead of assisting in fully informing society, the media has frequently caused society to be ill-informed and unknowingly ignorant to many events and situations. Through media censorship, misinformation,
“Power is the ability to define reality and to have other people respond to your definition as if it were their own (Nobles).” People fail to see responsible journalism as a crisis because it is so convenient to have news media make up your mind for you. The foundation of our personal philosophies stems from irresponsible journalism through the major news sources we consume, the exposure to less responsible entertainment, and the biased reporting enforcing negative stereotypes.
Now the communication class is almost over I have realize how important is to have good communication skills, and how it is key to life. I have learned many things in this class for example ways to approach strangers. Another thing that I have learned how to handle conflict and how sometimes it could be good it not always bad and many others. The way I look things have change to have reach my goals. This class was has also taught me how to look in the “other” perceptive, and not being selfish by just seeing one side. All that I have learn will help me and other around me to be able to communicate better.
The purpose of journalism is to report a story accurately; simply to tell it like it is. Over the past two decades, with increased tension over political and religious ideologies, the media’s original purpose is being lost. Yes, being well-informed remains an asset in the world today. Our now, globally-focused world will always value knowledge and awareness. With the television, internet, newspaper- all mediums of entertainment- available at the snap of a finger, we have non-stop access to news. One problem with this is the blatant bias of news networks. Every news source has a bias. Viewers typically recognize the platform of the major sources, therefore deterring them from certain networks. When reporters feed viewers the same opinion through different stories, the viewer isn’t getting a balanced intake in terms of overall understanding. In today’s society, viewers are truly at the mercy of what those in authority provide. Think of George Orwell’s 1984 where the all-powerful “Big Brother,” through “The Party” oversees every little piece of information that passes through the telescreen (along with everything that passes by the telescreen on the other end.) The citizens of Oceania are essentially clueless to the truth because they have no access to it. The television: typically a source of entertainment, transformed itself into an instrument for controlling. Yes, the modern technology is