Suppose everyone took all the bullshit thrown at us by the media seriously. What if everyone actually thought that aliens existed because of the false UFO pictures posted in magazines? What if society based their political opinions on the campaigners’ commercials? Even better, our children would grow up to be the next Snooki or Miley Cyrus. This world would be full of idiots who could not even pick apart what is real from what is fake. We would be shunning the celebrities that TMZ and E! have been tearing apart over and over throughout the years. The beauty of the human mind would be dissolving because of the incapability of making individual conclusions. The lives of those being picked on would end up living to their reputation, such as Lindsay Lohan being an alcoholic criminal and Chris Brown being a woman abuser. They would have no job, no loved ones, and they would be banished from society. But the thing is, no one actually knows the whole story unless they are a part of it. It is like someone trying to give you relationship advice, even though they could not possibly know the whole story. Political positions would be handed to the ill-prepared because people only listened to how the “other side” is a horrible person who will lead the country to the ground. This hypothetical situation leads to everyone hating on those being exposed. The world is full of enough hate and corruption as it is…let’s just add to it by believing the bogus stories given to us by the media.
If everyone in this world believed everything the media told us, the world would be shot to hell. There would be no sanity what so ever. People would be terrified of everything and end up hididng from the world because they are afraid of being sucked up by aliens. This really makes you thank God that you have a sane, working, intelligent, mind.
ReplyDeleteI like that your hypothetical situation includes the element of fear that she talked about in class. It definitely makes me fear people dumb enough to believe media at face value, and they actually do exist!
ReplyDeleteWe did a project on mass media in poly science. Bottom line when it comes to the news in any network, you have to sift through and formulate your own opinion. People running the networks have their own opinions and views they want you to believe. There is no such thing as unbiased news now.
ReplyDeleteI like the tone you used in your blog. I think it makes the hypothetical situation more real and helps to engage the reader. I really think that this would make your article even more exciting and even make people think, which would help with your call to action.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. We are idiots for letting the media be such an important part in our world. Well said spetka^^^^.
ReplyDeleteI think that media will be a major part of life, simply because it takes a lot of money to make the kind of media that people expect (not good, necessarily, but it is costly). I think it might be effective to not just concentrate on the media, but to also concentrate on why people watch so much of this media to begin with, and believe so much of what it tells them.
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