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Problem
Parochial escapist media entertainment
Other Names:
Bias in the media against development and social transformation
Mass media bias towards entertainment and reassurance
Parochial news coverage
Unimaginative programme proposals
Broader Problems:
Avoidance of reality
Distorted media presentations
Drawbacks to cable television
Psychological pollution by mass media
Thwarted technological communications
Inadequate structures for communication
Narrower Problems:
Media reinforcement of materialism
Biased portrayal of women in mass media
Biased media-image of foreign groups and peoples
Aggravates:
Media illiteracy
Meaningless recreation
Dependence on the media
Dependence on popular idols
Deterioration of media standards
Marginalization of the inner self
Non-recognition of environmental problems
Unexplored alternatives for community development
Media theatricalization of public life and politics
Reinforced parochialism of internal values and images
Superficiality of collective comprehension in societal learning
Media imperialism
Strategies:
Improving media image of developing countries
Managing news
Broadening media entertainment
Using bias
Subject(s):
Communication
→
Media
Communication
→
News
Development
→
Development
Policy-making
→
Policy
Recreation
→
Recreation
Societal Problems
→
Imbalances
Society
→
Social
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
16.04.2022 – 08:34 CEST