Mass Media

Mass Media communicates a message through writing, broadcasting etc... that reaches a large audience. This includes television, radio, advertising, Internet, newspapers and so on. Mass Media  has a significant role in modern culture, especially in the United States. I will use the example in Late January when CNN and Mayor de Blasio overreacted to the so called "blizzard". Just recently I have become more interested in following the news and I try to watch every night. Some stations I watch are Fox News and CNN. I remember watching CNN when we were supposed to get dumped with a lot of snow in late January and the Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio kept saying this snowstorm could be the worst ever. As we would soon realize it was a bust. The city was essentially shut down completely (mass transit was shut down after 11PM). That night I was flipping through between CNN and Fox News. Fox News was not even covering the snow storm and when they were it was only for a brief period of time. However CNN was only talking about the snow storm and did so for two days. CNN's message was basically stay in doors and don't go out. However I found something very funny while I was watching Don Lemon (an anchor on CNN Tonight) he kept saying stay off the roads, but meanwhile he was driving through New York City broadcasting the storm from his 'blizzard mobile'. CNN which is a worldwide network shown throughout the world covered the storm for days, while other top stories around the world were not covered. Two days after the storm CNN was the only network still covering the storm while beheading in Syria and other top stories were not even discussed. I realize Fox and CNN have different target audiences but CNN's coverage was a bit over the top and ridiculous. As I continue to watch CNN they always find a way to dramatize a story, cough cough Brian Williams.