MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE IN SHAPING PEOPLE'S IDEAS ABOUT SOCIETY

Mass media influence in shaping people's ideas about society

Mass media influence in shaping people's ideas about society

Thesis statement

Mass media, including TV, radio and newspapers, have too much influence in shaping people's ideas about society.

Discussion/Analysis

In the past 50 years, media influence has grown considerably since the beginning of technology, first there was the telegraph, then radio, newspapers, magazines, television and now online(Potter, 1999, p33). We live in a society dependent on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and doing our daily activities as work, entertainment, health, education, personal relationships, ...