Corrupt Media

Media bias can be defined as bias within mass media as in what news is reported? How it is reported? And how do we perceive it? Media bias is the tendency for the media to represent different people in a particular way based on their own views, the views of their sponsors, and the views of society. Media bias could be blatant, but usually it is subtle. It can be expressed in the content of television shows. It can be expressed in the choices of types of stories that they show on the news. It can be expressed in the language used on shows, and that is written in the newspaper and magazines. Media bias is any stereotype set forth by the media that portrays individuals to society in a certain way. Media bias does not even have to be a negative portrayal, but more of an inaccurate portrayal of people that helps aid to the ignorance of individuals. Media bias plagues us everyday without us even realizing it. Although it is everywhere in news, sitcoms, newspaper, radio, magazines, we really don't recognize it when we hear it or see it. Are the impressions that we form about individuals a product of the media? Do we form certain opinions about particular types of people based solely on the things we see and hear in the media everyday without even realizing it? The problem is not only that there is media bias present, but also that we cannot avoid it when we see it. We cannot avoid it because it is just everywhere you can imagine. But we can get around it by learning more about it.