Transformation of Political Reality

Question: Discuss about the Transformation of Political Reality. Answer: Introduction Ever since the year 2016 media and journalism has been exposed to overwhelming politics with miscommunications which has spread dubious claims, misinformation and lies(Glasser, 2016). Two prominent instances has instigated and led to the emergence of such unethical conducts Brexit and election of Donald Trumph. Worldwide press and media is deeply alarmed by the spread of such misinformation that can cause harm to the entire world. There has been free spreading of lies arising from ineffective checking form resilient popular propaganda, sexism and racism that led to rise of so-called post-truth era. the era marked a challenge for ethical and fundamentalists in journalism, which altered democracy by creating an impact in the life of people by furnishing them with information that can have impacts of life decisions(Chugrov, 2017). The scope of this current essay focuses on arguments for the topic as analyzed below. Media and journalism supplies relevant information to the world and people believes situation on relying upon such media. Media and journalism hence incorporates greater responsibility to adhere to norms by complying to corporate social responsibility. The rise in ethical concerns in media and journalism have made leading journalists as well as policy makers in the last month of 2016 analyse the potential reason that have led to rise of circulation of misinformation(Tallis, 2016). While multiple journalists have gone on to blaming technology especially social media and internet as Google, Facebook, Twitter for the crisis situation others have admitted that it is their own failures. Politicized press which is deeply flawed along with the entire broadcast system has trapped the bubble leading to vent of frustration of people. I the face of such devastation convenient facing of the situation will alone not be able to help as the majority of crowd in United States along with the entire w orld has been deceived by biased political leaders. The majority of newspaper in US according to Harvard Universitys Nieman Lab which accounted for 360 in number urged people to vote for Hillary Clinton with only 11 newspapers in support for Trumph(Sullivan, 2017). However, such newspapers did not focus on the facts supporting their suggestions. It has been estimated that Trumph reporter from Toronto Star have published over 20 lies a day from his campaigning period till the end of election. The public did not care much about the facts and truths hence did not verify the same, which was reflected once a detailed media performance review took place. There have been multiple warning signs arising from media crisis. Corporate Social responsibility is a an important area for media and journalism due to the multiple stakeholders included in it. There are several expectations tied to media and journals and people take decisions pertaining to their news(Barkho, 2017). There is a great role and reliance of media in corporate social responsibility as viewers are innumerable in number and spread across the globe. The relevant stakeholders of media includes community and society hence the information they furnish needs to comply with highest possible standards in ethics. But in absence of such the debate has extended beyond the scope of truth in the era. It can easily be argued that there is no relevance of ethics in the post Trumph era ever since his election campaign started. Due to this situation Egil Hansen from Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten wrote an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, Inc(McWilliam, 2017). The Company was accused for abusing of power and furnishing inappropriate information that misled people in large numbers. Apart from concerns in media and journalism there is greater role of internet giants as Google and Facebook which have emerged and developed as a rich technology publishing and news media. These internet giants have capability to distort news and exploit stealth technology with little or no knowledge regarding the prime purpose behind journalism(Beckett, 2016). Though there are large number of followers and people on the social media these days, there remains little scope regarding the purpose and impact of such news(Fuller, 2017). While media and news channels abide by certain relevant and practical codes of conduct, there is no disposition that such internet providers follow. The key to establishing a norm and avoiding any fallacy in information is to adopt corporate social responsibility norms that can be incorporated. The analysis can provide relevance of the aftermath of US presidential elections which resulted in a firestorm of the medial circles. Critics of Donald Trumph made Facebook responsible for spreading of hoax and fake news across their news feed which resulted in people selecting him rather than popular vote of Hillary Clinton(Strong, 2017). There was major discontent and dissatisfaction amongst the US residents as well as non-residents over selection of the Presidential candidate. Majority people in the US however does not have either confidence or faith on the government and blames the media for overuse of their rights. There was several internal rebellion in some of the popular media and journalism houses, also in Facebook as reported by The Guardian. An unofficial task force of employees was created within Facebook for questioning the role of the organization in creation of fake and misleading articles. As Facebook is used over by 145 million Americans and due to the rise of unofficial task forces, Mark Zuckerberg had to address a press conference where he denied any such charges(Laplante, 2007). In regards to ethics, companies such as Facebook need to incorporate in a tool that helps avoid misleading information. News as FBI Agent suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Apparent Murder Suicide or any similar news endorsing Donald Trumph had been supported by social media and later published across major leading newspapers. there are various misleading photos of the campaigns forwarded which resulted in rigging of votes and people getting confused as to who to vote. While press and other po pular media reflects that such kind of information was neither misleading nor led to decisive steps amongst users. But the figures establishing the high circulation of newspapers and followers of social media is a powerful tool that can establish the fact. In absence of ethical norms and corporate social responsibilities of these organizations, there can be greater catastrophes associated with world events. There are absolutely no reigns and control over creator and circular of information. A stringent and more adherent corporate social responsibility norm would have helped in filtering of such information and avoiding them in totality. While social media has to include in algorithms that can filter messages, journalists and newspapers cannot blindly follow and publish any news for the sake of news itself. They have greater responsibility in guiding and providing people with information that is relevant and authentic in all extent. Thus, a norm biding all these parties to adhere to such information needs to be incorporated to avoid failure of such systems and future criticisms. EJN provided that core ethics which imparts impartiality, transparency, humanity and accountability of information can lead to a fine editorial choice. While hu man can edit and filter information related to ethics, machines can decipher such codes. While Mark Zuckerberg and many other popular social media provider argues that their company is a tech one and not a publishing house, there still remains controversy surrounding such facts. Conclusion Analysis of several news and media reports regarding existence of truth reflects that the genuine and authenticity of information has been greatly tampered with. The prevalence of malpractices is greatly reflected from such practice, though the press and media accepted that they furnished such tampered information. There has been several warning signs that is reflected from such communication that has led to rise of fierce criticism amongst various editors and media journalists. Such tampering of vital and critical information has led to controversial rise of imperial power that internet can pose on future of journalism and media industry. 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