There are thousands of media channels and they need something to keep the content fresh. Some people argue, that media channels focus on negative news, while others consider it a tool for correction. We are going to discuss both the point of views in detail, and will try to conclude the discussion in a meaningful way.
The argument concerning the spread of negativity has been around for quite a long time. Those against it, argues that such a wide spread of negativity alters our perception towards the society, and gradually the whole community start accepting negativity as the norm. It also spreads hopelessness and suppresses the optimistic side of a community. Psychologists have proven this in numerous researches, that children take a huge impact of behaviours they see growing up and a small habit developed as a child, stays forever. They claim that negative approach of a society about everything becomes the core part of their personality which ends up developing a lack of trust in everything.
Some people supports the opposite and consider it a help for legislative authorities to device a corrective action. They also think of it as an important source to know what`s wrong and believe that, without knowing something can not be corrected and mark it as an opportunity to protect them from any negative things that can occur to them. Drug abuse, for instance, is a typical example of such claims. Parents must be aware of increased drug usage in adolecsents, so they can talk to their children openly and make them aware of the harmful effects of it. Without knowing such things, they can never guide their children to avoid it. This group of people argues that highlighting negative happenings are more important than highlighting the positive news, because the aftereffects of both are entirely opposite.
In my opinion, the key to a healthy community lies in balance. Negative news must not be spread up to a level where people stop believing anything positive, nor it shouldn`t be aware of any bad things happening. What we see today is extreem of both, either you will find a state channel in some developing countries claiming that everything is perfect, or some private media targeting some particular segment of the community highlight only negatives. Media must act a reporter not an opinion maker and that`s a key towards healthy and independent society.
There are thousands of
media
channels and
they need something to
keep
the content fresh.
Some
people
argue, that
media
channels focus on
negative
news, while others consider it a tool for correction. We are going to discuss both the point of views in detail, and will try
to conclude
the discussion
in a meaningful way
.
The argument concerning the
spread
of negativity has been around for quite a long time. Those against it, argues that such a wide
spread
of negativity alters our perception towards the society, and
gradually
the whole
community
start
accepting negativity as the norm. It
also
spreads
hopelessness and suppresses the optimistic side of a
community
. Psychologists have proven this in numerous researches, that children take a huge impact of
behaviours
they
see
growing up and a
small
habit developed as a child, stays forever. They claim that
negative
approach of a society about everything becomes the core part of their personality which ends up developing a lack of trust in everything.
Some
people
supports
the opposite and consider it a
help
for legislative authorities to device a corrective action. They
also
think
of it as an
important
source to know
what`s
wrong
and believe that, without knowing something can not
be corrected
and mark it as an opportunity to protect them from any
negative
things that can occur to them. Drug abuse,
for instance
, is a typical example of such claims. Parents
must
be aware of increased drug usage in
adolecsents
,
so
they can talk to their children
openly
and
make
them aware of the harmful effects of it. Without knowing such things, they can never guide their children to avoid it. This group of
people
argues that highlighting
negative
happenings are more
important
than highlighting the
positive
news,
because
the aftereffects of both are
entirely
opposite.
In my opinion, the key to a healthy
community
lies in balance.
Negative
news
must
not be
spread
up to a level where
people
stop
believing anything
positive
, nor it
shouldn`t
be aware of any
bad
things happening. What we
see
today
is
extreem
of both, either you will find a state channel in
some
developing countries
claiming that everything is perfect, or
some
private
media
targeting
some
particular segment of the
community
highlight
only
negatives.
Media
must
act a reporter not an opinion maker and
that`s
a key towards healthy and independent society.