The Influence of Mass Media on Society.

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The influence of mass media on society. Mass media has steadily become a staple part in all our lives; we are constantly exposed to it: it is almost completely unavoidable. History shows us clearly how media has evolved; we now have the internet which can not only be accessed on PCs and Laptops, but also on phones/mp4 players and more recently, on tablets such as the iPad. Television has also evolved from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century; there are now more and more ‘showbiz gossip’ programmes et cetera. Due to the constant exposure to media, one questions: how far has the media influenced society in general? I will be investigating its effects in different factors. The media has been accused of influencing people to do certain behaviour, such as ‘copy cat murders’ (1): many media critics believe that some murders have been done due to what the media has exposed in newspapers, the news, and generally the internet but most of all, in movies: they say that the aforementioned, tend to influence people to literally reconstruct the murders which were committed either in real life or in violent fiction. However, some disagree with this and often say that it is due to other factors such as previous criminal records; perhaps meaning that the murderer has had a tendency to commit crime, but also other factors such as mental health issues; meaning that the person was not in the right frame of mind, thus, they were vulnerable to do insane things without being fully aware of what they were doing (2) and that the media has an indirect affect on these murders as opposed to direct affect on the number of criminals or more specifically, the number of murders. The can supposedly also influence people’s political beliefs due to the coverage of political parties as well as coverage of politicians themselves. Media and politics often work hand in hand, however,

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