In the article, it explains how the news changes our behavoral patterns and thoughts. It claims that the News does this through “negativity bias,” negativity bias means that we (the audience) pay more attention to all the bad things around us rather than the good. This is considered a psychological quirk (or manipulation) that goes off the idea that “losses weigh on us more heavily than gains (Links to an external site.).” The way the News enforces this idea is by presenting horrific events that previously happened and then add “framing effects” to it (Framing Effects: A fact or choice that’s presented to change your opinion.). Obviously this can change people’s perspective on things since it’s working off their fears, in which the News profits off of.
Personally I agree with what this article is saying because I know from first-hand experience that the News does warp peoples perspective on things. Politics are a great example of this. In the News, depending on which political party they’re affiliated with, they’ll purposely twist their News story to fit it’s parties ideals. During the 2020 election, I’ll use Fox News as an example, they’d portray the Democratic Party in a negative light. While CNN or other democratic News stations would do the same to the Republican party. Now this doesn’t mean they’re biased all the time and that their stories are heavily changed, but they will be biased most the time. And won’t present both sides of the story. Not only that but they’ll also sometimes try to force their ideologies onto you as well, but then again most social media does this. Overall, the News isn’t exactly great but they do keep you well informed, so it’s better to watch multiple New companies so you can get the bigger idea on things.