Mass Media

The mass media is an influential tool in communicating information about what goes on around the world. Through television, magazines, radio, and other communicative resources, Americans expose themselves to news all around them. It brings into light the amount of power the mass media has and its ability to manipulate the minds of Americans into forming public opinions on certain issues. I intend to discuss the sources of media power, whether the mass media has too much power, and end with a discussion on whether the mass media has influenced my public opinions in any way.
One source of mass media is newsmaking, or deciding what issues are worth giving coverage to. Through the media the public learns about events, personalities, and issues and begin to form opinions. Therefore, through newsmaking the media decides what is news and begins exposing coverage to Americans. Agenda setting is another source that decides what...