Page 35 - C:\Users\hp\Documents\Flip PDF Professional\2020 research project final report\

in the media strongly feel for social justice and causes whenever they come across

such exaggerated news. As a result, they tend to be stirred emotionally. They desire

to bring back the balanced view and restore the dignity of the discriminated group.

They do so by sharing alternative points of view, which they stand for, using their

social media accounts. This is in hope that they would be able to ‘bring back’ their

peers who have been swayed and brainwashed by the warped opinions published

by the media.

Nevertheless, the remaining 15.3%, whose perspectives have been ‘Strongly

Changed,’ is mainly due to the belief that, “for the formal news, people often think

(that) everything they say is true.” For many of us, we are made to believe that

formal media are the most reliable and trustworthy source of information. This is

backed by the skilled researchers and professional journalists and newscasters

whom we deem to be credible and objective in their stance, be it political, gender,

racial, and so on. As such, these people tend to be more impressionable and more

susceptible to the influences of the biased media.

5. Conclusion

Through media, we get to know what’s going around the world and also get to
know new information. The main point of our report was to research how the media

could affect our views on something and raise awareness about the prevalence of
the existence of media bias. We have to remember, everything that is shown in the

media might not be true and some news or information on the media is biased.

We hope that our report made you realize how much the media could affect you

and change your views on something through their biased media posts and articles.

6. Appendixes

34