Topic > Media Influence on Public Opinion - 1547

As many television networks profit from the production of entertainment television, their acquisitions have transformed emerging network news content in three distinct ways: • News adopts values ​​of the network's parent company which in turn introduces extreme levels of bias and censorship, depending on the network. • There is a push to make news more entertaining and “appealing” to try to capture the high profits seen in parent network television programming. • In an attempt to increase profits and reduce costs, the number of foreign bureaus has been closed and the number of journalists on staff has been significantly reduced. In summary, the emergence of media giants decreases competition within the media, thus shrinking the media market. ideas, eliminates the incentive for quality news, and induces bias in the media.IV. Media bias driven by ideology