In today’s dynamic world with the advancement in technology and multimedia TV news shows and newspaper have become internal part of one’s life. It is argued by number of people that media has negative impact on individuals life. I agree with the given statement at great extent and number of reasons will be discussed in the upcoming paragraph.
At the outset they are several reasons the first and foremost is misleading facts and information. Unlike the reality, news media often brainwash and manipulate individuals mind regarding several things such as religion, culture and politics. News media tends to show controversial statements which is often consumed by peoples and because of this they set a rigid opinion towards someone’s culture and religion. As People in remote areas do not have much literacy so they believes in whatever it was shown in television. Secondly, TV shows also have influence over people’s mind as they telecast graphics with guns and drugs, and some people get influenced by it and try to imitate the actions. This type of actions promotes the gun, culture and drug cartels. For instance In recent studies by narcotics Mexico. It was observed that there was increase in drugs by 26% and survey showed most people were influenced by media .
On the other hand, it has some benefits and positive influence as well, it is a constant source of entertainment and it depends on people’s individual choices and preference what to consume over news and media, which do not have any negative impact on one’s life.
In conclusion, news and media has several negatives impact such as promotion of terrorism , gun, culture, misleading facts which outweighs its positive impact