In the article Mass Media Influence on Society, the author goes out to state tht the media is the means of support of the people in the world. It shapes their attitude, opinion, and makes them to think before they start doing a particular work. The most beautiful thing is that it helps the people stay informed. The author states that, we live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities like work, entertainment, health care, education, personal relationships, traveling and anything else that we have to do.
To support his arguement, the author lists five companies that own nearly 95% of all media that we get every day. By doing this, he builds a good sense of ethos towards himself because not only did the author list out and name the companies, but also gave examples of places that they own. These places include, major entertainment theme parks, entertainment movie studios, television and radio broadcast networks and programing, video news and sports entertainment.
The author continues to talk about how the media appeals towards the thoughts of teens. He states "what their favorite celebrity advertise and what is acceptable by society based on the fashion that the media has imposed them". In addition, he adds the positive and negative influences that the media portays towards those of the teenage era.
This article is aimed towards the media and how its gained the ability to shape our society and dominate. Given the messages being fed at every turn, studends heed to be taught how external messages shape internal perspectives.
Link:
http://rayuso.hubpages.com/hub/Mass-Media-Influence-on-Society
UH so what do you think of this essay? Like what was your response because I do not see one.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the author in the sense that media does shape our attitude and opinion. I do not agree with the fact that the author thinks that just because my favorite celebrity advertises or does a certain thing that I will go along with it. Well at least that does not apply to me, it probably applies to other people.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the author and Alysha H on the idea that the media "shapes our attitude and opinion." Although the media appears to be the direct blame of negative behavior and what not I believe it is the viewers' choice to decide whether or not he/she will conform to what he/she sees. The media doesn't FORCE a person to act or think a certain way it; it's simply the individuals' own doing.
ReplyDeleteI do think that the media shapes our opinions, but the media isn't the only thing that affects us. Think about our peers, they affect us too right?
ReplyDeleteI agree. There are a lot more factors that influence our bahavior
DeleteKarylle--I agree, other things influence you, like your peers. But your peers are influenced by the media, right? And then they influence you. Vicious circle?
ReplyDeleteAlso, who is the author of this article? Seems to be some random dude with a blog. Does it take away from his ethos?