As a society is getting complexed, the importance of media has increased. In the modern society, some people believe that media is one of unbiased sources compared with other sources such as books or articles. However, I do not agree the statement that the media is a kind of reliable sources. This is because, many media would like to choose social events or facts based on their own viewpoint. Also media has a ideology which was told by K. Marx or Frankfrut school.
First of all, outwardly most media sources represent facts by reporting. However, if you would see sources carefully, you could find that many facts are composed of based on their own interests. In fact, mnay media sources are deelply connected media company`s economic or political interests. For example, in South Korea, some media reported continually China was short of preparing 2008 Olympic games excluded by their capaticy or long term practices for preparing olympic games. Naturally, some people who received reports must be thought that China do not prepare properly for the Olympic. It means that media could make a dangerous weapon for their own interests.
On top of that, media could make ideology. Some people may think that idepology could effect properly under special situations. However, we could see easily ideology effects by watching Televison or by reading newspapers. For instansce, In South Korea, Korean people could easily observe the military threat of North Korea against South Korea. However, some media often reported that the threats of North Korea is manipulated by the government even though 10 soldiers killed by North Korea`s miliraty acts every year. People who commited to these media sources believed that real enemy in our country is U.S and South Korea government. It means that our standard of judgement is decided by some media contents.
In conclusion, it is a naive thinking that media is one of unbiased sources. This is because, the media, also pursue their own interests even though contents of reporting is same as propaganda. Also the media could make a variety of ideoloies and spread out those. |