Media Manipulation within Society

'The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth'
(Sitwell, E., 1994)
Media as a whole has grown from a one-time leisure activity, to almost a necessity. The need to watch television, read newspapers and listen to the radio has grown over time as societies craving for information and 'gossip' continues to grow. The results of this make media an extremely powerful entity, capable of delivering stories around the world, with the majority of people placing excessive amounts of credibility in the media's stories. …