WHY I THINK THE MEDIAS CULTIVATION OF EMOTIONS IS WRONG

WHY I THINK THE MEDIAS CULTIVATION OF EMOTIONS IS WRONG

If a person try’s to make you entertain or prod feelings from you in order to elevate your mood , that is good because it may benefit both party's. But if someone attempts to make you laugh or become emotional because it may earn them cash or power ,of which only one party can or wants to partake in . Its not good because it is a selfish act , when someone is only seeking money or power they can easily do harm either purposefully or unpurposefully to one or both parties because they can be blinded by the prospects of money and power.

EX. A media figure who is money and power hungry whipping his audience into a frenzied rabid mass that then destroys the entire city. The media figure is blinded by money and power and thus does not see, underestimates or disregards the possible effects of his actions ultimate only to his and his audiences detriment.

Few media companies attempt to positively enrich the minds of their viewers. The rest are preoccupied with how to best lasso and zombify their audience and how to best prevent the ceding of ground to their competitors. Thus it is logical from their prospective to gain the audiences attention and commitment regardless of the effects of their actions unless the effect is profound, behemoth and decreases their profit margin. This philosophy of doing anything in-order to make money undoubtedly leads to corruption of ethics and a distortion of the purpose of journalism. Only a few honest for profit media companies can exist , they are easily corrupted by the need to chase dollars(which is obviously necessary if your a for profit business) , and thus give the viewers what they think they want instead of what would positively benefit them. The only model of a media company that would not morph into a rotting pile of heathenism is company that does not fear loss of profits and does not fear upsetting the head of the entity that is supporting it financially. The media group would not be directly supported by the government or the public sector the government would set up a sort of trust fund and then hand over the reins to an independent group who compared to the gov would be considerably less biased.