The role of the media in political and ethical education

Abstract

The media has an influence on the social development of a community. All people in one way or another use the information that is transmitted in the options available in the environment, to develop some of their activities of a type: work, academic, health, entertainment, among others. Nowadays, the mass media have become a reference for the formation of young people, which influences their behavior and feelings, defines the values ​​and social ethics of people; it is known that many times this information is manipulated to favor some political ideology, promote consumerism and especially as a means to divert the attention of a community, in order to hide some problem that incriminates some member of the government, economic or political group. As teachers, we observe that there is misinformation, families are manipulated and the difficulties that educational institutions have, to achieve that this erroneous information can be worked with students so that it does not affect their survival, they can know the reality and strengthen their values ​​for the benefit of their environment. When consulting this situation at an international level, opinions, videos, and even feature films are observed, which express the power that the media has in the economic and political situations of a nation, as well as the influence that it has in consumerism and the alteration of values ​​in families. From an academic perspective, there are several studies and articles related to the influence of the media in other sectors of a nation's society: sports, sexual education, health, among others. It is important to carry out research that analyzes the influence that the media of the environment have on the targeted population, to identify the influence and repercussions that these social tools have on youth and to be able to define whether hey affect positively or negatively the behavior, perspectives and feelings in their political, ethical and value formation, which in one way or another can define the life project of students at a general