How does media shape public opinion?

Question

please give examples like some incidents

Answer 1

In fact the role of media is to shape public opinion in a positive way.  Media, particularly, visual i.e. TV is doing contararily.   Newspapers are doing well but visual media acts in a very irresponsible way. For eg. any murder or rape case is discussed and visualised again and again. They know a person is committing suicide.  Instead of preventing him, they are busy with shooting incidence.  They put their nose in personal life of a person.  If anybody comments against them, they add mirch masala and defame the person. Even top politicians are afraid of media.

Answer 2

media shapes public opinion day and night. people have no other source of news and opinion. so media shapes the public opinion. in many court cases, media has played a significant role.

Answer 3

Media has always made an important dent in public opinion. A person may be having his own contacts may be ten, twenty, fifty or maximum one hundred but he/she can not have that much as MEDIA has. One may impose his/her opinion on some people but people in large are untouched. But MEDIA has deep contacts or to say many more people read media news so it affect more and more people. Take the case of election, if a candidate tries to reach individual person personally, maximum how many people one can get in touch but through MEDIA he/she will be in touch with much larger voters. No doubt some will accept and some will reject but that is the part of game.

Answer 4

The most convincing and effective  way media has ever affected public opinion with the media (electronic and print) becoming an important agent of political change was in the break up of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the bloodless coups in the Eastern European states between 1989 to 1991.

   The western media (with sponsoring recieved from the Western goverments)kept up a steady barrage on the Communist system/governments by broadcasting thro' its radio stations in West Germany , Austria, Finland etc the shortcomings of the Communist political system. These broadcasts could be listened to behind the Iron Curtain -but clandestinely.

   Discussions about freedom of speech/choice, private enterprise and its advantages to individuals  and the deliberate and callous(even cynical ) use of power by the USSR govrnment -be it in the Baltic States or in the Soviet republics or in  Russia  was  the information the target audience got.

The conditions in the Eastern European nations were regularly compared to that in the rich , prosperous West .With the level of education, type of population (demographics), history and the huge losses both of the blocs suffered before 1945 being similar the people in the Eastern bloc eventually realised that their political system was fundamentally flawed and the oligarchy in the Soviet Union and the dictators of the Eastern European nations had to be overthrown.  

  Music ranging from Jazz to pop to USA's western country music were broadcast  to keep up the entertainment value of the stations.

  Emotions eventually did boil over first in East Germany(1989), Cezhslovakia, Hungary and governments there were overthrown in bloodless coups.Eventually we had the spectacle of Boris Yeltsin ordering good old Gorby (Gorbachev ) in 1991 to read a speech in the Supreme Soviet dissolving the Communist party of the USSR!

  There was no Nuclear war,  bloodshed was minimal and the West's most powerful enemy was vanquished.

  The catalyst or even the main instigator to this coup and eventual victory was the Western media.

Answer 5

Only two examples are needed

A) Russia has a law making sure at least 10 percent of all news is positive. This is obviously in response to public opinion of the government.

b) Vietnam. Nixon's idea that the Media lost the war is absolutely true. The day by day statistics of the dead, as well as the disturbing footage from the Tet Offensive show how fear gets instilled in the American public.

Answer 6

By stating again and again an opinion or a viewpoint ,even when

it is not substantiated by facts,often influences Public opinion.People start feeling that if there is fire  visible somewhere ,there must be some ignitable material around.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

Mostly; the 'media' are selling 'the trash',...like the T.Vs., most of them;  cheap news-papers and  'journals', 'so called'; please exuse me.....; I PREFER, 'My Yahoo'; it is 'crisp' 'news', 'articles' and teaching us; thank God and  'Yahoo', also.

Answer 9

By repeating just one thing again and again , every day, every night , all year long and many years to come down the line.

Best example: Popularity  SRK

Answer 10

We feel that we have access to the incidents going around the world through this MEDIA. And with such a perspective we tend to believe everything that media says even if its biassed or based on folkstale.

Eg:- Saddam has clones

Answer 11

According to me MEDIA people sometimes use their brains to shape up d public opinion otherwise they r used to give the news in the same old bakwaas way! Dat to if u have seen tghe latest add which was actually for to promote the BJP Party is so stupid,anyways looking @ the stage INDIA is v hav to say media should really work hard .

Answer 12

Media shapes public opinion by telling between the lines. They interpret the sentence/view very very wrong way.

e.g. If any wel known person's funeral procession take place. People go for funeral. Media people highlight who came for funeral & who not. They give more emphasize who are not come, whatever the reason may be.

Answer 13

It is said that if you speak a lie 100 times before someone, it becomes truth (perception-wise) for him/her. Media of today is doing the same thing.

It does shape public union to some extent where people are ignorant about the real truth. It does affect or mould people's mind particularly of those who have wavering minds.

Answer 14

information  made by media reaches people immedately day to day hour to hour minitue to minitue seconds to second example news paper television  cinema

Answer 15

media become gatekeeper for a human being to take any kind of decision. take electronic media or print media or on line media or any kind of advanced media.

take this yahoo answers. one pose question and come to a conclusion based on answers only.

come to next point that whether media spikes right direction or not. it all depends on individuals and their understanding levels and caliber

Answer 16

Media is known as fourth monarchy in our administration. It gives many important news & provide a better way of thinking on the particular matter. It updates our knowledge and makes us aware , what going on this time. It keeps its sharp eyes on government and critises their unfair works. It has an important role to make public view.

Exam. Today's view about unfair Myamar's Army Rule, Reestablishment of democracy in Pakistan, etc.

Answer 17

Its just like Politicians . Media  now a days it rally em brassing ...

RIGHT to VOTE makes to repent five years but media is life time