Iam in search of a paper that needs to be done today re-write off my previous paper for english class grammer is important

Capitalism in the Media

LaTesha Hubbard

English 215

Research & Writing

Professor : Amanda Mc Clure

November 14, 2014

This paper will be about media capitalism in US and the role it plays on what we the people view and discuss about our country. I have never seen so many different events play out in the media and depending on what channel you’re watching your own views might change. I can no longer watch Fox news due to the lack of trust on the reporting and also the disrespect that has been shown our current President of the United States Barack Obama. Throughout the paper I will be able to touch on various details that the media has altered due to the effect of capitalism. The reason why I chose this topic is because this is becoming the dominate source of information for the world to view and it is one of the key areas that act as a backbone of the country. Most people depend on the media to be updated with current event and what is happening everyday life through the country. Therefore when they are given out the wrong information, its effecting society which might include: unwanted fights, misunderstandings and other problems stemming from the media.

The hot topic of the media’s influence starts discussions in all different areas of public and private life. This issue grows over time in importance with new rating systems for TV, videogames, and music, questions surrounding Sandy Hook and other school shootings, and there wasn’t much of a surprise for public opinion regarding the war on Iraq. In dealing with news media, we know from pass experience that viewers are already hesitant of the information that they are receiving. Most members of society and culture see these problems as not what they are going through so the remove reality from themselves and challenges for them to meet. There is always the possibility that these problems, that threaten to reverse everything that culture has accomplished, are needed for the culture itself. One of most dominant problems faced is who is responsible for what is being reported through media outlets. We are moving towards a society ruled by social media outlets and then there are other sources like TMZ that used not so honest ways of getting the scoop. I watched a man be sentence to several punishments for the same crime. Ray Rice had a shocking elevator video where he and his at that time fiancée have a fight where it is clear he punched her. Now this leaked months after it happened and he was already suspended. Now let me be clear I am not a fan of domestic violence. I just wanted to explore a well-publicized example of the misuse of the media. This man lost his job for something that happened off the field and his girlfriend went on to become his wife. If she was willing to forgive him then it was not the NFL place to suspend and block him from playing again.

Another problem that developed itself in the way the Consumer values the information with which media consumers view it. A May 19 Gallup poll shows that 62% of those people polled feel that the media is “often inaccurate “Making it less trust worthy . A CNBC broadcaster interpreted this as “healthy” because, he argued, that viewers should not take everything they see in print or on TV as fact. However, in 1989, only 44% of people felt the same way. Showing this is a Hugh increase considering the weight of the question. Inaccuracy is very different from bias, it comes with human error and both can be unintentional and harmful. News agencies are given a respectable amount of leeway when it comes to bias, but not inaccuracy. The Society of Professional Journalists requires an ethical reporter to “test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error” (SPJ, 2003). So, for the media to be “often inaccurate” as the majority of the polltakers accuse, it is bordering on incompetent or even worse: unethical (Gillespie, 2003).

Lastly the media’s gain of growing power is now clear, we must look at the ways in which it falls short of its duties. The news media’s problems seems to be mostly in part to one area of coverage. They sometime focus on one area of news and seem to be on repeat for as long as that topic is relevant. When some issues are covered more frequently than others, they seem more important and what we seem to focus on or talk about. This is based on the assumption that the news media gives the public information that matters in a hierarchical fashion. The most important story should get priority coverage always. It would be rude to imagine highlights from a pay per view boxing match during the morning of September 11, a day this country will never soon forget. That is a deeply extreme and touching example of the same sort of thing that goes on with the media. When they pick and choose what is relevant to run and news worthy. Leaving you with the question does the amount of coverage reflect the importance of the story?

In conclusion the media’s role in shaping democracy is always growing as it expands. Even as the public and its consumers, are leaning towards the left in terms of policies, the media is shifting towards the conservative. The public, in theory, should have an influence through the window of the media. The media should accurately report public opinion and the government should represent that public opinion under the watchful eye of the media. Otherwise, the media should report to the public how politics is misrepresenting them. Unfortunately, as media industry grows, it is becoming less and less economically viable for the media to remain the “watchdog” or “fourth institution” of the government. As the quality and educational value of news is reduced, so is democracy making room for less worth media to have a voice and with the continued raise of the internet noting ever truly gets erased.. While the solutions include further regulation of media and ownership with its conflicts of interest, are pushing the national media situation farther and farther from a solution. Unfortunately, this worsening situation fails to get the media coverage it deserves.

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