Write a 750 word essay in which you discuss how information and news media have affected American...

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Write a 750 word essay in which you discuss how information and news media have affected American Culture. Include answers to the following questions.

1. Does the information media have social responsibility? If yes, in what ways? If not, why not?

2. Are journalists responsible for providing fair, honest, and balanced coverage?

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

4.How does political news reporting--including major newspapers and political websites such as Drudge Report, Daily Kos, or Colbert Nation--influence public opinion?

5.How have electronic media and their convergence transformed journalism and news consumption?

Illustrate your responses with specific examples.

Be sure to document any information that is not common knowledge.

Include at least two direct quotations from reading material .

Direct quotes must be enclosed in quotation marks and be accompained both in-text and reference page citations.

Format your paper consistentwith APA guidelines

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Running Head: Information and News Media and their Impact on American Culture
Information and News Media and their Impact on American Culture 
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Information and News Media and their Impact on American Culture 
Introduction 
There are multiple factors and forces that shape American society altogether. The media has 
profoundly affected on how we look at the world. Not to mention, media has affected the 
society in positive and negative both ways. Everything has its pro and cons and so does it 
have but when pros are more than cons, the situation is alarming great problems for a society. 
TV has affected enormously the lives of people of all ages, races, religions, sizes, and sexes. 
Recent studies show that TV has negative impacts on the culture of the country as whole. 
Media is a hindrance to the society of America as it creates image problem, causes more 
violence, and deteriorates self-esteem. Also, it induces stereotypes. Television is detrimental 
to the society due to its violence factor. McClure says, “Did you know that: The average third 
grader has witness 16,000 TV murders? By the age of 17 most children will have viewed at 
least 400,000 sexual acts on television? Our greatest battlefield in this new is for the minds 
and hearts of our children”.    
Media and Journalists and Social Responsibility 
Empowering media is a sign of true democracy but media should not misuse that 
empowerment and should operate in a socially responsible manner. Media works as a guide 
to the people of the society and thus the responsibility becomes bigger.

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