People's thinking is obtained from the information which comes from various sources, especially

mass media. Every house has at least one kind of mass media, whether it is TV, radio, or
newspaper. I personally support that the mass media have strong effect in forming peoples
thinking for some reasons.
Firstly, some people utilize mass media for their own interest. Spreading idea through the mass
media is like doctrination but in faster way and wider range. By on air broadcasting, an
information is spreaded to many people in many places in short time. Some studies show that
people could spend more than five until eight hours each day to watch tv, listen to radio, or read
newspaper. Furhermore, the development of technology creates a new trend of enjoying the mass
media by internet. The ease of access, cheap cost, and mobility increase the amount of people
who obtain information from the mass media. According to this fact, the mass media affects in
forming ideas of greater number of people supported by the development of technology.
Secondly, human brain works every second absorbing informations consciously and
unconsciously. In many cases, human keeps unconsciously absorbed information rather than
consciously absorbed one. By repetition of the same information, the mass media unintentionally
shapes peoples ideas. The clearest fact today shows that with much news about crime published
almost everyday through TV, radio, and newspaper, people start to accept that crime is an
ordinary matter in their life. It results in the increasing of crime rate committed from
unconsciously absorbed information which is obtained from mass media. This fact proves that
the repetition of the same information every day, people accept the truth of one statement.
In conclusion, it seem to me that peoples thinking today is mostly affected by the information
obtained from mass media. Even, a statement considered wrong at the first time could change to
be right.
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