In the age of technology as today, the effect of the media on society and individuals is undeniable. The rise of bad news that are being shown recently has raised a great concern about its effect on people.
One of the main reasons why bad news dominates the headlines nowadays is that the new outlets' intention to increase television rating points. Television rating points based on the rate of people watching the news and the higher rating points, the more benefit that TV programers received from advertising. Moreover, TV channels nowadays are operated in a mass media industry, competing with various types of potential competitors, so that capturing the attention of news consumers and bombarding them with shocking news such as murdering, starving etc is necessary. Additionally, media consumers nowadays have a tendency to prefer negative news over good news and psychology has also proved that people tend to hear and remember bad news as a reaction to us to avoid danger. Especially in the middle of the pandemic of covid19, everybody has to stay at home, staying informed by the news is crucial.
Although negative news provides important information to ourselves, repeated exposure to violence and disturbing news can heavily affect individuals and so on society. Bad news often contains improper images, description of violent manners and behaviour that can directly cause mental illness to the audience. Children watching the news are also a vulnerable subject because of their lack of awareness. They can imitate dangerous actions that they saw on tv and cause serious consequences. If violence news keeps showing on TV, this can distort the cognition of a whole generation due to the exposure of disturbing news. In the long run, humans might lose their belief in the world, fear and feeling threatened by society, leading to a dissolve society.
In conclusion, bad news can affect heavily to individuals and society, but if we use media for good purpose
In the age of technology as
today
, the effect of the
media
on
society
and individuals is undeniable. The rise of
bad
news
that are
being shown
recently has raised a great concern about its effect on
people
.
One of the main reasons why
bad
news
dominates the headlines nowadays is that the
new
outlets' intention to increase television rating points. Television rating points based on the rate of
people
watching the
news
and the higher rating points, the more benefit that TV
programers
received from advertising.
Moreover
, TV channels nowadays
are operated
in a mass
media
industry, competing with various types of potential competitors,
so
that capturing the attention of
news
consumers and bombarding them with shocking
news
such as murdering, starving etc is necessary.
Additionally
,
media
consumers nowadays have a tendency to prefer
negative
news
over
good
news
and psychology has
also
proved that
people
tend to hear and remember
bad
news
as a reaction to us to avoid
danger
.
Especially
in the middle of the pandemic of
covid19
, everybody
has to
stay at home, staying informed by the
news
is crucial.
Although
negative
news
provides
important
information to ourselves, repeated exposure to violence and disturbing
news
can
heavily
affect individuals and
so
on
society
.
Bad
news
often
contains improper images, description of violent manners and
behaviour
that can
directly
cause mental illness to the audience. Children watching the
news
are
also
a vulnerable subject
because
of their lack of awareness. They can imitate
dangerous
actions that they
saw
on
tv
and cause serious consequences. If violence
news
keeps
showing on TV, this can distort the cognition of a whole generation due to the exposure of disturbing
news
. In the long run, humans might lose their belief in the world, fear and feeling threatened by
society
, leading to a dissolve society.
In conclusion
,
bad
news
can affect
heavily
to individuals and
society
,
but
if we
use
media
for
good
purpose