The new media is a reliable source of unbiased information. |
In modern society, a person meets over five hundred advertisements a day. Most of them are provided by media. This media serves a very important role vecause it provides information, the news. However I strongly disagree with that the news media is a reliable source of unbiased information. First of all, most of the news media is released by private companies that are eager for profits. It means that they make news that would interest people's attention so that earn profits from advertisement companies. They also might cut out some facts because of supporting companies' image. For example, KBS, Korea Broadcasting System refused to inform what department store sold clothes at inappropriate price only for its partnership with the company in 2007. This shows how much news media makers can be affected by profits. In addition, in order to catch viewers attention, the news media selects caution-taking theme such as sports, sex and so on. That makes it sure that this news only has himages but no good contents. For instance, fashin magazines usually arrange beautiful female actresses' dress pictures at movie awards than giving actual fashion tips. It is because readers tend to pick magazines by what they see at first so that visuals become more important. From this fact, it is possible to assume that the news media choose certain facts that catch media consumers' concentration. To sup, although most of people accept what the news media says without any filtering, it is wrong and should be fixedd. People should notice that the news media gives information only for its profits and it picks only noticeable subjects to get people's attention. |