CSI Effect Essay

The media has had far reaching effects on many aspects of our society. The new coined term, “CSI effect,” is real. Many individual spend their time watching a variety of television programs for entertainment purposes. Some of the shows are factitious crime drama’s that use farfetched ideas of how police work is actually conducted. Other programming can be News stations that often have an agenda. Coupled with the programs and information people see across the variety of media outlets society has access to on a daily basis many inaccurate conclusions have been drawn.

Crime sells. If it didn’t there would not be entire channels solely dedicated to different types of crime drama television. CSI Miami, NYPD Blue, Law and Order and the list

The viewers tend to feel that what they are watching is actually completely factual. Often viewers fail to understand the news outlets often have their own agendas that often come down to money. The stations themselves determine what is newsworthy and what stories are aired. How the stations gained the knowledge and how trustworthy are the sources are rarely questioned. We live in an age of instant gratification and often the first bit of information is put out to the public prior to it being authenticated. This creates issues will the news media not ever being made to be accountable for inaccurate information being disseminated to the public. The new media often portrays stories from angles that will increase viewer numbers. Again, crime sells. The news media will have viewers to believe the world is more dangerous that what is actually is. That’s not to say that violence doesn’t occur. The media also likes to give the impression that crime is on the rise. That is also not the most factual of information. The news media runs on rating and when the views feel like they are getting valuable information on ways to stay safe they will continue to tune in night after night and be faithful