Question
Mention some of the negative effects of the media.
Solution
These are scholars, educators and others who have been very critical of the consequences of the media.
Some of the negative effects of the mass media are:
1. It encourages, escapism.
2. It leads to passivity and distracts people from serious matters of life.
3. lt kills individual tastes and leads to cultural homogenisation.
4. It uses female gender to sell products through advertisements.
5. It presents a false picture of reality.
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