How media frames move public opinion

By encouraging women to leave the home and even pushing them into a position of financial dependence at work, Lasch contends that it is demonstrated that the importance of specialized occupations does not actually entail freedom, provided that all of these occupations tend to be constrained by the requirements of organizational financial systems. Community sentiments and beliefs might fluctuate unpredictably in accordance with the most recent developments. The general public's mindset during the 20th century was either excessively intransigent or too bellicose in their approach to conflict, neutral or accommodating during negotiations, or both (Terkildsen, Nayda, and Frauke Schnell, 888-900). Lasch prefers journalism that is more biased as he says it seems to be the one that portrays the truth as it is. When it comes to journalism that is objective oriented it just talks of an issue in general but then not in its inner depth as he thinks journalism should. Though in today’s journalism, it being biased cannot be highly appreciated as it might raise a lot of unrest among the people (Simon, Adam, and Jennifer, 254-271). However, biased journalism could be used by people in a civic engagement to benefit more out of the arrangement. Both Lippmann and Lasch view the press as an instrument meant to inform the people on the truth though on different perspectives.

When an individual hears of an idea they try to visualize it mentally in order to easily identify with it. How people visualize a given situation helps them know what and how they can benefit from the particular agreement. The pictures in our heads help us know the way forward and the course of action one wants to take dependent on the picture. On matters such as immigration, most of the people in America associate migrants with poverty and thus an increase in crime rates. This kind of thinking has to an extent forced the government to try and control the entry of immigrants in to the country (Terkildsen, Nayda, and Frauke Schnell, 879-885)





























Work Cited

Simon, Adam F., and Jennifer Jerit. "Toward a theory relating political discourse, media, and public opinion." Journal of communication 57.2 (2007): 254-271.

Terkildsen, Nayda, and Frauke Schnell. "How media frames move public opinion: An analysis of the women's movement." Political research quarterly50.4 (1997): 879-900.