Topic 5.13 The News Media AP Government
Summary
TLDRThis video discusses the changing landscape of news media, focusing on media bias and the rise of ideologically driven news outlets. It highlights how increased media choices, consumer-driven content, and partisan programming can lead to misinformation and polarization. The speaker explains how sensationalism and commentary have replaced in-depth reporting, making it harder for the public to stay informed. Additionally, the video touches on the challenge of discerning trustworthy news in an era of 'fake news' and bots. The video concludes with encouragement for AP exam preparation and review resources.
Takeaways
- 📺 Media bias debates focus on conservative outlets like Fox News and liberal outlets like MSNBC and CNN.
- 📰 News has shifted towards sensationalism, commentary, and dramatic stories, often losing substance.
- 🌐 Rise of partisan news websites reinforces ideological slants, leading to biased perspectives.
- 📉 Increased media choices don't necessarily mean better-informed citizens; many remain misinformed.
- 💻 Ideologically driven news programming leads people to seek out content that reinforces their pre-existing beliefs.
- 🔁 Social media often creates echo chambers, where users only hear from those who agree with them, causing polarization.
- 💰 Consumer-driven media prioritizes profit, often focusing on sensational content to gain more views and advertising revenue.
- ⚖️ There is growing uncertainty over the trustworthiness of news sources, partly due to the spread of fake news.
- 🤖 Bots and fake news outlets aim to sow discord and mistrust by spreading false or biased information.
- 📚 The speaker provides review videos and study materials to help students prepare for their AP exams, with a focus on Supreme Court cases and key documents.
Q & A
What is one of the main debates discussed in the video about the media?
-One of the main debates discussed is over media bias, with claims that Fox News is more conservative, while MSNBC and CNN are more liberal.
How has the news coverage changed in recent years according to the video?
-News coverage has become more sensationalistic, dramatic, and biased, with a focus on commentary and dramatic stories rather than substantive reporting.
What role do ideologically driven news programs play in today's media landscape?
-Ideologically driven news programs cater to specific political views, reinforcing the beliefs of their audiences and contributing to a biased understanding of the news.
What are the five factors affecting public knowledge mentioned in the video?
-The five factors are: increased media choices, ideologically driven news sources, consumer-driven media outlets, emerging technologies reinforcing political beliefs, and uncertainty over the validity of news reports.
Why is increased access to information not necessarily leading to better-informed citizens?
-Increased access to information is not leading to better-informed citizens because many people consume news from biased or ideologically driven sources, limiting exposure to diverse viewpoints.
How do consumer-driven media outlets contribute to biased reporting?
-Consumer-driven media outlets prioritize profit by attracting more viewers through sensationalism and commentary that aligns with the audience's pre-existing beliefs, rather than offering in-depth, unbiased journalism.
What impact does social media have on people's political beliefs?
-Social media often reinforces people's existing political beliefs by surrounding them with like-minded individuals and content, leading to a polarized environment where opposing views are rarely encountered.
What are the concerns about the trustworthiness of news reports today?
-Concerns about news trustworthiness include claims of 'fake news' and the existence of websites or social media bots spreading completely fictitious or highly biased stories, making it difficult to know what to trust.
What is the effect of ideological news consumption on public polarization?
-Ideological news consumption leads to public polarization by reinforcing partisan beliefs and isolating people from opposing viewpoints, contributing to divisions both in Congress and among the general public.
What advice does the video give to students preparing for the AP Government exam?
-The video advises students to watch review videos on each unit, Supreme Court cases, and key documents, and to subscribe to the channel to access more resources for exam preparation.
Outlines
📰 Debates Over Media Bias and Changes in News Reporting
This paragraph dives into the ongoing debates surrounding media bias, highlighting how networks like Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN are perceived as conservative or liberal. It also discusses how media ownership changes have led to more sensationalistic and biased reporting. The rise of ideologically driven news sites, especially on the internet, creates a fragmented public knowledge where people seek news that aligns with their political views. The paragraph sets the stage for a discussion of five key factors that impact public knowledge: increased media choices, ideologically driven sources, consumer-driven outlets, emerging technologies that reinforce beliefs, and the uncertainty of news validity.
🔍 The Rise of Ideologically Oriented Programming and Media Polarization
This paragraph explores the implications of ideologically driven media programming. It suggests that individuals often consume news that aligns with their preexisting beliefs, creating an echo chamber. People tend to avoid sources that challenge their views, which results in a less informed or misinformed public. The consumer-driven nature of media outlets focuses more on sensational and dramatic content to attract viewers rather than in-depth reporting. Social media further exacerbates this issue by reinforcing people's beliefs instead of challenging them, leading to greater political polarization among the public, beyond just Congress.
📱 Challenges to News Credibility and the Impact of Fake News
This paragraph discusses the growing mistrust in the credibility of news, fueled by claims of 'fake news' and the existence of websites or social media entities that intentionally spread false information. It explains how fake news or biased reporting can be used to sow discord and confusion, making it harder for the public to trust news sources. The challenge for Americans is discerning what is trustworthy when so many outlets are ideologically slanted or driven by ulterior motives, leaving the public uncertain about which sources to believe.
📚 Preparing for AP Exams and Wrapping Up the Year
The second paragraph is a closing message from the presenter, marking the end of new content in the AP Government course. It emphasizes the availability of review videos for the AP exams, covering topics like Supreme Court cases and key documents. The speaker encourages viewers to use these resources to prepare for their exams, wishing them success and encouraging them to aim for high scores. The video ends on a motivational note, thanking viewers for their support throughout the year and offering final words of encouragement.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Media Bias
💡Ideologically Oriented News
💡Sensationalism
💡Partisan News Sites
💡Consumer Driven Media
💡Emerging Technologies
💡Polarization
💡Misinformation
💡Trustworthiness of News
💡Fake News
Highlights
Debates over media bias are prevalent, with outlets like Fox News being labeled conservative and MSNBC/CNN more liberal.
Recent years have seen an increase in ideologically oriented news programming, with a shift in how news is presented.
News coverage has become more sensationalistic, dramatic, and focused on commentary rather than substance.
There has been a rise in partisan news sites where individuals can exclusively get conservative, liberal, or libertarian views.
Public knowledge is impacted by increased media choices, ideologically driven news sources, and consumer-driven media outlets.
People tend to consume news that aligns with their preexisting beliefs, leading to echo chambers where opposing views are rarely encountered.
The availability of increased media choices has not necessarily resulted in better-informed citizens.
Ideologically oriented programming creates media bubbles where viewers only consume content that reinforces their own beliefs.
Consumer-driven media focuses on profits, often prioritizing sensational stories that attract attention rather than thorough reporting.
Social media plays a role in reinforcing people's beliefs rather than challenging them, increasing polarization.
Concerns over the validity and trustworthiness of news reports are growing, with claims of 'fake news' often used for news that is inconvenient for certain groups.
Fake news includes both intentionally fabricated stories and those that are heavily biased or one-sided.
There is a challenge in knowing which news sources to trust due to the increasing prevalence of misinformation.
Partisan news consumption and echo chambers contribute to greater polarization among the public, not just in Congress.
This series provides review materials to help students prepare for the AP exam, focusing on topics like Supreme Court cases and foundational documents.
Transcripts
all right welcome back to this final
video of AP gov and changing news media
let's do it one last time alright so
we're gonna begin with debates over
media bias and if you watch the news at
all or read about politics at all it's
almost a guarantee that you have heard
about these debates people charge that
Fox News is more conservative MSNBC CNN
or more liberal and is there truth to
this well in recent years there has been
definitely an increase in ideologically
oriented news program we're going to
talk about that in just a few moments we
want to step back and look at right now
though is the changes in media ownership
and the idea here is that in search of
new viewers and more viewers as many as
possible that the news coverage has
gotten more sensationalistic more
dramatic more biased more focused on
commentary and dramatic stories than it
is on substance and so there has been a
definite shift in the way that the news
is reported to us in recent years along
with this there has been a rise of
partisan new sites so if we think about
on the internet you can go to certain
websites to have conservative opinions
or libertarian or liberal and you can
just get your news from those sorts of
sources that are always gonna have a
very partisan or ideological slant to
them and so the level of public
knowledge among citizens is impacted by
several things and we're gonna discuss
each of these five things
these include increased media choices
ideologically driven new sources
consumer driven media outlet emerging
technologies that merely reinforce
people's political beliefs and
uncertainty over the validity and
trustworthiness of news reports so let's
discuss each of these one by one
so with increased media choices it is
true that today we have access to more
sources of news than ever before we have
access to more information than at any
time in human history and yet the
question remains
are we actually better informed and
there is serious doubt that we are and
part of the problem seems to be that so
many people are getting their news from
places that are ideologically or
partisan
and so they're not getting the full
story they're getting a biased version
that appeals to them based on what they
already believe and that goes right into
this idea of ideologically oriented
programming so if you're liberal why
ever watch Fox News if your conservative
why watch MSNBC why look at certain
websites or follow certain people on
Twitter and so this idea is that we end
up getting our beliefs reinforced again
not being challenged and to end up kind
of in this bubble where we're only
hearing the same side the opinions of
people who agree with us and that
probably isn't very healthy it can lead
to us being under informed or in fact
misinformed with consumer driven media
sources the idea is that their goal is
to profit it is to make money and how do
you make that money well you do it by
getting eyeballs on you by getting
clicks by getting views by getting
people to look at your website to get
them to watch your videos to watch your
channel and then you can sell that for
higher advertising revenue so the goal
is just to get more eyeballs right how
do you do that
it's not by in-depth reporting on you
know party platforms or candidates and
this good type of journalism but rather
it's a lot of times by talking about
what's dramatic by having people who
focus on commentary and give their
opinions often opinions that people seek
out that they agree with already and
again we end up with less informed
public than we otherwise would social
media often just merely reinforces
people's existing beliefs rather than
seek out opinions of people who might
think about things differently than them
have their views challenged they
typically just find themselves
surrounded by people who already agree
with them who make fun of the other side
who can't possibly understand how
anybody could disagree with them and
again thus leading to that polarization
now not just in Congress but among the
public and then we get to these concerns
over the trustworthiness or the
credibility of news reports and so you
have this you know influx of people
making claims about fake news sometimes
when it just says news that is merely
inconvenient for them or for their side
their red team or their blue team that
kind of thing so that's not good but
there is a reality to this that there
are in fact websites and social media
personalities or
companies who use BOTS that are
intentionally trying to sow discord to
sow mistrust that are presenting and
publishing news stories that are
completely fictitious and made-up that's
in addition to the ones that are just
very slanted or one-sided and biased and
so it becomes very difficult and
challenging to know what to trust when
it comes to new sources so these are
some of the challenges facing the
American people today when it comes to
how to obtain their news and how to
become informed about what's going on in
the US government all right that's it
for this video until next time which is
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