In: Psychology
How are standards in journalism still relevant and important in today's media, opinion, and media-saturated world
(This is for a humanities course exploring the effects of the media on American culture.)
Answer:
Journalism and media are considered as the fourth pillar of
democracy because it plays a significant role in shaping modern
culture like America.The culture of America is also known as
mediated culture.citizens and communities are constantly bombarded
with information from the various type of source like T.V,
magazines, billboards, radios etc.These different type of sources
promotes various kind of products, moods, culture, attitude, and
sense of belonging to the specific ideology.
Mass media makes celebrity concept possible by spreading their
reach to distant audience. Media saturation is at its peak in the
21st century.we can easily find the television in poorest homes.It
shows the reach and impact of mass media on the public.
Hence, it is the responsibility of media to be not biased and not
influenced by the particularly biased view of one
ideology.Standards in media and journalism are very important
because media should be corrupt and biased.