Today, most people don't really care about the right things for their society, such as environmental problems or how to improve healthcare systems, social programs, and human rights. Instead, they spend most of their time focusing on and arguing about the wrong things around them, such as crime and war. Therefore, people become extremely fearful and distrustful of society. In the 2002 film, Bowling for Columbine, director Michael Moore argues that gun violence is caused by the culture of fear fueled by the media, providing examples and reasons why violence has flourished in America more than in any other country. In today's society, Americans worry too much about the wrong things and not enough about the right things because of television news, television talk shows, and the way the media focuses on showing the image of the "bad guy" or bad guys in based on race. Journalists play a significantly important role in scaring Americans and making them worry about negative phenomena. News broadcasts inform people about what is happening around them. However, do these news reports actually report events or not? Roger Johnson, a professor in the School of Theoretical and Applied Sciences at Ramapo College, illustrates that news outlets tend to select stories for their entertainment value because television is primarily an entertainment medium (210). It also shows that audiences are more attracted to programs that contain violence (210). Knowing that the public is interested in violence, broadcasters do not really report reality; instead, they exaggerate or fabricate reality by adding more violent details. The frequency of violence on TV is much higher than in reality; as a result, Americans believe in their count... middle of paper... fear for people, people should be more critical in understanding between what is on TV and reality, so that people can concentrate more about what is good and positive. most necessary things. Works Cited Abt, Vicky. “How TV Talk Shows Deconstruct Society.” News. News.psu.edu, March 1, 1996. Web. December 7, 2013. Johnson, Roger N. “Bad News Revisited: The Portrayal of Violence, Conflict, and Suffering in Television News.” Arapaho.nsuok.edu. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Web. December 6, 2013.Johnson, Wendy M. and Graham CL Davey. “The Psychological Impact of Negative Television News: The Catastrophe of Personal Worries.” British Journal of Psychology 88.1 (1997):85. Premier of academic research. Network. December 6, 2013 "REPRESENTATION AND PERCEPTION TWO AUDITS OF THE PRESS MEDIA REPORTING AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND BOYS." Heinz.org. Meyer Communications LLC, Nov. 1, 2011. Web. Dec. 8. 2013.