Question

Which of the following statements is correct?

Answer 1

The correct statement is:

C. Audiences listen for information that supports their beliefs and values.

Audiences generally like to hear information they are interest about, information they can share, and agree with, mainly if support their beliefs and values.

Answer 2

C- Audiences listen for information that supports their beliefs and values. This is the correct satement .

The mass media resort to people's ideologies to legitimise them. For example, there are people who are against immigrants because they think they will take their jobs from them, native citizens, so the news may be about the dangers of immigration. The news will reinforce people's beliefs and values and, in this way,  the news makers will garantee the economic success of their programmes.

Advertising will do the same. Men generally feel powerful if they can drive an expensive car. Therefore, commercials will link expensive car makes with men's ideal of power.