The media equates and contributes towards a massive proportion of our views and opinions. These contributions by the media can be both positive and negative, varying with each different situation. The media has a big role in shaping our views on things such as ethnicity, sexuality and class/status. Everyone reads, listens or watches the media as part of there everyday life and therefore, is going to change/stronger people's opinion on the topic.
The media can be things such as newspapers to social networking and magazines. Media plays a big part in everyone's day to day life and many people don't realise how much of an affect it has on them because they are so complacent on how much they use media.
The media is used for many different reasons, the main purpose of things such as films, newspapers and magazines etc is to be attractive to their target audience and so they sell there product and make profit. However, the media also changes are opinions on many things, a good example of this would be a newspaper article which expresses extreme views as a way of trying to sell their paper. However, people take up these views without even necessarily noticing.
In addition, through the use of media technology, anyone can now express their opinions through the Internet for people to see. Having an increased effect on others around them viewing it.
Overall, the media has a big effect on everyone's views and opinions in society mainly through the Internet and technology. Films, Newspapers, TV, magazines are just some of the things that effect people's views.
A good start, perhaps some more specific examples of how one group is represented in the media would give this essay more focus
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