Money Makes The World Go Around; 16 Page Term Paper With Bibliography

Alexander HornResearch Proposal FinalPSCI 2024Money Makes the News Go AroundOverviewThis study will analyze why there is a bias in media and what is its effect on public opinion. I believe that money is to blame for bias in media. The media effects public opinion in order so that it may earn more money. The media releases sensational news stories so that it might attract more attention to its self, news stories with similar headlines, follow up stories and any other item, idea or headline that it wishes to sell. By attracting public attention to itself, sponsors of the media will have more publicity as more papers are sold, more articles are clicked on and more cable news is watched. As a result, advertisers will pay more money to sponsor that particular media source. This generates a circle in which media outlets will try to release more and more sensationalist stories to sell more and more papers, get more and more hits on their websites and have more and more cable viewers to get more and more advertising money. This is type of journalism is seen every day by all citizens whether they notice it or not. Every