Entry #9

Entry #9 The Effect of Media On People

Recently in class we watched a film that demonstrated a variety of ways media effects us people as a whole. I never noticed how much media effected us until that film. Media shows us many different things such as the way people should look, what people should and should not eat, and how children should and shouldn't act.

The biggest effect media has on our society is by our news station which compete with each other day in and day out 24 hours a day 7 days a week. News stations such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox are all typically gonna talk about the same situation happening but yet they all seem to have different stories when talking about the same exact situation. Theses stations play a huge role in what people believe to be true or untrue in certain situations such as the whole Ferguson case. After listening to these stations people either decide to to side with the officer or side with the young man who was shot to death. The news may want you to think one thing even if your thinking the other which makes many of these news stations very biased and trust worthy.

 

Social Media is also another way media affected our society. If it wasn't for social media im sure over half the country would have any clue what is going on in this crazy world we live in. Honestly if it wasn't for social media i would have absolutely no clue what happened in Ferguson because i never watch the news and im starting to realize how sad that is to rely on a silly portable device that does nothing but distract me from the real world.

The effect of Media is bigger than you think just stop and realize everywhere you go or almost everything you see is an example of media somehow someway.