So this
is my second blog. This blog will be about what I think about what everyone
else had to say in their blogs. After reading some of my classmate’s blogs, my
impression of the media’s impact on me has not changed. I found some
similarities with a couple of the blogs and also some differences of opinions.
A common theme in the blogs was that we all get bombarded with mass media.
One of
the quotes I liked was from http://shanwhite95.blogspot.ca./.
I really liked this blog because she says to be critical when viewing the
media. She also says how the media doesn’t want you to ask too many questions
or form your own opinions. I completely agree with this. They don’t want us to
think. They do our thinking for us and want us to just accept everything they
tell us. Her quote was, “The key to surviving the media in today’s world is to
not let what you see or hear from them control your life; to have a critical
eye when receiving any information from the media”. I like this quote because
it’s important to be critical because you don’t know if the information that
they are telling you is true. You need to form your own opinions because you
are your own person; it is important to think for yourself.
One of
the blogs I read, I disagreed with. The blog http://tizid1995.wordpress.com/ talked
about how media has helped them filter misinformation and has made them capable
of analysing the truth. I disagree with this because the media isn’t doing this
at all; it’s the exact opposite. Too much media consumption will make us not be
able to filter misinformation. We should be doing what the author of this blog
is saying but mass media is getting in the way of that. I did like one of the quotes
from this blog though and that was, “Speaking of the news, the media tends to
bring more attention to news that may not seem as important as others”. I liked
this quote because I mentioned something similar in my first blog entry. It’s
true. It seems like they want to distract us from the important issues going on
so they focus on unimportant news stories instead like celebrity gossip.
My
favourite blog that I read was justmediaculture.wordpress.com. This blog talked
about the company Monsanto which made me really happy because I’m glad that
someone in my class is aware of Monsanto and is informed about the dangers of
genetically modified food. I’m glad that people are thinking critically and
forming their own opinions. The quote that I liked from this blog was, “Whether
or not my principles and motives would be the same is open to speculation but I
can safely confirm that my exposure to mass media has helped me be a more
informed and opinionated thinker”. This is how mass media should be used. The
right way to use mass media is to become more informed and to form your own
opinions. I’ll say it again- I loved how this person talked about Monsanto and
how the protest was ignored by mainstream media. This blog has a totally
different view on the media than other blogs. Instead of talking about how we
get bombarded with the media, this person says how the media doesn’t report
everything, only what they want to. This blog shows how the media impacts us
differently and that even though something isn’t mainstream, people will still
be aware of it because of how many media outlets there are. If something isn’t
on the news, you could find it through social media.
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