The role the media is to inform citizens about what happening in any democratic state. Critically evaluate FIVE relevant situations where the media fails to fulfill such function.
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Five relevant situations are as follow
1) When the media acts as a shill for a particular political point of view. (Propaganda)
2) When the media presents positions as either-or propositions (The fallacy of the excluded middle)
3) When the media attacks the source of information rather than the validity of it (The shoot-the-messenger fallacy)
4) When the media presents a complex subject without explaining it
5) When the media fails to present an article about an important issue (Lie by Omission)
The role of media
•Media plays important roles in a democratic society and could not be separated from the democracy itself.
•Ideally, the media is a tool to educate the voters, giving them facts, news and balanced opinions about how the government run and managed.
• It is vital to have well-informed voters in a democratic society to ensure the accountable and responsible government.
• Well informed society should be able to make rational choices, making sure that the government works as the people wants.
•Media also act as the watchdog for the government in a democratic society by facilitating the people to articulate their views, demands and aspiration.
• The media usually is a powerful way to make sure the decision makers working in line with the voters’ interests, keeping the politicians and public officials in check.
•The media should be independent and should not be intervened or influenced by the government.
•Otherwise, media will be an effective tool to misinformed or disinformed the society, making them as a tool of propaganda instead of educating the voters.
1) When the media acts as a shill for a particular political point of view. (Propaganda)
2) When the media presents positions as either-or propositions (The fallacy of the excluded middle)
3) When the media attacks the source of information rather than the validity of it (The shoot-the-messenger fallacy)
4) When the media presents a complex subject without explaining it
5) When the media fails to present an article about an important issue (Lie by Omission)
The role of media
•Media plays important roles in a democratic society and could not be separated from the democracy itself.
•Ideally, the media is a tool to educate the voters, giving them facts, news and balanced opinions about how the government run and managed.
• It is vital to have well-informed voters in a democratic society to ensure the accountable and responsible government.
• Well informed society should be able to make rational choices, making sure that the government works as the people wants.
•Media also act as the watchdog for the government in a democratic society by facilitating the people to articulate their views, demands and aspiration.
• The media usually is a powerful way to make sure the decision makers working in line with the voters’ interests, keeping the politicians and public officials in check.
•The media should be independent and should not be intervened or influenced by the government.
•Otherwise, media will be an effective tool to misinformed or disinformed the society, making them as a tool of propaganda instead of educating the voters.
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Answer:
Below are some of the situations where the media fails in its duty
Explanation:
- Inciting information-when the media intentionally broadcasts inciting information to the people, it causes divisions and thereby destroying the unity of a nation.
- Wrong information- this is when the media provides wrong information to the people for malicious reasons, wrong information causes wrong action which can ruin the state.
- Partiality in the publishing and writing of information- when the media personnel publishes information with partial or being bias in it, it makes it wrong since the other party shall feel left out and therefore lead to disunity.
- Publishing of violent information and pictures which cause disruption to unity.
- Ethnical division propagation using the information published by the media houses.
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