Question

Media should be measured against the five reliability factors:

• Authoritative
• Accurate
• Objective
• Current
• Complete

Explain what each of these terms means. Then find one online example for each reliability factor. Provide the link and a short explanation of how that media example illustrates that factor.

Answer 1

Five Reliability Factor Authoritative: In media term authoritative means being able to be trusted or being accurate or true and being Reliable. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/authoritative Accurate: Correct in all details without any mistakes. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/accurate Objective: Without attaching any personal feelings, Representing facts.https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/objective Current: Means updated and present in the situation.https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/current-affairs. Complete: Complete means to have all the necessary and appropriate parts.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complete. In Democratic societies, media plays a vital role to check governments who are in power and parts of pillars of democracy. Since media do the work to reach out to the common people their reliability is a must. And all those above described qualities are media reliability factor. Trust, of course, comes first so the authority in media term is the most important factor. Otherwise, people will not ready to listen to them. Correct in details is also a part of it otherwise misinformation can be provided to the people. Objectivity is the most important aspects of it and all reliability depends on this aspect only. Without personal attachment and grudges, being able to present something in front of people or audience gives the greatest success to the media. Current is also important to be relevant and Finally, a news should be complete. Half completed news create lots of problems and misinterpretations. So Complete is a quality of media that adds up to the reliability factor