Question

What are the consequences of news conventions – explain and give examples. (mass media )

Answer 1

There are significant consequences of news conventions as well.

• Depression or anxiety over body image.
• Normalizing violence.
• Unfettered access to pornography.
• Increased risk of obesity from inactivity.
• Decreased attention to schoolwork.

News conventions may generate changes in cognition and comprehension. They do effect emotional arousal, sex and behavior identification, and changes in allocation of time, consumer purchase, and voting behavior. The only data which show a clear relationship between the news conventions and aggressive behavior occur when the testing situation is designed to give the impression that aggression is permissible research suggests that filmed violence must be accompanied by a complex set of personal and social circumstances in order to produce aggression.

There is some evidence that news conventions influence interests and interest-related behavior, public taste, outlook and values, and passivity; but more research is needed. Television seems to intensify pre-existing family relationships rather than change them.

The opinions of the mass audience do not seem to be formed by the media. Rather, the interested segment of the audience receives information from the media and then serves in the role of interpersonal communicator, so influencing the remainder of the community. The document is a survey of literature on the effects of the news conventions on communications.

While the positive aspects of the media cannot be overlooked a lot of research has shown that the media has a lot of negative effects. Many studies have researched the impact of television on society in particular children and adolescents. The three main behavioral effects that are connected to the media are violence, prejudice and sexual behaviour.