Media's Effect on Voters

In our lazy nation today, most of American citizens cast their vote on what they see on the news. It is safe to say that the media primarily control people's opinion on political issues. Unfortunately the worlds most developed nation doesn't have time to carefully pick their leaders in any level. While vast opportunity of research is available to the American citizen to carefully pick their candidates, they choose to go along with what the …

…in our society. Since the majority of the American people don't research on things, they rely heavily on the media to bring them the story, however different sources of media are important if one wants to excel and gain more knowledge on certain issues. (Levy, 315) It is the media that controls the nation, it is the media that selects the agenda, and it is the media that keeps us educated about the world around us.