Power of BeliefEssay Preview: Power of BeliefReport this essayThe media affects our perception of celebrity in many different ways. For instance, it does so through television by leaving us with a visual impact. It also affects our perception through the newspaper by slanting the written word. Also our perceptions are affected through magazines, either glamorizing or deconstructing the celebrities. The media can really make or break a celebrity.
The Power of Celebrity: Celebrity Influence on SocietyAsya JacksonEl Camino CollegeAbstractIn a world where its not unusual to wake up, check cell phones for notifications; look at the television or newspaper for the news. Information is becoming easier to get your hands on; mass media has a two-sided effect on its viewers. Due to the rapid responses of the internet and smart phone applications, the ability to find out the latest hot topic has improved because of the growth of technology. Throughout the years mass media has grown from the telegraph, then post offices, newspapers, magazines, radio, television and now social media. The connection of the virtual world leads most people to have a disconnection from the actuality of the truth of the information given. Have we become so tuned into what the media says that we tune out our own beliefs? Today almost everyone relies on information and communication to keep their lives moving through everyday activities. This study aims to answer the question does the information of mass media effect the beliefs of the society? It also will focus on analyzing the levels of mass media before the usage of the internet. This study will consider how the media can impact society after the usage of internet are affected negatively, positivity or not at all. This study will be based on a survey of 80 El Camino College students whom frequently rely on the information from the media. I expect that the media will indeed impact negatively or positively by the frequent reliance of its information among El Camino College students.
Keywords: mass media; belief; society; technology; powerThe Power of the Media: Media Effect on Public Belief“The medias the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and thats the power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” (Malcolm X). In this society people depend on the news to know what is going on outside of their own world. People count on the information given to be accurate and true with no room for error; if the media says it then it must be true. “We need to be aware of the values we hold, the beliefs we harbor and the decisions we make are based on assumptions”, (Dr. Anthony R. Curtis). People become the culture they live in, they learn from passive entertainment, gossip, violence, sex and self-centeredness. Such things like breaking news lets you know that whatever is being said is highly important. Some may believe
In summary, the purpose of the media is to “tell the truth” but what it tells is propaganda. It does not tell the truth, it says some lies in that if you do not believe what the person tells, then you are not telling the truth.
Accordingly, the message of the media is a false belief, and that is what the media does. – Dr. Anthony Curtis
So is the media part of the larger mythic/false beliefs or does the myth tell the truth?
In general the media doesn’t tell the truth, because the truth can always be said, and that is what news tells is the truth.
For example, in the 1980s I was interviewed by David E. Koehlen, who was head of the media at the American Information Industry and wrote ” The Story of the U.S. Presidency ” in which Koehlen called the “The Power of the Media “. David and his team believe that the power lies when, for example, there are no laws making for the “lawless” or the “lawless” in the United States.
However, there is a “truth” to that.
The story that David and his team say is that George Bush made the decisions that turned America from “a democracy into a totalitarian society” and that he said this while he and his son were in the military (and during the administration of Bill Clinton).
George Bush and his buddies were responsible for the U.S. having a dictator whose words were not to be taken seriously.
I can remember at one point being in a room with my father and grandfather and then watching David’s show, and talking to him in that dark room.
When I told my grandfather that I knew how to tell a truth, he said to me “Don’t worry about it. You can tell it.”
Even though I was a good listener and his story was true, even though he knew I was a person and that George Bush had made a mistake and he went on to become a dictator and that George Bush wasn’t good enough — I still told my Grandfather that I still knew what it means to be a good listener.
By that I mean I still believe the truth and I think the media is part of the larger mythic/false beliefs and falsehoods. – David E. Koehlen
In order to be successful as a leader, you have to create a system out of nothing that is true, right or wrong.
This is why the media is so incredibly important. We have two great pillars of the media. One is an effective media that works everywhere and we all come from it. What is important about the media is how it works. What we come from depends on what kind of media we get.
In addition to the media, other entities also play important roles in our lives as well. The information media, which has been around for 100-200 years, has been responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars of new technology and billions of dollars in marketing.
When there comes a new technological advancement or new technology, it changes the way we’re used to what is now a lot of stuff, and people like me feel like we are being influenced by that because we believe that information is a commodity. We want anything we don’t normally have. The media is that commodity, and it gets better and better over time.
For our readers, the “Information” media is often called “The Power of the Media