Write a short essay of about 400 words about the below stated issue: news and you.
#Who owns the newspapers and TV stations in
your country? Do you think this has an effect on the news that you hear?
In this twentieth centuries , lots of media
form had been found and explored. The usage of media has become really massive
until it become one of the most vital weapon for a country to connect with its
people and also to connect with people around the world. Thus, Malaysia that is
my country also one of the country that can't get out from the grasp of the
Media power to influences the right mind of its own people.
When talking about media, people who had
knowledge and know how to manipulate the media content holds the most great power
of it. In my country, mostly all the TV stations and newspaper were owned by
the Government. Some of the examples of TV station and newspaper that the
government owned are TV1, TV2,TV3 , Berita Harian and Utusan Melayu. Eventhough
mostly the media stations are owned by the government but there's also some
that are owned by a private company such as Ntv7 and 8tv.
I usually watch channel TV3 whenever I went to
watch the television. From my thinking and my perspective point of view, as Tv3
is owned by the government, I can't help but to think that some of the news
that the anchor delivered during news time such as Bulletin Utama is being
modified so that they can only deliver good news about the government. They
always talk and sided with the government no matter what and even if they
'accidentally' record the unpleasant things, they will make a touch up and
modified it so it won't scar the government image. From this, I can say that all
the TV stations that were owned by the government are all pro-government.
This kind of act is unacceptable because, its
not only just cheating the citizens by hiding the truth story of the news but
its also poisons the people's mind by making them a stereotypical being and their
mind will be closed. When people refused to think openly or outside the box, they
are tend to get influenced very easily by the media and whatever that media
throws at them , they will believe it whole-heartly. One of the reason that the
government do this kind of action because, with the help of media form, they
can take control of the citizen's mind without using harsh physical labor or even
a threat. As long as they're clean with media support, the government can
breathe easy as they know that the citizens will never revolt or do anything
rebellious towards the government. The media power helps them to stay on the
top as what I said in my second paragraph, " people who had knowledge and
know how to manipulate the media content holds the most great power of it".
The government are aware of this concept and with that, they really do make a
good use of media power that was given on their hands/palms.
-total of 488 words-
Azura Binti Abd.Mokmin
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Media Anthropology (week 4 entry) (26.11.12)
