Fear of the Media

Fear of the Media

The media are a source for people to receive news about their neighborhood and what’s happening around them. The media are to blame for many of the fears that one would have. They believe what they hear, so if it’s on television, it’s likely that they will assume that it is true. The media misreport specific fears or threats and overstate statistics. They make little numbers look like big numbers. No matter how big or small, they tend to consider the factors of the dilemma. Television tells them what to believe and what not to believe. Clearly, the media play a big part in people’s lives.

When people hear things in the news about kidnappings, robbery, theft, they think that they need to protect themselves and their families, so some go out and buy weapons or move into safer communities with gates and security. Weapons shouldn’t be allowed to people, they only kill. Majority of the time the media are just trying to scare the people to make money. The world revolves around money.

The impact the media has on them is that they misdirect them from realizing the true fears that they should be worried about such as poverty or pollution. The media needs to show more of how much of the air is polluted, why people shouldn’t recycle, why people shouldn’t litter. They need to focus