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SUMMARY: How mass media influence our society 

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SUMMARY: How mass media influence our society 

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The blog mainly discusses the effects of mass media on our society. Firstly, the author introduces the definition of mass media, which includes channels of communication between humans. As the mass media is now an inseparable part of our life, it affects every field of our society.
The influence of mass media can be either positive or negative. Directly, it affects human behaviors and thoughts, since then, indirectly affects other fields controlled by humans including politics, economy, education, entertainment, and so forth.
The negative effects of mass media can cause many physical as well as mental health problems to people and can lead people to crime, poverty, and other such severe outcomes.
Despite the serious negative effects, the benefits are there to be, which can be listed as people helping each other and raising knowledge and awareness in our society.
Therefore, to avoid the disadvantages and make use of the benefit of mass media, we should be responsible and conscious users whenever we want to spread any news on mass media.

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How Mass Media Influence Our Society

The media and its influential effect on the masses have increased exponentially in the past five decades. Initially, the news and media channels were limited to the telegraph. The technological inventions then found many channels to spread the news to the masses such as the radio, newspapers, magazines, television, websites, and now mobile applications as well.

The mass media have become an inseparable part of society and the lives of citizens and that's why it is necessary to understand the mass media influence on people. From economy to entertainment and from politics to beauty, everything is now influenced by mass media.

What is Mass Media Influence?

As per the media psychology, the effect of mass media on the actions, manner, and contemplations of individuals and audiences is called mass media influence. This influence can be negative or positive.

The negative effects of mass media on society can lead people towards poverty, crime, nudity, violence, bad mental and physical health disorders and others as such severe outcomes. For example, mob hitting innocents by getting carried away from the rumors spread on the internet has been common. These unauthorized news headlines are the biggest example of the negative impact of mass media on society.Furthermore, the cases of children killing innocents by acquiring weapons are considered as one of the major negative effects of mass media on the children as they usually get carried away by provoking news stories, action movies, and games.

Does it mean the Mass Media only Influence Audiences Negatively?

No, there are also situations where positivity is the result of mass media influence. For example, the people helping each other in the situations of natural disasters encourage humanity and empathy in children and adults, so more volunteers come forward to help the needy ones. Also, the quiz-based games, educational news broadcast and similar programs emphasize the positive effects of mass mediawhich increase literacy in the audiences. Also, one of the positive impacts of mass media on society is their right to information. Today's generation is much more educated and aware of their rights and that helps them gain various personal and professional benefits.

People usually come across different pieces of information via direct or indirect sources, but in any case, the mass media influence is clearly visible in society. From educated to illiterate people are part of this wave and that's why the responsibilities of the media people and controlling authorities increase. They have to be more careful about the timing and approach of conveying news. The positive or negative effects of mass media can be really crucial in some cases. This is one of the major reasons citizens face situations of news broadcast and internet service ban during some sensitive situations in the city or state.

Being a responsible citizen, make sure you cross verify any news coming across you before spreading that to others as it can create a serious impact on society.

Read Next About:- Timeline of the Evolution of Mass Media.

25 Sep 2019

Post by : NIMCJ

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How Mass Media Influence Our Society The media and its influential effect on the masses have increased exponentially in the past five decades. Initially, the news and media channels were limited to the telegraph. The technological inventions then found many channels to spread the news to the masses such as the radio , newspapers, magazines, television, websites, and now mobile applications as well.

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In the era of information and technology, mass media is an irreplaceable communication tool that plays a very important role in human society, to be more specific, in all fields of human-being society. Therefore, there is no doubt that we enormously benefit from mass media.

Before considering the benefit of mass media, there is a necessity to understand clearly what “mass media” means. “Mass media” is a tool for people to communicate with others, including broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet. Broadcasting and publishing had appeared and had been there to be with human-being for centuries, however, not until the internet appeared have mass media proved their key role in our life.

Since the internet was invented, every day we have been surrounded by a large amount of information with a very high speed of spread. People nowadays do not need to buy paper newspapers or wait until the broadcasting time of the news on the radio or television, instead, people would like to seek new information on social networks or online newspaper sites. This would save us much time to stay updated with the flow of information, as a result, this is considered a benefit of mass media.

Moreover, thanks to reaching these sites, important information about natural disasters or diseases is updated immediately to help people to be well-prepared to protect themselves and their families. Also, thanks to the large number of accesses to online sites, the information about people who are severely affected by starvation, poverty, illiteracy, natural disasters, and pandemics is widely spread to everyone, since then, charity organizations can receive a larger donation, which they will use to provide those people with better supports so that they can overcome their difficulties much easier. Therefore, in other words, we can say that mass media contributes to raising our living standards globally.

Secondly, with the internet, especially social networks, people can keep in contact with their family members, their relatives, and their friends wherever they are and how far the distances between them are. We can contact others not only via text messages but also via voice calls and video calls, which are now very popular with people who are living far from their families for work or study.

Finally, companies, especially intercontinental ones, nowadays do not need to spend money on traveling such long distances for periodic meetings and conferences. Instead, they can hold distancing meetings via the Internet, which is not only money-saving but also time-saving. By saving this amount of money, a company or a business group can earn more profits, which directly contributes to the growth of the global economy.

All in all, mass media, especially the internet brings along many advantages to all fields of our life, which not only helps to raise our living standards but also contributes to the growth of the global economy.

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Essay 2: The negative effects of mass media

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Essay 2: The negative effects of mass media

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We all know that mass media brings along many advantages to every single field of human society, however, besides the enormous benefit we gain from using it, the risks are still there to be. In order to avoid the dangers of mass media, we have to be aware of them and be conscious of users.

Firstly, while using social networks, where all kinds of information from various sources are posted without being clarified, we are at risk of fake news and online violence. With a large amount of information spread every day, if we are not conscious enough to choose the true and necessary one to receive, we are more likely to consume fake news, and this can be very dangerous. Fake news can lead to a wrong understanding of a problem, and with the speed of spreading information on social networks, the wrong understanding can access many people and might not be stopped on time. For example, during the Covid-19 pandemic, there was some fake news about the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine, and the speed of spreading this wrong information was too fast that medical organizations in the world had many difficulties in preventing the wrong understanding and providing the true information, which slowed the process of global vaccination, which was very vital at the peak of the pandemic. Fortunately, doctors, medical organizations, and governments around the world could make great efforts to control the circumstances and overcome the pandemic. From this example, it can be concluded that fake news can have global negative effects.

Moving on to the individual level of the negative effects of fake news, if bad information about an individual is posted on social networks, the individual is in danger of suffering from online violence. The power of negative comments on Facebook or Instagram even affects a person’s feelings more than violence in physical form. Being online attacked can lead to negative feelings of disappointment or unhappiness or, more seriously, depression. The rise of online attacks might be responsible for the rate of depression and suicide in modern society.

Generally speaking, even though we benefit a lot from mass media, especially the internet, we still have to face many disadvantages, or in other words can be considered dangers, to unconscious users, of which the most serious are fake news and online violence.
As a result, to make full use of the benefits of mass media and avoid its risks, we have to gain enough knowledge to be conscious users, which includes being able to recognize and avoid fake news, besides avoiding being online attackers and being bullied. These essential skills need to be provided to children and trained continuously by parents and educators. Therefore, adults need to be skillful to protect not only themselves but also their children.

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1. Irreplaceable (adjective): too special, valuable, or unusual to be replaced by anything else.
• Example: Works of art were lost, many of them are irreplaceable.

2. Communicate (verb): to exchange information or conversation with other people, using words, signs, writing, etc.
• Example: We can now communicate instantly with people on the other side of the world.

3. Seek (verb): to look for someone or something.
• Example: The government is seeking ways to reduce the cost of health care.

4. Living standard (noun): the level of comfort and the amount of money that people have.
• Example: There’s been a decline in the living standards of old people.

5. Intercontinental (adjective): going from one continent to another, or happening between two continents.
• Example: Intercontinental trade between North and South America has increased.

6. Online site (noun): an information system used to establish one or more information pages presented in the form of symbols, numbers, letters, images, sounds and other forms of information in service of provided and used on the Internet.
• Example: You can access online sites such as Amazon to buy things you want.

7. Conscious user (noun): the people who are awake and able to understand what is happening around.
• Example: Conscious users are usually aware of fake news.

8. Fake news (noun): false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or other media, usually, created to influence political views or to be a joke.
• Example: Many of us seem unable to distinguish fake news from the verified sorts.

9. At risk: in danger of something unpleasant or harmful.
• Example: As with all diseases, certain groups of people are more likely to be at risk than others.

10. Online violence (noun): a type of violence and abuse which creates a hostile online environment with the aim of shaming, intimidating or degrading users.
• Example: Online violence has resulted in the death of many young people.

11. Social network (noun): a website or computer program that allows people to communicate and share information on the internet using a computer or mobile phone.
• Example: We teach children how to deal with cyberbullying and the safe use of chat rooms and social networks.

12. At the peak of: something reaches its highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.
• Example: At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people died every day.

13. Online attacker (noun): someone who intentionally uses violence to hurt someone through the internet.
• Example: Internet users are sometimes not aware of themselves being online attackers.

14. Suicide (noun): the act of killing yourself.
• Example: The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.