Does the Media make or mar the Society?

     Does the Media make or mar the Society?

                   As each coin has two sides as well as media have also two sides. It makes mars the society. Now a day media has become the main source of known things or happiness from a small village to the biggest contain. Media has a great impact on all classes of our society. Media affects the society of developed and underdeveloped countries. We can share information through social networking. Media play an important role in today’s world, as a source of education, entertainment, information. It is a mirror of society. Media’s duty is to inform, entertain and educate the society but now a day’s we see that media is not doing its duty honestly. They are only trying to attract society to increase their trp rating. Media have power.

                       In modern time, mass media is eye of India. Media shape our lives and society. Media shows varieties of programmers.  It attracts all kind of views. All over the world people are influenced by the media. For example lots of children watch movies. It the nutritional value programs are shows as in U.S it would have a great impact. This plan has helped the country.

                   In our country media has played an important role in eradicating disease like Polio with the help of famous personalities, society is made aware. In wet season people need awareness against disease like malaria, cholera, typhoid, flu and media influence people as it reaches the remote places where doctors cannot reach. The media affect in society changing their lifestyle, choice, consumption and public opinion.

                   Society learns a lot about history tradition and culture of a particular place with the effective media. Media entertain the society through movies, live performances, shows etc… Awareness from environmental and criminal issues was demonstrated with advice that makes people use their logic.

Means of media reaches where manual help can’t reach. Society receives knowledge of different subjects through various media. Media play a vital role in gangsters, elder people and educating children of the society.

                   There are many through which society is made. Man is taught, cultured, literate and made aware. But media has also its ill effects the society inversely. Local and national government continue to own or control several dozens of newspaper and some news channels. Also corporate world try to buy media. 

                   When children and youngsters watch violence, they imitate sometimes for cheap TRPS media shows vulgar and controversial programs leading people in a wrong way. Mass media has such influence that it can destroy the peace of community or the country.

                 Advertisement influence ignorant minds of people and they buy the products full of harmful chemicals. They show ads in such a catchy way to the target audience that they fall victim of the product. Ads show a particular gender as an object gives wrong message to the audience. Media can the best friend as well as the worst enemy. It can build your image and also turn your image to soil i.e. it can destroy your image. Mass media influence society. They are trying to manipulate us.

 

                         Children’s programs can effect on their mind. It happened a place that child could not different reality and fiction and thinking his super hero would go and save him burnt them self.

                         Historical and political criticism can be made to fulfill some specific purpose as some riots are remembered now and then to achieve vote from target community many harm country’s growth and image. Peoples watching T.V shows and cinema, robbery and such crime shows may be shaped, suicide may be planned, people can be murdered for example, a man watched news where he find things around him in news boring, he took his gun and kill this family members and where prosecuted said that world around him had no good news, there seemed no point of living so he killed his family members.

                       Media is much in to business of popularity. Thus  one can conclude that like science that has blessings as well as curse for mankind, media also can make or mar the society. It’s up to a person how one takes. Media if used properly makes are lest and known but it also has its drawbacks that harms the image of a person.