Question

What is the role of the information and news media in the shaping of political opinions?

(This is for a humanities course exploring the effects of the media on American culture.)

Answer 1

We are living in a digital world and information technology world where the amount of information available and the tools available to access those information are countless. This information that we receive today about lots of things happening in the world is affecting the way we perceive the world around us. All these information affects the way we think act and react to those information.
Political news today is available in printed media and on digital platforms shape the political opinions of people. The problem with media today is that all the political parties have their own media that promote their political agenda to influence the minds of the people by selectively publishing information and manipulating the information in their favour.
They also at times telecast false information about the other parties thus creating a platform where they could play strong. The advantage of the media today is that they are in all forms such as print, online etc. thus continuously reinforcing the opinions of the common people.