Political Image and the Public Trust: A Look At Today’s Media

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date published 05/05/2008

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These days the general population has a plethora of choices as to where they get their news from. With media outlets owned by big business conglomerates, it can be hard to decide what the truth is and what stories have been tweaked to meet the audience’s interest. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel carries the slogan “We report. You Decide.”, but a majority of the time I feel as if they have already made my decision for me. With so much “red herring” news out there, the population must make a decision on how they get their news. This goal of this paper is to find out what elements influence the population on where they decide to get their information.

Does the public feel that the quality of news on the television has decreased over the past fifty years?
What is the biggest influence on the population as to where they decide to get their information?
Government officials depend on news reports as indirect indicators of public emotion.
Does the fact that most media outlets are profit-driven reduce the respect and opinions of the publics?
With a low level of television literacy how much do the media influence public perceptions and opinions?
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Analysis,
Relation of Public Trust to Political Image.
Limitations & Future Research.